Sr Specialist Strategic Communications
Sr Specialist Strategic Communications
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11-04-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 95000 - 124900
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
11-04-2025
Job Description
Panagora Group is a dynamic woman and employeeowned small business and social enterprise dedicated to providing highquality highimpact international health development and learning services. We deliver marketbased integrated and locally led solutions that strengthen country capacity; and learning communications and technology solutions to accelerate and heighten impact. Using novel innovative and highly participatory approaches to mobilize community civil society and government commitment in defining and owning solutions we promote inclusive development to benefit all groups.
Panagora seeks an experienced Sr. Specialist Strategic Communications to implement our external communications strategy including supervising the Communications Associate and working closely with the Corporate Communications Director our CEO and executive team. The ideal candidate will have 710 years of relevant experience in communications. Successful candidates will have experience providing strategic leadership to realize organizational goals through engaging and creative storytelling messaging and branding. The Sr. Specialist will have demonstrated experience working for other USAID and other donorfunded implementing partners working in international development and will be familiar with industry trends issues and associations.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Director of Corporate Communications CEO and executive team to define and refine key strategic priorities and drive external corporate messaging that is aligned with Panagoras corporate goals with a strong focus on thought leadership storytelling and brand positioning
- Collaborate across departments to gather storytelling ideas and support the development of stories that highlight Panagoras expertise services and successes ensuring alignment with strategic communications objectives
- Proactively identify opportunities for Panagora to be featured in relevant external publications including industry journals media outlets and thought leadership platforms
- Monitor industry trends and incorporate insights into communication strategies to maintain relevance and competitive advantage
- Champion Panagoras narrative by developing compelling messaging that elevates the companys visibility and enhances its position in the market
- Provide guidance on crafting compelling external messaging and storytelling techniques helping staff to articulate Panagoras impact mission and vision.
- Manage and mentor the Communications Associate fostering professional growth providing guidance on strategic communications and ensuring highquality of deliverables
- Create branded materials ensuring consistency with the companys vision mission and strategic communications objectives
- Ensure consistency in messaging and tone across all communication channels
- Support projects as needed with direct communications support
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in communications of which at least 2 of them involved supervision of an employee and overseeing consultants
- Demonstrated experience successfully managing comprehensive external campaigns tracking and analyzing metrics and other indicators writing and developing creative content
- Excellent verbal written and crosscultural communication skills; must have strong skills in writing for the web and social media
- Efficient and effective writing for different audiences
- Strong understanding of managing an editorial process within a team and knowledge of how to produce complicated documents (writing editing formatting steps and timelines)
- Basic graphic design skills including basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software (InDesign Photoshop Illustrator) and familiarity with Canva; able to direct graphic design work and manage external graphic designers
- Proficient use of WordPress and Hootsuite or other similar tools
- Experience with USAID policies and programs required with knowledge of global health monitoring evaluation and learning a plus
- Experience working for USAID implementing partner preferred
- Demonstrated experience managing and working with multicultural teams with diverse skill sets
- Willingness to travel internationally
Reports to: Director of Corporate Communications
No telephone inquiries please. Finalists will be contacted. Only applicants who include the required application components will be considered.
Panagora Group is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
Panagora Group is currently working a hybrid work schedule and employees are encouraged to come into the office at least once a week to foster engagement collaboration belonging and professional development. Departments/teams will hold inperson meetings that involve a high degree of collaboration where ideas are generated quickly and often feed off each other e.g. brainstorming storyboarding proposal development strategic planning and performance discussions. Staff who reside in the DC/MD/VA area are strongly encouraged to work from the office on those days.
Benefits
Panagora Group offers competitive salaries including regular performance reviews and merit increases with an excellent insurance program (health dental and vision) paid leave holidays bonuses employee assistance program training and development assistance commuter allowance phone allowance as well as employee stock ownership (ESOP) and 401K programs.
*Note: Panagora does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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