Communications Manager

Do you enjoy conducting research, generating ideas, telling stories, and mesmerizing people with words? You’re the person we are looking for! Impact Force is an NGO working on social behavior change projects with lasting impact.

Our team members operate from Ukraine, Germany, Spain and Thailand. We are growing rapidly and need an enthusiastic, experienced, digitally aware applicant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for all things technology, able to generate compelling stories and great ideas to reinforce our mission.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, write and edit content for a variety of communications mediums, such as verbal, visual and written communication to tell our story, reinforce our mission, and drive our projects;
• Plan and execute the organization’s communication strategy to ensure that our vision, purpose and objectives are clear and understood;
• Develop proactive and reactive media strategies to promote our mission, projects and initiatives;
• Coordinate, plan and align communication campaigns of our projects and initiatives;
• Support fundraising and creative teams on communications aspects;
• Work with our creative team to collaboratively create impactful messages and campaigns;
• Work on drafting messages or scripts for senior management for presentation of projects and initiatives in written or spoken form;
• Copywriting, proofing and editing organization’s publications;
• Manage assigned social media and assist with the creation of social media content, manage the calendar, and support with the writing of engagement content.

Key requirements

• Experience working in multinational organizations or foundations, or nonprofit.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in public relations, press release, presentation, events and project management.
• Understanding of the media environment, international organizations and foundations, Ukrainian government, NGOs and other civil society players and agendas.
• Deep knowledge of communication fields such as government relations, media relations, stakeholder engagement and communications.
• Work effectively in fast paces, deadline driven environments both as a team member and individually with minimum supervision.
• Ability to influence, negotiate with, and persuade others. Must be flexible and demonstrate strong judgment and decision-making skills.
• Ability to understand complex issues, summarize them and communicate them in simple, effective ways.
• Ability to work within international teams across different geographies.
• Native or bilingual proficiency in English and Ukrainian for both written and spoken skills.
• Maintain highest personal levels of ethical conduct, confidentiality and integrity.

Desirable

• A bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, international relations, creative writing, or a closely relevant discipline.
• Existing network of media, international financial organizations and foundations, government, regulatory and academic stakeholders in Ukraine and European Union.
• Experience performing extensive research to ensure your content is backed by facts and figures, and that your copy is robust and meaningful.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation.
• Flexible working hours.
• An inclusive and equal working environment.