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Field Communications Fellow (Thailand, DR, or Haiti)

Plant With Purpose

Plant With Purpose

Field Communications Fellow (Thailand, DR, or Haiti)

National
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    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

  • Qualifications

    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

  • Compensation
    Unpaid fellowship, with housing
  • Industry
    Non-Profit
  • About Us

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