Director, Communications Division
The Commonwealth Secretariat seeks to appoint a Director for our Communications Division, to provide vision, leadership, and guidance to the Division and the Secretariat. The Commonwealth Secretariat – as an intergovernmental organisation – has particular responsibility for presenting official pan-Commonwealth views and perspectives with impact as well as tact and political sensitivity. The Communications Division is at the forefront of this activity, and has a diversity of target audiences including Commonwealth member governments, the media, specialist groups, young people, and the general public. The Division undertakes its work mainly through media, public relations and information dissemination activities particularly using contemporary ICT-based communication platforms.
The Director is expected to have strong public diplomacy skills and experience, as well as media expertise. The Commonwealth Secretariat is constantly exploring means to sharpen its impact and to raise the profile of the Commonwealth at large, in which the Communication Division has the primary role under the guidance of the Director. The Director therefore also needs to have strategic creativity and to be innovative.
To be considered, you will have an academic qualification at post-graduate level and/or professional qualifications relevant to communications, public relations and media, or international relations. At least fifteen years’ experience in communications, journalism, public affairs, media relations, digital communications, government communications or strategic external relations; a significant senior leadership experience in a complex, politically sensitive, international, governmental, intergovernmental, diplomatic, public-sector or public-facing organisation.
Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter. Covering letters should be structured to address the key criteria required in the person specification, giving clear examples.
To join us, you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country.