Senior Communications Officer, Strategic Communications
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GiveWellGlobal health and development
GiveWell’s staff work primarily remotely within the U.S. and abroad. This position is eligible to work fully remotely. We are happy to employ staff internationally on a case-by-case basis via our EOR., Some overlap with American working hours and the schedules of key coworkers.Full-TimeSenior
Salary225,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience developing institutional narratives and messaging, advising senior leaders, communicating complex or technical material, and leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Required Skills
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
Requirements
- Have 10+ years of experience developing institutional narratives and messaging, advising senior leaders, communicating complex or technical material, and leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Have significant experience leading communications in complex, high-stakes environments.
- Have owned communications work end to end and remained a hands-on leader.
- Have a track record of building or substantially rebuilding a team or function.
- Have hired, developed, and managed people.
- Show recent, hands-on excellence through work personally produced or substantially shaped in the past few years.
- Demonstrate exceptional communications judgment, including assessment of audience, context, risk, timing, and message substance.
- Write and speak effectively, making complex ideas clear without sacrificing rigor or nuance.
- Produce direct, factual communications that engage target audiences through substance and clarity.
- Be able to engage deeply with research and data and communicate what is known and unknown accurately.
- Have experience advising executives or other senior decision-makers directly.
- Show strong alignment with GiveWell’s truth-seeking, transparency, and accurate communication values.
Responsibilities
- Own how GiveWell’s brand positioning and guidelines are applied across teams, channels, and partnership communications.
- Develop and maintain brand positioning and guidelines with the executive team.
- Shape messaging and narratives that make GiveWell’s work accessible without sacrificing rigor, precision, or clarity about uncertainty.
- Translate research, grantmaking, and ideas into messages and frameworks for priority audiences.
- Partner with Philanthropy on donor communications strategy and lead donor communications requiring tailored messaging.
- Lead complex, cross-functional communications initiatives, including partnership campaigns involving grantees and external partners.
- Advise senior leaders and teams on audiences, framing, opportunities, and risks.
- Assess emerging issues and develop GiveWell’s position and messaging with relevant teams and the Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs.
- Own the strategic direction and institutional messaging for GiveWell’s website and internal communications.
- Manage and develop team members and help grow the function’s team, systems, and capabilities.
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