Communications Officer – Social Media, External Platforms

Hivos

Communications Officer managing Hivos' social media and external communications. Crafting compelling content and engaging with international colleagues and partners.

Posted 4/23/2026full-time🇳🇱 NetherlandsMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Creating, posting, and maintaining the Hivos social media profiles.
You have an eye on the key trends online, and you feel confident using platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
Short-form video ideas are something you can turn around within a day or two from a short script to quick edits.
You can take complex ideas from program research and extract key findings for our audiences online in well-designed posts and captions.
You are able to spot an interesting idea with your colleagues and create a short video about it.
You can help colleagues working on programs create a plan for content for events, research, and conferences.
Recognizing and writing stories of impact.
You have a knack for storytelling.
Besides being naturally curious, you proactively engage with program teams around the world to identify important and newsworthy developments.
You are able to translate these developments into content.
Connecting our work to current affairs, sharing, and pitching.
You follow (international) news closely and have a keen understanding of political developments.
This means you need to be well connected to relevant international (media) platforms and journalists and get them interested in sharing content about our work and concerns.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You’re a good writer: you get to the core of a story fast, and your style is both engaging and accessible.
You speak and write fluently in English and can help colleagues edit their documents with a keen eye.
Other languages create a strong profile for this role (for example: Arabic, Dutch, Spanish, or Portuguese).
You have a strong background in a variety of social media including (but not limited to) LinkedIn, Meta, and YouTube.
This includes sharing interesting trends, engagement, and analytics.
You have experience in composing interesting newsletters for international audiences using MailChimp.
You are confident with creating designs in Canva.
Previous experience in Adobe suite is a plus but not required.
You’re interested in current affairs and able to use these developments to create thought-provoking content about our work and our partners.
You know how to pitch a story to relevant (media) platforms.
You have experience writing communication plans for events and campaigns.
You help non-communication colleagues identify external communication opportunities and improve how they communicate about their work.
You’re sociable and eager to (virtually) connect with our many international colleagues around the world.
You’re sensitive to cross-cultural communication and are at ease working in an international organization.
You’re aware of the ethical and moral implications of using AI and are able to adhere to the Hivos AI Policy.
You enjoy sharing what you know with others as well as learning from them.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hivos offers a salary based on Hivos local salary scales.

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Hard Skills & Tools

social media managementcontent creationstorytellingwritingeditinganalyticscommunication plansnewsletter compositioncross-cultural communicationAI policy adherence

Soft Skills

curiosityproactive engagementsociabilitysensitivitycollaborationcreativityadaptabilityattention to detailinterpersonal skillscritical thinking