QuestAlliance Hiring For Communications Manager – Secondary Schools Program at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

You will be responsible for creating and producing communications material that is disseminated by Quest including writing content for annual reports, media articles, programmatic reports, case studies on projects and beneficiaries and profiling the impact of Secondary school program’s initiatives.

This will be a hands-on role where you will be expected to contribute both at a strategic level as well as at a functional, operational level.

Communication Strategy, content and design

Articulate the communication strategy for the secondary school program and operationalize it. As part of the strategy anchor the communication campaign for the different programs reaching out to different stakeholders

Anchor the PR strategy for the secondary schools program. Provide content and ensure media presence about the program. This will include writing media articles around the programmatic themes.

Coordinate with the program team to set-up a steady flow of compelling case stories from the field across stakeholders – students, teachers, school facilitators, partners, government officials and schools. In some cases, travel to the field to capture in-depth stories that showcase impact and change in lives.

Write, edit and craft case stories tailored to different audiences and platforms – i.e. funder reports, social media posts, partner events, website content and other collaterals like program brochures, presentations etc.

Provide content (drafting) and editorial support for program communication materials including (but not limited to) quarterly and annual reports, funder reports, posters, flyers, invites and digital media messaging.

Carry out basic design work for program communications materials and liaise with the MarCom team for larger design and/or video projects.

Coordination

Be the SPOC for all program-related communications materials and adhere to content creation processes. Ensure written briefs are created collaboratively, completed and signed off; coordinate with program team for base content, follow-up on timelines for deliverables, field queries and clarifications from MarCom team, ensure early-warning in case content deadlines are not being met.

Ensure compliance with Organization, program and partner brand guidelines on all program collaterals

Liaise with MarCom and the donors (wherever needed) to ensure program updates and activities are covered on Quest’s Digital Media channels.

Work with MarCom to establish a social media calendar for the program and ensure content flow in a timely fashion. This includes digital campaigns around key days such as international girl child day and so on.

Maintain a communication repository for the program – case studies, photographs, videos, quotes, media articles

Anchor the program communications budget and ensure a spend plan as per the communication strategy. Do a quarterly review of the budget spend and ensure spending as per the plan.

Procuring and Maintaining Digital Assets

Liaise with colleagues on field or external vendors and/or travel to field to source compelling images and videos that capture and effectively communicate the essence of the program.

Basic photography and video documentation of program events.

Ensure digital assets are systematically archived for future use.

Vendor Management

With support from the Marketing & Communication team, manage external vendor relationships for program communications.

Be the Program SPOC for all external partnerships like photographers, videographers, video editors and filmmakers, PR agencies and so on.

Event Support

Provide event support as required to Program/Organization

Team Management

You will have a communication associate reporting to you. As a supervisor your role would be to:

Help your team plan and prioritize their work

Develop a learning plan for your team and ensure they invest time in their own development

Other Specific Skill Requirements

Can work independently, with minimal supervision and is a go-getter and a great communicator

Excited by the prospect of managing, growing and communicating a brand in a hands on way

Is passionate about the challenges India is facing in educating its youth population

Is very comfortable with all aspects of digital marketing and has worked on digital marketing initiatives previously

Can deal with ambiguity and proactively explore solutions

Keen intellect with strong analytical skills.

Demonstrated understanding of the technical areas of research, monitoring and evaluation.

Planning and Organizational skills.

Highest integrity, maturity and professionalism

Excellent communication skills both oral and written in English.

Excellent computer skills including working knowledge of statistical packages.

Creativity and out of the box thinking

Contact

Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form given here.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Due to the enormity of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.