Communications Officer Job Description (Part time)

The Greenpeace campaign and fundraising teams work to deliver global campaign goals, which are reflected regionally and locally. To this end the communications officer is a team player within local and regional teams, and as a part of the global teams.

This post is based at the Greenpeace Mediterranean office in Beirut but may involve occasional travel within the region.

Specific Areas of Responsibility

Communications Strategies

• Raising the profile and visibility of the organization, communicating global and regional organizational messages.
• Design and implement innovative communications strategies aligned with campaign and fundraising strategies as a team.
• Implement on-going evaluation of campaign and fundraising messages and materials.
• Work with teams to identify and engage target audiences with Greenpeace’s campaign messages, ensuring coordination and consistency in output; holding organisational responsibility for expertise in all communications tools, including print and broadcast media, new media (assisting with web and cyber activism), and direct communications and actions.
• Media Communications and Monitoring.
• Maintain and develop relationships with media representatives, journalists, external agencies and contacts.
• Monitor and advise on editorial trends, media attacks and anti-environmental public relations strategies.
• Ensure media systems, including up-to-date contacts database, regular mailings to feature journalists, lists of freelance photographers and camera operators are maintained by the organisation.
• Maintain quantitative and qualitative media tracking, provide monthly reports and conduct analysis and identify opportunities.
• Maintain an overview of Greenpeace actions and communications taking place globally, identifying opportunities for media promotion within Lebanon and in the region.
• Manage photographers and videographers contracted for activities in accordance with GP Med requirements.
• Ensure professional management of the Greenpeace audio visual collection, ensuring that the collection is maintained properly.
• Manage access to organisation-wide collection of audio-visual equipment (hardware and software) and resources (videos, slides, photos).
• Manage the distribution of images and footage, and process invoices and payments for all audio-visual materials accordingly.

Editorial Functions

• Write and disseminate newsletter and media communication materials, including press releases, brochures, advisories, background briefings, reports, web stories, question and answer briefings, press packs etc;
• Standardise print, design and production processes for Greenpeace communications, in cooperation with fundraising staff, including sourcing/producing and implementing an in-house style-guide.

Website Development and Use

• Keep abreast of current developments in web technology.
• Maintain and author website, participate in development of it in close cooperation with Regional New Media Coordinator.
• Advise on appropriate web content and co-ordination of communications output.

Team Work & Internal Communication

• Work and communicate continuously, openly and co-operatively with other team members to ensure that the whole team delivers the objectives of the project.
• Co-ordinate and liaise with the RSCO and Communications Unit Head (CUH) on external and internal communications
• Produce regular internal reports, evaluating the performance of Greenpeace’s communications output against communications and campaign objectives., viz: daily activity report, monthly media report, any other report that may be asked by RSCO and CUH.
• Respond to challenges, explore ideas and take initiatives in all aspects of team work.
• Adapt roles within team as appropriate, including playing supportive roles to other members of the team as necessary, share skills and assist the development of other members of the team.
• Take full part in the self-evaluation of team campaign and fundraising projects at their completion
• Meet project and office deadlines and manage personal workload accordingly.
• Monitor and control communications budgets;

Other

• Maintain a high commitment to Greenpeace values.
• Respect office policies.
• Undertake any other duties, appropriate to the post, as delegated by the RSCO
• Undertake travel sometimes for extended periods.
• Skills and Qualifications
• Language: Fluent in Arabic and English.
• Communication and Organisational Skills. Experienced in public communications. Good communicator and team player. Capable of developing and presenting detailed and realistic plans. Able to working under stress and meet deadlines.
• Computer: Proficient in word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and email.
• International Experience: High degree of creativity and flexibility to combine local, regional and global political demands from different levels of the campaign.
• Budget Management. Able to prepare, present and comply with an operational budget. Creative and resourcefulness enough to make impacts on limited budgets.
• Strategic Thinking. Contribute to the development of communications strategies. Assess and select the targets most relevant to achieving campaign objectives. Willing to explore new ideas and options