Women LEAD Nepal Vacancy for Communications Officer

Supervisor: Executive Director

Working Hours: Full-time (40+ hours per week)
Deadline: May 31, 2026

Women LEAD Nepal is looking for a creative, organized, and detail-oriented individual who has a strong interest in women’s rights to work as their Communications Officer. The Officer will work with the Communications Team with the development and creation of creative content for Women LEAD’s digital communication efforts, including graphics, videos, photos, stories, case-studies, newsbytes, and other multimedia projects.

The Communication Team is dedicated to communicating the impact of Women LEAD’s programs. As a small, dynamic group of storytellers, we use different platforms—such as writing, photography, video, and design—to amplify the voices of our program participants and explain the importance of our work. The Communications Officer will join the team at a critical time of program expansion where they will be tasked with the strategic planning of organizational communications. The position will require management, strategic and implementation skills around digital storytelling and dissemination.

Women LEAD Nepal is one the first development organizations for young women in Nepal. Since 2011, we have empowered more than 8458 young women with the skills, support and opportunities needed to become leaders in their schools, communities, and nation. To learn more about Women LEAD Nepal and our programs, visit www.women-lead.org.

DUTIES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER:

The Communications Department is responsible for supporting all communication needs of various departments of Women LEAD Nepal and all their programs. Additionally, it is also responsible for showcasing the impactful work of Women LEAD Nepal to external and internal stakeholders. The primary role of the Communications Officer is to execute the communications strategy by doing the following:

• Create original, engaging and impactful written and graphic content for Women LEAD Nepal’s social media channels, which are updated regularly. Ensure our communications strategy is consistent across all our channels, specifically Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and our Website.

• Work with program teams to obtain and disseminate programmatic information and qualitative evidence about the impact of Women LEAD’s activities and programs.

• Coordinate the collection of communication content by the Communication team.

• Maintain and improve existing archiving systems such as photo and video archives.

• Review & update overarching Communication Strategy and an action plan with organizational targets on a periodic basis. Create, discuss and evaluate monthly goals with the Communications Team.

• Coordinate monthly content calendar and communications schedule.

• Find new ways to engage our community of 30,000+ supporters to enhance our brand, increase visibility and fundraising, and deepen relationships and engagement with key audiences.

• Increase both the number of members and levels and quality of engagement of our online community.

• Write and edit blog posts for Women LEAD’s blog.

• Contribute to the existing bloggers’ program, which gathers LEADers, Fellows and program alumni for yearly writing workshops giving them one-on-one writing assistance for articles and blog posts on issues they are passionate about.

• Conduct regular website maintenance and update content (with a 72 hour turnaround), including identifying content needs and generating compelling stories of our work and impact to ensure it is always current and portrays a comprehensive picture of what Women LEAD is achieving in Nepal.

• Liaise with our Website Developer for website edits and changes as-needed.

• Provide photos, interviews, quotes to WLEAD staff & board promptly.

• Identify and connect with international print and electronic media; develop and maintain professional contacts and relationships with journalists and leading bloggers to ensure WLEAD is featured and mentioned in national media outlets.

• Monitor and manage WLEAD's branding and reputation online, including tracking use of WLEAD's name in the press and online.

• Supervise interns as and when needed.

• Conduct communications training for staff, Board and program participants.

• Analyze and use data from different channels such as Google Analytics, Adwords, and social media to strengthen our communications tactics.

• Develop periodic newsletters, case-studies and annual reports.

• Follow industry blogs & stay on top of best practices and new tools.

• Perform various types of job/activity as described in the job description.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor's Graduate, preferably in mass communication, journalism, communications, or any related field.

• A passion for creative storytelling and promoting women’s rights.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in the Communications Unit of Non-Governmental institutions and/or experience working with development communications.

• Experience in photography, shooting video footage and using video editing software, such as Adobe Premiere is a plus.

• Understanding and a passion for celebrating and constructing stories around women’s empowerment and growth.

• Must be meticulous and creative.

• Experience working with and managing a team of communications professionals.

• Strong inter-personal and intra-personal skills.

• Strong communication skills with experience communicating with external stakeholders.

• Must have excellent writing and grammar skills.

• Ability to work independently with supervision skills.

This is a full-time position with a minimum duration of 2 years.

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