(Senior) Programme Officer Strategic Communication, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

The main responsibility for this position is to assist in strengthening IRC's communication role as a global advocate for sustainable WASH services. For this a thorough understanding of processes of change and influencing is needed, as well as good knowledge of the potential of media and a creative mind to propose innovative and out of the box solutions. All of this takes place in teams in which inspiring and coaching colleagues will be an important part of the job.

Requirements include:

§ Master degree in communication or extension sciences or any other academic field relevant for the function

§ Experience with and interest in working in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America

§ Fluent in English (verbally and in writing) preferably a native English speaker and good command of one other language (French, Spanish, Portuguese)

§ Based in or willing to be based in The Netherlands

Salary: BBRA scale 11 (min. € 2,850.92 and max. € 4,380.72) or scale 12 (min. €3,340.33 and max. €4,964.76) depending on qualifications and experience. IRC has a working week of 36 hours.

Send applications with CV to: IRC, attn. Ms. Angela Broek, HR Manager, e-mail: recruitment [at] irc.nl

Application deadline: 01 December 2009

For full details go to the IRC web site.