Allied Talent Partners

Communications Specialist – Communications Strategy

Allied Talent Partners

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Location Type: Remote

Location: South Africa

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SeniorLead

About the role

  • Develop a practical, implementable Communications Strategy and Action Plan for the programme.
  • Review relevant programme documents and inputs; validate stakeholder mapping, priority audiences, and key messages.
  • Develop a comprehensive Communications Strategy that sets out: Clear objectives aligned to programme priorities, Priority audiences and core messaging, Recommended channels and priority communications products, Defined governance, approval, and spokesperson arrangements, A structured approach to stakeholder engagement, grievance handling, and crisis response, A phased implementation roadmap with KPIs
  • Produce a 12–24-month Communications Action Plan with timelines, resourcing needs, and responsibilities.
  • Create core communications materials: programme one-pager, RBF explainer, and community FAQs.
  • Run a structured kickoff and workplan, engage relevant internal teams and external counterparts (including the multilateral partner task team), and iterate drafts based on feedback through to final approval and presentation.

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years’ experience in strategic communications for development or infrastructure programmes.
  • Proven experience preparing communications strategies for donor-funded or multi-stakeholder projects.
  • Experience in fragile/conflict-affected contexts preferred
  • Strong strategy writing and content development skills.
  • Ability to build a strategy from scratch
  • Ability to align to existing brand guidelines and governance/approval workflows
  • Strong stakeholder management across internal programme teams, in-house communications, and external partners.
  • Sound judgement and sensitivity in politically complex contexts.
  • Structured, delivery-focused approach to producing a high-quality final document
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
communications strategyaction plan developmentstakeholder mappingcontent developmentstrategy writingcrisis responseKPI developmentcommunications materials creationproject management
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementstrategic thinkingsensitivity in complex contextsdelivery-focused approachcollaborationfeedback iterationjudgmentengagementcommunication