The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and governed by our 27 country and territory members. In pursuit of sustainable development to benefit Pacific people, our organisation works across more than 25 sectors. We are known for our knowledge and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public health, geoscience, and conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
The Geoscience Energy and Maritime (GEM) Division provides advice, technical assistance, research and training support to Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). There are four (4) areas of scientific programming within this division:
* Oceans and Maritime Programme (OMP) – assists member countries with services that provide applied ocean science and knowledge for evidence-based policy-making and technical solutions for improved ocean and maritime governance, management and capacity development.
* Georesources and Energy Programme (GEP) – assists member countries by applying technical knowledge in the areas of geoscience and sustainable energy use.
* Disaster and Community Resilience Programme (DCRP) – assists member countries to demonstrate strengthened resilience through integrated action on disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, natural resource management and increased access to water and sanitation.
* Earth and Ocean Observation Services – Promoting spatial data and systems analysis and capacity to improve decision-making to improve resilience and sustainable resource management.
The role – Team Leader – Strategic Communications and Engagement is a senior position responsible for shaping how the GEM Division communicates its work, translates evidence into influence, and engages strategically with members, donors, partners and the broader Pacific community. The role serves as a primary adviser to the GEM Division Director on strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and knowledge management, while ensuring divisional compliance with SPC corporate communications standards and the One SPC approach under a co-planning arrangement with the Director SCOE.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
Corporate Communications Coordination and One SPC Compliance
* Participating in all monthly core communications group meetings, monthly story group meetings and training organised by Corporate Communications throughout the year, or ensuring a divisional representative is assigned when participation is not possible.
* Ensuring all divisional communications content (media releases, blogs, stories, multimedia and social media) meets corporate guidelines for structure, style, content, messaging and branding.
* Ensuring content co-developed with partners for SPC-led projects meets corporate branding guidelines, and that jointly released material has been cleared for content and logo use with relevant partners.
* Leading coordination on key SPC celebrated days specific to GEM Division in an inclusive and One SPC manner.
Crisis Communications, Emergency Response
* Working with and supporting the SCOE team in crisis communications, actively participating in SPC-wide crisis communications coordination calls and team meet
For complete job description and to apply, visit:
https://careers.spc.int/job/team-leader-strategic-communications-and-engagement-communication-suva-fiji-tt000193/fdb8c4c4-435d-11f1-b68b-02420a6c7775