Communications Manager at CLASP

The Communications Manager will be responsible for designing, implementing and measuring communications for these portfolios in India, as well as providing liaison and communication guidance with program teams from other offices in the region. The candidate will report to the Communications Director.

The successful candidate will have expertise delivering impactful communications campaigns and innovative content for global audiences and understand how communications further CLASP’s mission and theory of change. We are seeking an agile, creative communications professional with well-honed listening and interpersonal skills, who is skilled at distilling complex information into clear messages and can adapt to evolving contexts and priorities.  

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership: Build strategic communications work plans in support of CLASP’s Climate and Clean Energy Access programmatic objectives and guide day-to-day project implementation.
• Project management: Strong project management skills and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Digital Content Creation: Design and write high-quality, impact-focused articles, video scripts, newsletter posts, presentations, and social media posts to effectively communicate climate and sustainable development topics to diverse global audiences as part of ongoing communications across various CLASP brands (Efficiency for Access, Global LEAP Awards, VeraSol, and CLASP). Maintain website editorial calendars and ensure the timely dissemination of programmatic developments. Review content for clarity, meaning, organization, and impact; engage in feedback and iteration. Oversee the communications team’s contributions to the editorial process.
• Design Communication Campaigns: Design, develop, and implement innovative communications strategies and campaigns for various projects.
• Media Engagement: Develop and maintain relationships with the media and with media consultants; develop and implement plans to regularly pitch CLASP’s work.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with colleagues across CLASP and our partner organizations to deliver ongoing communication tasks and global communications campaigns. Interface with partner NGOs, government representatives and others. Design, craft and deliver compelling presentations to further CLASP’s work for external stakeholders. Prepare partner toolkits.
• Event Communications: Prepare and deliver CLASP communications at leading international events; plan webinars and events.
• Communicate Cutting Edge Research: Support our Climate and Clean Energy Access teams in packaging and promoting reports for maximum impact, through press engagement, newsletters, website stories, and social media.
• Business Development: Contribute to the expansion and continuity of CLASP’s work through donor proposal development and reporting, in collaboration with colleagues in India, Indonesia, and the US.
• Lead CLASP’s Communications in India and the region: Oversee a dedicated communications workstream for CLASP’s work in India while providing liaison support to other programs in the region. Supervise one or more direct reports. Facilitate ongoing training and professional development.
• Plan and Budget: work with research, program, and communications teams to develop communication budgets and schedules. Provide communications expertise – when / where is the right time/place to launch for maximal impact. Drive innovation.
• Oversee Subcontractors: Ensure CLASP communications subcontractors working in India and the region are appropriately oriented and/or engaged; provide quality assurance to confirm the work produced is in line with the CLASP brand and objectives. 
• Track Progress: Monitor and evaluate the performance of external communications products and identify opportunities for improvement.

The Ideal Candidate 

• A team leader and coach with a passion for growing others and building collaborative, high trust working environments.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an orientation toward working in a collaborative environment. Ability to maintain composure, flexibility, and a sense of humor. Ability to provide productive feedback at multiple levels, internally and externally
• Confident and polished verbal communication skills; ability to connect with and influence people in a diverse, international work environment.
• Proven ability to take complex, technical ideas and turn them into compelling stories in a variety of formats: web, print publications, briefing papers, digital media, and social media all a plus; experience writing funding proposals ideal.
• Good visual eye; must be able to reproduce and maintain CLASP’s brand and family of brand identities across all media products.
• Strong time management and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple tasks and projects at a time under deadline.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an orientation toward working in a collaborative environment; ability to maintain composure, flexibility, and a sense of humor under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 8+ Years' previous communications experience in an international context. Preference for experience in more than one Asian country. 
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, media, international relations, public relations, digital design or similar. 
• Excellent written and digital communication skills, with a track record of professional experience in journalism, media production, advertising, or publishing.
• Candidates with experience in communicating on sustainable development (climate mitigation, climate adaptation, sustainable cities etc.) strongly preferred.
• Proven experience working with the media and relationships with the media is strongly preferred.
• Languages: English fluency a must, an additional regional language is desirable.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications and Microsoft Office Suite.