Senior Communications Officer - Sao Paulo, Brasil - IFC Systems Corporation

IFC Systems Corporation
IFC Systems Corporation
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Sao Paulo, Brasil

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Ana Silva

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Senior Communications Officer

Job #:

- req27089
Organization:


  • IFC
    Sector:
  • Communications
    Grade:
  • GG
    Term Duration:
  • 3 years 0 months
    Recruitment Type:
  • International Recruitment
    Location:
  • Sao Paulo,Brazil
    Required Language(s):
  • English, Portuguese
    Preferred Language(s):
  • Spanish
    Closing Date:
  • 4/30/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
    Description

Context of the Position


Are you passionate about having an impact on people's lives and contributing to solving some of the world's greatest development challenges? Do you believe that the private sector can provide practical and efficient responses to South America's most pressing issues and play a vital role in generating growth and jobs to drive down poverty and improve the quality of life for people? Then consider this opportunity.

The Senior Communications Officer will be an integral member of the Regional Communications Unit's Extended Leadership Team.

The Regional Communications Unit is part of the Communications and Outreach Department and works closely with the Corporate and Industry communications units and Reputational Risk and Issues management team to advance business development and communicate IFC's impact in four regions of coverage.

Regional Communications Officers engage with IFC's stakeholders - companies and businesses, development partners, civil society, and others, to promote projects that showcase IFC's leadership and innovation as the premier partner of choice for the private sector in emerging and developing economies.

The Regional Communications Unit also collaborates regularly with counterparts within the World Bank Group.


ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


The Senior Communications Officer South America will be based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and will report to the Manager for Regional Communications based in Paris, France.

He/she will work closely with the Senior Communications Officer and Lead for Central America, Colombia, Mexico and the Caribbean.

The Senior Communications Officer South America will be responsible for:


Advice and strategic networking:


  • Build / nurture network of contacts with key audiences media, corporate executives, civil society, academia, government agencies, the World Bank Group and other international organizations as needed.
  • Provide strategic advice to the team and to internal clients on communications matters; leading efforts to identify/leverage opportunities for proactive, highimpact communications (reports, industry insights, multimedia packages, stories, notes, case studies, blogs, etc.) that helps position IFC and its projects with relevant audiences.
  • Work collaboratively and maintain dialogue with IFC's operational teams (Vicepresident/Regional Directors and Country Managers) to ensure that communications activities always support business development.

Messaging, products and events:


  • Conceptualize and supervise the preparation, production, and dissemination of communication products (e.g., feature stories, news releases, opeds, blog posts, speeches, presentations, briefing notes, online and social media content, etc.) and thought leadership pieces.
  • Write and/or oversee preparation of highprofile speeches, issue briefs, talking points, opeds, and presentations, and Q&As, reactive messaging/holding statements, etc. for both internal and external use, as well as clientfacing collaterals and internal staff engagement content. Ensure each product meets IFC's quality standards.
  • Oversee planning, coordination, and logistics, often across multiple operational and communications teams, for IFCorganized conferences and seminars, executive missions and speaking engagements, public or broadcast appearances, press briefings, and other communicationsrelated activities involving external and/or internal audiences.

Coordination and harmonization:


  • Lead and manage an agile team of communications professionals to ensure effective delivery of a robust work program across the region.
  • Implement/leverage in countries covered relevant Communications tools and work processes designed for the Communications and Outreach department.
In collaboration with other communications units in IFC's communications and outreach department the Senior Communications Officer will also be responsible for:


Risk monitoring and mitigation:


  • Support risk identification and mitigation activities in the context of regional and operational communication interventions Coordinate proactively and reactively with Reputational Risk and Issue Management unit and Industry communications unit to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and timely response to questions and concerns.
  • Advise specific internal and external stakeholders on managing responses in challenging circumstances.
  • Provide political economy analysis for relevant countries. Focus includes current events, public opinion, social or political issues, and other exte
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