Roving Reporter - Emergency Communications Specialist

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Roving Reporter - Emergency Communications Specialist, you will be deployed into sudden/high-profile emergencies and breaking news contexts to deliver video, image and text content to boost WV’s global profile. The position is primarily based in or with access to the Middle East / Europe/ Africa regions. The role will also profile invisible emergencies, and gather content for key moments, campaigns and other high-impact public engagement events. The position involves multi-media content collection, serving as global spokesperson, pitching, engaging and hosting media, and VIPs. The job entails up to 50% travel, working in high-stress, and potentially hazardous environments, including conflict areas. Non-deployment time will focus on developing media relationships; pitching story ideas and content; building communications and spokespersons capacity; and remotely supporting high-profile and declared emergencies. This is a high-visibility role that has significant positioning, risk management and leadership and field engagement responsibility.

Requirements include:

• At least five years of progressive work experience with international exposure/external engagement on humanitarian emergencies or fragile country contexts.
• Masters or equivalent experience in the field of journalism or public relations, or other relevant field.
• Experience in media relations, public speaking or serving as a spokesperson. Ability to work in difficult, insecure and stressful conditions.
• Proven field communications experience in emergency settings.
• Strong interpersonal, cross cultural and communication skills.
• Excellent command of English both written and spoken, plus a second language, preferably Spanish, French, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin or German. Ability to translate INGO terminology into language understood by a wide audience.