Senior Communications Expert at Media Insight

Job Description

• We are recruiting two exceptionally strong Senior Communications Experts to provide strategic leadership across high-level communication, visibility, and knowledge management portfolios within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• This is a senior, intellectually demanding role. We seek professionals with the strategic depth, technical mastery, and institutional maturity required to shape narratives, influence policy discourse, protect organisational reputation, and drive high-impact communication frameworks.
• These positions are suited to individuals who understand that communication is not merely dissemination, but a core instrument of governance, influence, and institutional credibility.

Role Overview

• The Senior Communications Experts will lead the design and execution of integrated communication strategies aligned with institutional priorities.
• They will operate at both strategic and operational levels, translating complex policy, technical, and programme content into compelling, audience-specific outputs for senior government officials, international partners, donors, media, and the public.
• The roles require the ability to move seamlessly between executive advisory functions and hands-on delivery, ensuring communication outputs meet the highest standards of rigour, clarity, and influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive communication and visibility strategies.
• Lead narrative architecture for programmes, reforms, and policy initiatives.
• Produce executive-grade briefing notes, speeches, reports, thought leadership pieces, and strategic messaging frameworks.
• Design and oversee multi-channel campaigns across digital, broadcast, print, and event platforms.
• Provide advisory support on reputation management and crisis communication.
• Coordinate high-level stakeholder engagement and media relations.
• Oversee multimedia production workflows, ensuring quality control and brand alignment.
• Institutionalise knowledge management systems to capture, structure, and disseminate learning.

Required Profile

• Advanced degree in Communications, Public Policy, International Relations, Media Studies, or a related discipline.
• 8–10 years of demonstrable experience in strategic communications, preferably within government, multilateral, international development, or high-level corporate settings.
• Proven experience advising senior leadership and navigating politically sensitive environments.
• Exceptional writing, analytical, and editorial capability, with a portfolio of executive-level outputs.
• Strong understanding of development communication, public affairs, donor visibility requirements, and institutional branding.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex campaigns and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

Personal attributes:

• High intellectual rigour and conceptual clarity.
• Strategic judgement and discretion.
• Ability to perform under pressure in high-stakes environments.
• Detail-oriented with uncompromising standards of excellence.