EAII Advisors Deputy Director Communications
Evidence Action
- New Delhi
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead communications function in India, overseeing all efforts to spotlight organizational priorities and positioning
- Craft national/regional external communications strategy to elevate organizational brand, incorporating global objectives and guidelines
- Manage, mentor, and develop high-performing team, setting clear goals and cultivating a collaborative culture
- Develop department budget and ensure accurate expenditures and alignment with goals and work plans
- Manage vendor selection and oversight for country-level communications
- Identify opportunities to highlight impact and success of work among key audiences, including thought leadership positioning in external outlets, public fora, and relevant networks
- Oversee media and public engagement activities focused on organizational reputation and identify issues, risks or incidents requiring crisis/reputation management
- Target policymakers, relevant governmental bodies, civil society allies and influencer organizations for strategic partnerships, support and collaboration
- Provide strategic support to senior leadership in India including messaging and talking points for executive visibility and key moments
- Work with programmatic staff to ensure alignment of functional communications plans with global and regional priorities, messaging, and organizational brand
- Coordinate with Africa-region and global communications teams to maintain productive feedback channels, strengthen organizational best practices, cross-pollinate content and approaches, and input into global strategic planning
- Partner with People and Culture team to promote employer brand, spotlight workplace culture and outsized impact of team’s work
- Model organizational values, support rollout of staff initiatives, and provide input on policies impacting employee experience
- Ensure high-quality content creation and production
- Oversee adherence to brand guidelines and standards
- 10+ years of experience in communications including in leadership roles
- Deep expertise communicating for a mission-driven organization
- Strong project management skills and track record of successfully directing high-performing teams
- Experience developing targeted, multi-channel and audience-specific communications strategies with demonstrable results
- Experience with setting high-level strategic goals for communications efforts and measuring/communicating the performance of communications efforts against KPIs
- Strong relationships with relevant media contacts across India and international outlets
- Excellent written/verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Comfort working and building trust with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds, and with geographically distributed staff and matrixed teams
- Adept at Microsoft Suite, Google suite, and high overall technology literacy
- Comprehensive health insurance,
- Life insurance,
- Generous leaves,
- Retirement savings options (PF & Gratuity)