COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL

Job Summary

The job of a communication personnel in Turkey’s NGOs is to develop and implement communication strategies that support the organization’s goals and objectives. They create high-quality content such as written materials, photos, videos, and infographics that accurately reflect the NGO’s mission and values. Communication personnel manage the organization’s social media accounts, respond to messages and comments, and monitor analytics to assess the impact of social media activity. They build relationships with journalists and media outlets to promote the NGO’s work and raise awareness about key issues. Communication personnel also develop and implement internal communication strategies to ensure effective communication among staff and volunteers. They manage the organization’s brand and ensure it is consistently represented across all communication channels. Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the organization’s communication activities is also a key responsibility of a communication personnel. Ultimately, the goal of a communication personnel in Turkey’s NGOs is to build and maintain the organization’s reputation, raise awareness about important social and political issues, and promote the NGO’s objectives through effective communication.

Position Requirements

– Education: A bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field is typically required.

– Language skills: English & Arabic, and preferrable to have basic in Turkish.

– Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Turkish and English are essential. Communication personnel should be able to create compelling and effective content for different audiences and communication channels.

– Social Media Management: Strong knowledge and experience in managing social media accounts, including creating and scheduling content, responding to messages and comments, and monitoring analytics to assess the impact of social media activity.

– Media Relations: Experience in building relationships with journalists and media outlets to promote the NGO’s work and raise awareness about key issues.

– Content Creation: Experience in creating high-quality content, including written materials such as press releases, articles, and reports, as well as visual content such as photos, videos, and infographics.

– Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members, volunteers, and stakeholders to achieve common goals.

– Project Management: Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.

– Flexibility and Adaptability: Willingness to work in a fast-paced and changing environment, adapt to new challenges, and be proactive in finding solutions.

– Knowledge of NGO Sector: Familiarity with the NGO sector and its unique challenges and opportunities is an advantage.

Child Protection Policy
Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to WATAN, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. WATAN is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy
WATAN expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. WATAN employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside WATAN.

Responsibilities

Communication Personnel will be responsible mainly for :

the role involves the following responsibilities:

Developing Communication Strategies: Developing communication strategies to support the organization’s goals and objectives. This may involve creating messaging that promotes the NGO’s mission and values, and identifying target audiences to reach through different communication channels.

Creating Content: Creating high-quality content, including written materials such as press releases, articles, and reports, as well as visual content such as photos, videos, and infographics, that accurately reflect the NGO’s mission and values.

Social Media Management: Managing the organization’s social media accounts, including developing and scheduling content, responding to messages and comments, and monitoring analytics to assess the impact of social media activity.

Media Relations: Building relationships with journalists and media outlets to promote the NGO’s work and raise awareness about key issues. This may involve organizing press conferences, issuing press releases, and responding to media inquiries.

Internal Communications: Developing and implementing internal communication strategies to ensure effective communication among staff and volunteers, including creating internal newsletters, updating the website, and organizing staff meetings and events.

Brand Management: Ensuring the organization’s brand is consistently represented across all communication channels, including social media, website, and publications.

Monitoring and Evaluation: Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the organization’s communication activities, and making recommendations for improvements based on data and feedback.