Part-time Communications Officer for the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards – LEGS (humanitarian standards initiative) At The LEGS Project

The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) organisation is seeking a part-time Communications Officer (6.5 days/month, home-based) to support LEGS communications activities over the next two years (October 2021 to June 2023).

The specific duties of the Communications Officer will be:

1. Communications strategy: working closely with the LEGS Secretariat, review and revise the LEGS Communications Strategy. The updated strategy will include a detailed plan for the dissemination of the revised LEGS Handbook.
2. Website update: review the LEGS website and update/adjust as required, including bringing the French and Spanish versions in line with the English.
3. Website maintenance: posting news items; uploading new resources; editing and updating text; updating information (e.g. latest training figures); adding new pages when required; and providing regular reports of website statistics.
4. Mailing Lists: drafting, finalising and issuing mailings via MailChimp following feedback from the LEGS Coordinator.
5. Social media: posting news and information via the LEGS Twitter feed on a regular basis.
6. Case studies and photographs: seeking out relevant reports and case studies of the application of LEGS in the field and editing them for posting on the website; searching for appropriate photographs for use in the revised Handbook and on the website.
7. Hard and soft copy communications products: support to the production of LEGS communications resources as required, including internal products such as letterhead, powerpoint templates etc.
8. Liaison for translation: liaison with the LEGS French and Spanish translators as required to maintain the websites, mailings, and other communications products in all three languages.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• At least 7 years’ experience in communications-related work, preferably in the development or humanitarian sector
• Specific experience in managing website content; familiarity with Word Press CMS desirable
• Excellent communications skills in written and spoken English
• Skills in written French and/or Spanish, preferably both
• Ability to work without direct supervision, and work remotely within a global team
• Knowledge of LEGS desirable