Community Storytelling

As the Community Storytelling & Engagement Manager, you will be responsible for leading and implementing the Institute’s storytelling and communication strategy, managing a global community to highlight the human impact of cyberattacks and disinformation on vulnerable communities through compelling narratives. As the voice of the Institute, you will engage and inspire a global audience, deconstructing technical topics into relatable, emotional stories. 

Responsibilities

Under the leadership of the CEO, the Community Storyteller & Engagement Manager’s main responsibilities will include: 

• Tell all the stories of the Institute, starting with the one of the Beyond 125 action plan, aiming at empowering and preventing cyberattacks and disinformation against NGOs;

• Lead the implementation of the Institute’s marketing and communication strategy on increasing digital resilience, preventing harm and enforcing accountability in cyberspace; 

• Manage a global community to tell the stories of harms of cyberattack and disinformation against the most vulnerable; 

• Create emotions, and show how cyber and AI are about human beings, by focusing on the human part of storytelling when addressing cyber and technical issues;

• Deliver and ensure quality control of the Institute’s communication’s products (i.e website, social media presence, newsletters, releases, email announcements, planned publications, on-line, intranet, video, etc);

• Ensure alignment with the Institute’s culture, values, and beliefs across all communications; 

• Craft & communicate high quality compelling narratives (written or multimedia format) across various platforms (e.g. events, social media, blogs, and websites);

• In cooperation with the Strategy, Fundraising & Partnerships team, ensure that the communication strategy creates fundraising opportunities.

Additional Information 

• Start date: as soon as possible

• Duration: indefinite

• Location: Geneva or The Hague with some remote working possibilities, or full remote CET timezone

• Working rate: full-time at 32 hours per week (Mondays to Thursdays)

• Deadline for application: 25 November 2024

Equal Opportunity

The CyberPeace Institute is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

When applying

Please provide the following:

• A CV in a pdf format.

• A cover letter describing your motivation and salary expectations, in a pdf format.

• A sample of a written and/or designed content to demonstrate ability to transform a complex and/or technical  issue into a relatable story

Experience, Skills and Attributes

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in communications, marketing, digital marketing, journalism, media, storytelling, community management & engagement, or related field

• Studies in relevant field

• Strong ability to coordinate projects and tasks of a team

• Creativity in playing with words, images, and interactive experience

• Capacity to co-create content in a crowdsourced manner 

• Hands-on in designing, publishing and assessing the performance of publication on your own

• Master design suites or software

• Hands-on expertise of using LLM and GenAI

• Web design and web development skills

• Strong community creation, engagement and management skills

• Flexible and able to adapt to learn technical skills independently 

• Work at a fast pace in an environment with a diverse skill set and background

• Knowledge in the cybersecurity and emerging technology field is an asset

• Fluency in English, spoken and written. Knowledge of French is an asset

• Demonstrated commitment to work in NGOs - not for profit sector

The CyberPeace Institute protects the most vulnerable in cyberspace. We deliver cybersecurity assistance and hold all actors accountable for ensuring peace in cyberspace by exposing the human harm caused by cyberattacks and disinformation. We advocate against the unacceptable use of artificial intelligence to threaten international peace and security, while promoting the responsible development and use of AI.

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