External Communications Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $135k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🗣️ Communications

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Heifer International

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1944

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

✈️ Travel

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Travel

Heifer International is a global nonprofit organization focused on ending hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. Founded in 1944, Heifer International provides resources and training to smallholder farmers, particularly women, helping them improve food security and income through sustainable agriculture. The organization operates in 19 countries and has assisted over 52. 6 million households. Heifer International facilitates community mobilization, market connections, and impact investing, while encouraging innovation and economic development. The organization also offers various ways to get involved, including donations, volunteering, and educational programs.

📋 Description

• Implement global external engagement initiatives in collaboration with communications leaders and relevant teams • Manage and guide relationships with external PR consultants • Identify and develop external partnerships with global content platforms, funders, and implementation partners • Produce press releases, talking points, briefing materials, and other external engagement outputs • Facilitate targeted, audience-specific transformation outreach strategies • Collaborate with RPC Network colleagues on transformation narratives and resource development goals • Support distributed external engagement capabilities across Heifer • Implement an organizational reputational risk framework • Develop, curate, and leverage global media networks with PR agencies • Contribute to social and digital media engagement strategies and multiplatform initiatives • Coordinate key events and maintain active events calendars and planning tools • Develop spokesperson and expert capabilities and curate a Heifer media training module • Establish global op-ed and thought-leadership priorities and schedules • Collaborate with country and regional colleagues to expand the reach of PR efforts • Provide PR capacity-strengthening support and maintain toolkits and resources • Coordinate with Global Communications, regional communications directors, leadership, RPC colleagues, and program teams • Perform other job-related duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as communications, marketing, media arts, international studies, or relevant social science discipline • At least 10–12 years of related employment experience • Minimum 5 years of communications leadership experience • Experience with globally oriented, mission-driven organizations preferred • Demonstrated experience developing and delivering organizational communications, PR, and engagement strategies in a global context • Established networks in media and digital platform content producers • Proven experience supporting organizational change initiatives or complex transformation projects • Proficiency in developing strategic communications deliverables across global teams • Strong understanding of audience insight and measurement capabilities • Ability to collaborate effectively across teams in a remote context • Ability to foster effective internal and external partnerships • Excellent written, editorial, and verbal communication skills • Ability to work to deadlines and adapt to changing priorities • Experience working with colleagues from different countries, regions, and cultures • Strong project management skills and experience with project management software tools such as Monday • Strong understanding of social and digital media environments • Exceptional attention to detail • Ability to give oral presentations and impromptu speeches • Willingness and ability to travel domestically and/or internationally as needed • Willingness and ability to work outside normal business hours • Cover letter required • Application should include salary expectations • Communications portfolio link optional in cover letter

🏖️ Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits including Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Saving Account • Employee assistance program • 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching and discretionary contribution • 22 vacation days • 12 statutory and discretionary holidays • 10 sick days per year • Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) • Professional development opportunities • Annual merit increase opportunities • Optional critical illness insurance • Legal assistance plan • Pet protection • Remote work context/flexible remote collaboration

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