COORDINATOR, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

Policy change is one of the most effective means of achieving greater impact as CARE works to end global poverty and improve the lives of women, girls, and vulnerable populations around the world. CARE is seeking a Digital Communications Coordinator to support the USG Policy and Advocacy Team, in the Policy Advocacy and US Programs Department, in planning and implementing a communications strategy; assisting the development and management of external-facing engagements; and assisting managing relationships with CARE celebrity advocates and chefs’ network.

This position reports to the Senior Manager of Advocacy Digital Media and Communications but provides equal support to all four teams that make up CARE’s USG advocacy team, including Government Relations, Citizen Advocacy Network, Learning Tours and CARE Action.

Responsibilities

• Rally people for global change by writing and maintaining online petition pages, pitching and drafting emails and SMS text messages to subscribers, and supporting website copywriting for all advocacy-specific landing pages.
• Be a storyteller for CARE’s advocacy work and synthesize reports, interviews, videos, imagery, and stories of impact from the field for external audiences. Use a variety of content to plan and implement communications strategies that advance the organization’s policy and advocacy agenda and inspire supporters to join us.
• Strengthen CARE’s advocacy by supporting content needs for advocacy-led events and recruitment of new celebrities, influencers, and chefs. Help draft speaker talking points, briefings, toolkits, event flyers, and other materials for moments of activation across the department.
• Build concise and consistent messaging for the department on each of our priority issue areas by organizing and maintaining talking points, key stats, and program participant stories.

Requirements

• Digital experience. 4+ years’ experience in digital communications, content creation, or related field. Experience in public policy and advocacy a plus. Familiarity with relevant digital tools and platforms, trends and industry benchmarks.
• Communications savvy. BA/BS in Journalism, Communications, English or other related field. Exceptional written and oral communication skills with demonstrated knowledge and understanding of development, humanitarian, gender, and/or foreign policy skills.
• Team player. Willingness to collaborate and receive feedback across multiple teams and departments and understand how your work contributes to broader teams’ goals.
• Self-starter. Capable of working independently, pitching ideas, setting and following deadlines, and project management.
• Mission-driven. Interest in and passion for CARE’s mission and values and how that shows up in your work.