Communications Officer, Rapid Response, Africa

The Communications Officer, Rapid Response, Africa will be a key member of the global Strategic Communications team, leading strategic efforts to anticipate, mitigate, and react to reputational risk issues in African markets and contributing to global issue management.

Requirements

• Identify and develop issue shaping and rapid response communications plans to mitigate potential programmatic and reputational risk across African markets
• Work with program and policy teams to anticipate comms risks related to program priorities, policy developments, and key country milestones
• Manage rapid-response communications during breaking news, emergencies, or reputational risks across African markets
• Monitor media, social, and political developments across African regions to anticipate issues, flag risks early, identify mis/disinformation, and inform real-time communications strategies
• Draft and deploy high-quality statements, Q&As, talking points, and reactive content aligned with regional context, cultural nuance, and organizational priorities
• Coordinate closely with global and regional teams and external partners to ensure consistent messaging across countries, languages, and platforms
• Support crisis preparedness by maintaining response playbooks, scenario planning, messaging, training/simulations, and post-incident analyses to strengthen future rapid-response efforts

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off
• Paid family leave
• Foundation-paid retirement contribution
• Regional holidays