Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
Fixed Term for 2 Years
Do you want to help make the world a better place with your communication skills and in-depth knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region? We are seeking a two-year fixed term Communications Officer located in one of our hub offices: Berlin, Brussels, London, New York or Washington D.C. to develop strategies, cultivate, draft and edit all forms of content from blogs to op-eds, identify and pitch stories, coordinate regional communications, and quickly turn around media inquiries working closely with the Open Society Asia-Pacific Regional Office.
The Open Society Foundations works to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. We are active in more than 120 countries, making us the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.
The Communications team plays a central role in the work of the Open Society Foundations by coordinating and strengthening the public presence of the global network and by helping to advance relevant issues. Communications works to raise Open Society’s public profile by promoting the network’s many noteworthy achievements as well as responding to attacks from opponents of open society around the world. The department employs media outreach, digital, social media, publications, and internal communications to assist dozens of Open Society foundations and programs in their communications efforts.
As the Communications Officer will be working closely with the Asia-Pacific Regional Office, the successful candidate will need to have excellent English language and writing skills and professional knowledge of one or more of the regional languages such as Mandarin, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Burmese, and Vietnamese.
If this sounds like the position you have been looking for, please submit your cover letter and CV via our website; we look forward to learning more about you.
Closing date: 16 August 2021.
We aim to build an inclusive workforce that is reflective of the populations we support, and actively seek applications from those who are marginalized and underrepresented. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.
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