Communication Consultant

What you’ll do

• Provide strategic communications advice and support to the Country Representative and management team, ensuring alignment with IDB Group communications policies, guidelines, and approval processes.
• Develop, implement, and monitor the annual communications work plan in line with Country Office, Regional Department, VPC, and institutional priorities.
• Design and execute visibility initiatives that communicate the development impact of IDB operations, partnerships, and knowledge products.
• Support priority public and private events by ensuring compliance with institutional messaging, protocols, brand standards, and visual identity guidelines.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with key media contacts and stakeholders, including government, private sector, civil society, donors, academia, and influencers.
• Coordinate approved media outreach activities, including press briefings, interviews, and media placements, following established corporate workflows and clearance processes.
• Draft and coordinate the clearance of press releases, media responses, talking points, and other communications materials.
• Monitor media coverage and public conversations to identify and report reputational risks and communication opportunities.
• Develop, adapt, and edit communications products such as presentations, stories, newsletters, web content, event briefs, and other priority materials, ensuring compliance with IDB standards.
• Generate and coordinate engaging social media content through approved workflows, ensuring consistency with institutional messaging, quality standards, and brand guidelines.

What you'll need

• Education: A Master's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, International Relations or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
• Experience: At least 5 years of progressive experience in strategic communications, development communications, or public relations. 
• Languages: Proficiency in English  and Dutch spoken and written is required.

Requirements

• Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.  Must be eligible to work in Suriname without the need for sponsorship.
• Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.