Communication Manager

DPD (Belgium) NV/SA; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) is seeking a Communications Lead to implement and monitor the centre's strategy from its Geneva base. You will engage with media, the public, and the humanitarian community to raise awareness and strengthen visibility across human security and development sectors.

Reporting to the Director, you will oversee content creation, manage crisis communications, and coach the team, ensuring high-quality outputs across digital and print

Qualifikationen

• Advanced degree in communication, journalism, international relations, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of communications experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in managing a team.
• Fluency in English and at least two of German or French, written and spoken.
• Experience with media relations and crisis communications.

Aufgaben

• Identify opportunities for media engagement and disseminate knowledge about GICHD.
• Develop and implement GICHD's communications strategy to advance organizational objectives.
• Build and maintain relationships with media professionals, especially in Switzerland.
• Oversee content across publications, press releases and audiovisu al materials; draft donor content.
• Ensure quality and consistency of content, translations, and media articles; uphold style guidelines.
• Support executive communication with the Director and management, including social media.
• Provide guidance on communications best practices to staff.
• Develop partnerships with stakeholders to enhance communications efforts.
• Implement crisis management practices and develop crisis communication plans.

Kenntnisse

Media relations

Strategic communications

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership / team management

Crisis communications

Ausbildung

Master's degree in communication/related field

Jobbeschreibung

Lead the Communications Team in implementing and monitoring the Centre's communication strategy, ensuring proactive engagement with the media, the public, the mine action community, and key stakeholders across the human security, humanitarian, and development sectors. Oversee the production of high-quality digital and print materials, lead awareness-raising initiatives, and strengthen the Centre's visibility and impact through effective communication.

Key responsibilities

1. Identify opportunities for media engagement, launch events and disseminate knowledge on the work of GICHD.
2. Develop and implement GICHD's communications strategy to ensure effective communication with target audiences in a way that advances the overall organizational objectives.
3. Build and maintain relationships with media professionals to support GICHD's visibility in the media, especially in Switzerland.
4. Oversee the creation of engaging and consistent content across various platforms, including publications, press releases and audio-visual materials. Draft high-level and donor-related content, as needed.
5. Oversee the quality and consistency of written content, translations, and media articles produced by GICHD; ensure corporate style guidelines are up to date.
6. Work closely with the Director and management to support executive communication, including with traditional and social media.
7. Provide guidance to staff on communications good practices, including media relations, social media, and messaging.
8. Identify and develop communications partnerships with relevant stakeholders, including with GCSP and DCAF, to enhance GICHD's communication efforts.
9. Implement crisis management good practices and develop crisis communication plans to address potential security risks, negative publicity or unforeseen events.
10. Lead, manage, and coach the communication team to ensure project delivery within budget and timelines, promoting an inclusive and respectful work culture.
11. Contribute to the implementation of the new GICHD Strategy.
12. Manage the communications budget.

Qualifications and professional experience

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in communication, journalism, international relations, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in communications at national and/or international levels.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in managing a team.

Knowledge, skills and competencies

• Solid knowledge and competence in communication approaches, tools, and methodologies essential to planning and executing effective campaign strategies and programmes, e.g., campaign management, advocacy, engagement, media operations, message targeting.
• Media relations skills; knowledge of the Swiss media landscape strongly desired.
• Experience in an international setting and/or humanitarian organization.
• Fluency in English, German and/or French, both written and oral, with the ability to speak in public in at least two of the three languages, other languages a plus.
• Great story-teller.
• Good project management skills, budget planning and monitoring and project team management.
• Experience managing communications agencies or other service providers are an asset.
• Understanding and experience in mainstreaming gender and diversity throughout communications materials.
• Knowledge of international relations, UN agencies, relevant national authorities, NGOs and humanitarian organisations.
• Professional understanding of or experience in crisis management communication.

Operating network

• Journalists and other professionals in media (both in international and Swiss media).
• National authorities, governmental ministries/departments
• Representatives of donor countries
• Internal stakeholders, partners, suppliers
• Diplomatic fora/actors
• National and international mine action operators
• International (including UN), regional and civil society organizations
• Consultants and service providers for communications products

Travel may take up to 15% of the time, including to medium and high-risk environments

22 October 2026

Contract type

Permanent

Number of hours per week

Full time

Job location

About us

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) is an international expert organisation based in Switzerland.

The GICHD works to reduce the impact of mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war, in close partnership with mine action organisations and other human security actors. To do so, the GICHD supports national authorities, international and regional organisations and NGOs in their efforts to improve the relevance, performance and sustainability of mine action. Our advisors visit approximately 50 countries each year and offer remote support, enabling them to tackle explosive hazard contamination safely, effectively and efficiently. By bringing together experts and practitioners, gathering and sharing knowledge, the GICHD acts as a central reference point in mine action. We promote dialogue between mine-affected countries in local languages, fostering regional cooperation. This work is not just an end in itself but also contributes to the broader objective of human security - freedom from fear and freedom from want. This effort is facilitated by the GICHD's location within the Maison de la Paix in Geneva

The Centre's work is made possible by core contributions, project funding and in-kind support from 30 governments and organisations.

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