Field Communications Fellow (Thailand, DR, or Haiti)

Unpaid fellowship, with housing

Communications and Storytelling:

• Increase Plant With Purpose’s consistency and capacity for storytelling by interviewing and capturing stories of hope and empowerment of partnering farmers and communities

• Write compelling stories for a variety of mediums – grants, donor communication materials, social media, website, and blog content

• Capture high-quality photos and videos of partnering farmers, families, communities, VSLA groups, and landscapes to be used for US communication materials

• Collaborate with national staff to travel to communities and help facilitate consistency in communications and branding of Plant With Purpose

• Communicate with US staff on communications needs and upload content to SalesForces story database and Flickr in a timely manner

• Strengthen the capacity of field staff to manage website and social media content

Fundraising:

• Help identify local fundraising opportunities and collaborate with field staff to draft proposals and reports

• Develop marketing and fundraising tools to help field staff, such as design elements, white papers, market segmentation and analysis, database of local granting organizations, publicity and profile opportunities

Program Facilitation:

• Aid in coordination and logistical planning of vision trips for US supporters to witness the program success and interact with participants

• Work with field staff in detailed planning, hosting, and program highlights

• Communicate expectations of visitors to field staff and vice versa

• Serve as a translator for field staff and partnering farmers and facilitate questions and understanding of program for visitors

Required:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Strong cross-cultural skills, with the ability to adapt to the local culture

• High degree of flexibility, self-motivation, and problem-solving skills

• Ability to adapt to new cultures and be flexible in new, challenging environments

• Creativity and ability to work with limited resources

• Strong organizational skills, including effective time management and prioritization of competing demands and multiple deadlines

• Dedication to completing the full 10-12 month assignment overseas

• Ability to work independently

• Ability and commitment to fund the experience

• Desire and passion to work for a faith-based organization

• Respectful attitude with community members and field staff in the local culture

• Ability to contribute and uphold the public image of Plant With Purpose in the local country

Preferred:

• Experience living or working in a developing country or cross-cultural setting

• Functional photography and/or design skills, a plus Education

• Completed degree in communications, writing, journalism, international development or related field

Language:

• Fluent in English and willingness to teach English to field staff

• Preferred: advanced communication ability in Spanish, French, Creole, or Thai (depending on country placement)

• If language skills are not present, then a strong willingness to learn the local language

Plant With Purpose, a Christian development organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor.