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Communications & Marketing Manager
Jobs Function: NGO / INGO / Social work Jobs Availability: Full Time
Jobs Level: Senior Level Offered Salary: Negotiable
Jobs Location: Kathmandu Min. Experience Year: 10 Years
Education Degree: Bachelor No. of Openings: 1
Deadline: Friday, Sep 22, 2017 (Expired) Preferred Gender: Any
job description

Project: Better Brick - Nepal

Job Description: Full-Time Communications & Marketing Manager

Country Focus: Nepal

Responsible to: GFI’s Nepal Country Director and Better brick Nepal's Chief Operating Officer(Nepal)

Organizations: The Global Fairness Initiative (GFI) is currently overseeing the Better Brick-Nepal Program.

Duration: One year contract, with the possibility of extension and dependent on grant funding.

Compensation: Commensurate with Experience

The Better Brick - Nepal Program

The Better Brick - Nepal Program is a collaboration between the Global Fairness Initiative (GFI), GoodWeave, and local Nepali NGOs, supported by Humanity United. The program’s objective is to incentivize kilns to eliminate bonded, forced, and child labor in the brick industry by increasing market opportunity and improving enterprise viability. Better Brick - Nepal is achieving this objective by utilizing a “tiered” system of engagement to differentiate levels of progress towards improving working conditions, as defined by the Better Brick - Nepal Standards, the program’s levels of engagement and investment on each kiln, and intensities of market facilitation and promotion for the kilns.

Better Brick - Nepal currently has 40 partner kilns, which fall into three tiers - Participant Kilns, Member Kilns, and Certified Kilns. By staggering engagement and investment based on performance, the program can partner with more kilns, more quickly. In addition, by marketing Member and Certified Kilns, the program can start to add in suppliers to meet the increased demand, while also ensuring that a zero tolerance policy on child labor is upheld.

Roles and Responsibilities; The primary responsibilities of Better Brick – Nepal’s Communications and Marketing Manager are to provide strategic and functional communications and marketing support to the program.

  1. Communication Strategy
  • Support GFI’s Country Director and Better Brick-Nepal’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), in close coordination with GFI’s Program Director in Washington, D.C., in developing a Better Brick -Nepal Communication Strategy and action plan.
  • Manage and ensure effective implementation of the Better Brick – Nepal’s communication strategies and action plans.
  • Assist in monitoring of communication activities, including perceived success of each activity and provide constructive feedback.
  • Identify communication needs within project areas and design necessary communication materials both at the national level and at the local level.
  • Any other duties, as assigned.
  1. Communication Activities and Deliverables
  • Draft communication materials including press releases, newsletters, meeting invitations, BBN promotion materials, among others.
  • Organize workshops, events, training, and meetings and support GFI’s Country Director and Better Brick - Nepal’s COO during those events to effectively deliver and promote Better Brick -Nepal’s goals.
  • Collect stories and materials for newsletters and other media requirements.
  • Support the team in any reporting requirements, including progress reports to GFI/DC.
  • Coordinate closely with GFI’s Country Director, COO, and GFI’s Program Director in Washington,D.C., and other team members to ensure that the communications activities are supporting the Program’s goals
  • Maintain database of media contacts, inquiries, and outreach efforts.
  • Any other duties, as assigned.
  1. Marketing Strategy and Activities
  • Support GFI’s Country Director and Better brick Nepal's Chief Operating Officer (COO), in close coordination with GFI’s Program Director in Washington, D.C., in developing a Better Brick -Nepal Marketing Strategy and action plan.
  • Manage and ensure effective implementation of the Better Brick – Nepal’s marketing strategies and action plans.
  • Assist in monitoring of marketing activities, including perceived success of each activity and provide constructive feedback.
  • Conduct market analyses, contact relevant stakeholders and perform other market outreach as required.
  • Any other duties, as assigned
  1. Promote Objectives of BBN Program
  • Support GFI’s Country Director and Better brick Nepal's COO in promoting the objectives of the betterBrick - Nepal Program.
  • Organize workshops, events, and meetings to promote Better Brick - Nepal’s objectives externalstakeholders.
  • Ensure continuity of messaging across Better Brick - Nepal Program partners including GFI, IOs, GoodWeave, and Humanity United.
  • Any other duties, as assigned.
Job Specification
  • 10 years+ experience in communications and marketing with demonstrated results.
  • Strong background in strategic communications planning.
  • Strong background in management of day-to-day communications and marketing.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
  • High competence using standard office software systems including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • A high level of personal integrity, efficiency, and ability to balance multiple tasks and deadlines.
  • Fluency in both English and Nepali required.
  • Prior experience or exposure to brick industry a plus.
Education description
  • Bachelor's Degree.
Other Specific Requirement
  • Interested candidates are requested to apply ONLINE or EMAIL below .Please mention “BBN Communications & Marketing Manager” in the Subject line of the mail.

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