Avis de recrutement : Recrutement d’un.e Expert.e en médias sociaux au Sri Lanka.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR Research Center, is looking for a competent, self-motivated, and dynamic candidate to join as Social Media Expert.

The Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) staff supports the implementation of IWMI’s Communication strategy through the delivery of communications activities. This position will focus on social media communications, to enhance the impact of the institute’s research findings and raise the profile of IWMI’s work broadly as well as that of water systems science in general.

The Social Media Expert will be in charge of IWMI’s corporate social media accounts and further support the development of other products of the Communications team. Collaboration with communication staff at HQ and in the regions, as well as research leaders will be essential to promote research outputs through global and regional media.

Duties AND Responsibilities:

Social media tasks:

• Lead and manage social media strategy and content creation:
  • Manage all IWMI corporate social media accounts (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and any future platforms).
  • Ensure a smooth pipeline of content on a daily basis.
  • Update IWMI’s Social media policies and guidelines as and when required
  • Recommend and launch social media campaigns.

• Manage social media ad campaigns and promotional budget.
• Be the main point of contact for all social media queries and support the development of social media trainings for IWMI staff, in particular regional and project communications staff.
• Manage IWMI’s social media monitoring/scheduling tools while paying attention to social media Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Monitor IWMI’s regional social media channels for quality assurance.
• Track IWMI social media analytics and coordinate with One CGIAR KPI working group.

General communications tasks:

• Provide support to IWMI’s corporate communications, both internally and externally.
• Contribute to the development of communications content in the form of blogs, press releases and research.
• Manage IWMI’s content workflow.
• Provide communications support for local and international events (online and offline).
• Manage local media outreach, and be the first point of contact for local news outlets.
• Contribute to the production of IWMI’s corporate products and publications.
• Liaise and manage work with external consultants and other partners.
• Guide communications interns as and when requested.
• Contribute to developing the institute’s visual identity while improving the visual representation of IWMI’s online products.