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Communications Officer

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Full Time

Full Description

Montrose ( www.montroseint.com) works in Africa and Asia delivering health, education and income generation projects for private companies, United Nations and UK government. The Montrose group operates through a Head Office in Jersey, Channel Islands, and two regional offices in Uganda and Myanmar, as well as project offices in several other countries in Africa and Asia.

Montrose is seeking a full-time Communications Officer to support communications, marketing and project management within Montrose. This position requires a dynamic and ambitious individual, and would be ideal for a recent graduate with skills and experience in web development and design, marketing and communications, and an interest and understanding of international development. The role will require periodic travel including to Africa, Asia and UK.

Summary Description of Position: The position of Communications Officer will be responsible for implementing the company’s marketing and communications strategy, managing project-specific communications including online, website and social media platforms, communications and IT support to projects, offices and bid development, and project management support for new and existing contracts.

Core Responsibilities:

Company Communications and Marketing: Develop and implement marketing and communications strategy for Montrose including communication and marketing materials, social media platforms and strategy, company website design and content, diagrams, infographics, mock-ups etc.

Project-Specific Communications and Technical Support: Manage online platforms and websites, including design, technical development and updating; and develop project marketing and communication materials; provide technical support to bid development.

Project Management: Support the project management team in designing and managing cost-effective and high-quality project implementation including drafting and review of reports; management of consultants and deliverables, budgets and workplans.

Skills and Experience Required:

Degree in marketing and communications, web design and development, and/or other relevant discipline (essential)
Excellent web development and database management skills (essential)
Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel & PowerPoint (essential)
Excellent editorial and writing skills
Demonstrable understanding of international development issues (essential)
Familiarity with database and web design software (preferred)
Skills and experience in graphic design (preferred)
Project management skills and experience (preferred)
Able to work and reside in Jersey (essential)

Interested applicants for this position: please send your CV and a letter explaining why you are suitable for this role to hruk@montroseint.com by 30 June 2017.