Region: Latin America Office: Quito, Ecuador Hours: 20 hours per week
Apply before: September 4, 2019
Background
HIVOS is an international organization that seeks new solutions to recurrent global problems. With smart projects in the right places, we oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. Counterbalance, however, is not enough. Our primary focus is on achieving structural changes. This is why we cooperate with innovative businesses, citizens and their organizations. We share a dream with them of sustainable economies and inclusive societies.
All Eyes on the Amazon (hereinafter called AEA) is a program that aims to protect the rainforest and defend the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Amazon region of Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
Led by Hivos and Greenpeace, AEA is implemented by a coalition of eleven international and sixteen local organizations that work in the fields of Indigenous and human rights, environmental protection, law enforcement, research and technology, and communications and advocacy. International partners that form the coalition are: Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA), the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Digital Democracy, Global Forest Watch, the University of Maryland, INTERPOL LEAF, Both Ends, Witness and Article 19.
AEA operates in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, at four levels of intervention. First, it applies innovative technologies to collect evidence, monitor and evaluate deforestation, the environmental impacts of extractive activities and business and financial chains affecting forests and local people. Secondly, it uses data and evidence that has been collected on the ground to promote campaigns, dialogue, and law enforcement at local, national, and international levels. Thirdly, it develops and applies tools and mechanisms for securing the rights of local people and activists, and for recognizing property rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon. In addition, it provides support to strengthen local capacities to build alliances and influence policies, behaviors and resource management practices through social learning and innovation.
All Eyes on the Amazon has been made possible thanks to a contribution from the Dutch National Postcode Lottery, the Swedish Postcode Foundation, and United Kingdom Postcode Planet Trust.
Objective
The Communications Specialist coordinates the services with the AEA Programme Manager and supports team members in communication activities. The consultant offers a clear communication support for the program and develops communication strategies, organizes online and offline communication activities, and develops and disseminates communication materials.
The Communications Specialist delivers services in close cooperation with Hivos’ Regional and International Communications teams, based in Costa Rica and in the Netherlands, to ensure that all communication activities are aligned with the program’s communication strategy, as well as with Hivos’ corporate communication strategy.
Products and Results
Communication strategy and implementation:
Develop and implement the communication activities of the All Eyes on the Amazon program and its associated projects;
Develop communication strategies in line with the overall program strategy, organize communication activities and develop communication materials that contribute to the program/project results;
Position the program and its milestones, including those related to direct implementation and regional and national events, workshops and other key meetings;
Prepare a crisis communications protocol;
Map different international and local news outlets and communications networks (social media) relevant to the project objectives;
Coach and advice staff in their external positioning activities (risks and opportunities).
Online strategy and content development:
Contribute to the development and implementation of the online strategy;
Write texts for websites and social media and develop and/or organize various forms of content (e.g. illustrations, videos, and infographics).
External positioning:
Provide the framework in which management and professionals can deal with program communication;
Coordinate the external positioning agenda of program activities and provide the interventions for realizing the agenda.
Media monitoring:
Monitor local news and articles (web only) related to the project environment and activities and systematize said information;
Prepare a weekly summary of most relevant news related to the project environment and activities;
Profile of the consultant
Knowledge and experience:
Bachelor’s degree in communications or relevant disciplines. Master’s degree is preferred.
Three years of experience in program communication, in a multi-stakeholder and international context. Excellent skills in the development and implementation of communication strategies. The consultant knows how to reach target groups through innovative and conventional media. Furthermore, the consultant must have good writing and organizational skills, and experience with content management systems
Affinity for Hivos’ vision and mission and driven by a strong motivation to contribute to real and lasting change. Familiarity with indigenous rights, climate change, and the Amazon region.
Innovative and flexible and are able to work in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders and international partners. Obviously, the consultant has an affinity with ICT and social media.
Excellent knowledge of the English and Spanish language, particularly in writing. Portuguese knowledge is strongly preferred.
Contract modality
This consultancy will be carried out under a fixed term professional services contract. The contract will be signed with the responsible consultant. For the implementation of this consultancy, once the contract is signed, the consultant must present and agree on a work plan that includes all methodological aspects, work times and products to be delivered.
Term of the consultancy
The estimated term for conducting this consultancy is 12 months from the signing of the respective contract. However, the final conclusion of the consultancy will be considered as such until the products/services indicated in the corresponding section are received to total satisfaction by Hivos.
Do you want to apply?
Please send your resume (maximum three pages) and a letter of interest to carry out the consultancy addressed to ********** with the reference code: ‘All Eyes on the Amazon – Communications Specialist’ by September 4th, 2019. Make sure to include two professional references and your fee expectation
