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24 August 2021
The American Center of Research, an American nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jordan past and present, seeks a Communications Lead. The position is full-time (1.0 FTE) and located at our center in Amman, Jordan. The position reports to the Executive Director.
ACOR’s primary activities include hosting a comprehensive academic fellowship program, administering a small hostel, and implementing cultural resource and humanities projects. The center in Amman serves as a vibrant meeting and living place for international academics and students working on research, education, and training, and it hosts a major library as well as regular lectures and outreach activities.
Description
ACOR seeks to hire a communications professional to serve as the primary point of contact for virtually all institutional and project-based matters related to external communications (e.g., press releases, web pages, blogs, social media, newsletter, management of digital footprint) to a diverse and internationally facing constituent community including Americans, Jordanians, and other nationalities: presenting “the voice” of ACOR to the public.
Responsibilities include:
- Nurture a positive, engaging, and productive working environment.
- Maintain ACOR’s apolitical and areligious position across all platforms.
- Develop and implement communications strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall organizational strategy and mission.
- Unify all project-based social media and public-facing internet content under the single banner of the organization itself.
- Support current and future organizational needs through the implementation of high-quality communications of interest to our diverse audiences.
- Draft, implement, and educate staff about communications policies.
- Supervise and develop project-based communications staff.
- Coordinate the design, drafting, and sending/posting of marketing and communications content (e.g., project announcements, newsletter articles, blogs, web pages, postal mailings, annual donor appeal).
- Recruit others to contribute quality communications content.
- Review potential content for quality and appropriateness.
- Assist in planning and organizing public events (in person and digitally).
- Review, revise, and develop organizational branding strategy.
- Supports development activities and related reporting.
- Grow our Arabic-language offerings, as well as improve vision/hearing-impaired access to extant and future content.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
- Excellent active listening, writing/editing, and presenting skills.
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., English, graphic design, communications, marketing)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience (after university) in a professional communications capacity.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask, manage multiple social media accounts, attend the needs of multiple projects, meet tight deadlines, and pivot based on developments.
- Ability to maintain a schedule of consistent and reliable communications activities.
- Knowledge of communications best practices for nonprofit organizations.
- Experience with programs/platforms such as: WordPress, Mailpoet, Zoom, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey, Otter.ai, Hootsuite, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
- Written and spoken fluency in English is required.
- Written and spoken fluency in Arabic is desired.
How to Apply:
Please send a letter of interest, names and contact information for two references, current/most recent salary, a sample of your communications products/social media creations, example list of communications-related programs/platforms in which you are competent, and current resume to opportunity@acorjordan.org.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. This position includes benefits, such as social security/retirement, health insurance, paid annual vacation, and holidays. Salary will be based on experience.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until filled.
