About CRS

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion, or nationality. CRS Sudan is as dynamic and diverse as the needs of the people we serve. Since 1978, CRS Sudan has been assisting the people of Sudan across the emergency, recovery, and development spectrum. Key sectoral areas for CRS Sudan include food security, livelihoods, nutrition, health, peacebuilding, climate change, and natural resource management. CRS Sudan has an expanding portfolio of development, emergency response, and resiliency programs. Currently, CRS Sudan oversees programming across El Gezira, Khartoum, East Darfur, West Darfur, Central Darfur, North Darfur, and Red Sea.

About the Thabat

CRS Sudan is implementing the 3-year Thabat - Enhancing Community Resilience Project in Gezira State, Sudan. The project will strengthen agricultural production and the resilience of target communities by providing timely access to inputs, services, and extension; upgrading target value chains; and working with local partners to establish and strengthen community consumer organizations that engage with vulnerable communities. The goal of the project is to improve access to affordable, high-quality food for conflict-affected communities (IDPs, returnees, and host communities) in target localities through a more efficient agricultural market system. CRS works in collaboration with market actors, including Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), input supply companies, private-sector businesses engaged in services and value addition along the value chain, Consumer Organizations (COs), local development partners, and community-based organizations to boost production, facilitate market linkages, strengthen businesses, and alleviate food insecurity. Through its other component, the project also supports nutrition programming in Khartoum, aiming to ensure effective treatment of malnourished pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under five, reduce the incidence of acute malnutrition in high-priority localities, and guarantee timely access to essential nutrition commodities.

Job Summary

The Communications Senior Project Officer will lead the development and execution of Thabat’s communications strategy, ensuring effective systems, processes, calendars, and partnerships are in place to produce a diverse range of high-quality communications products that capture program impact, lessons learned, and successes to share with the World Bank and its donors, and that advance Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. You will work proactively with Thabat’s technical teams and local partners to identify and produce case studies, success stories, and learning pieces, and to develop calendars that align with program implementation cycles and document the full story of project implementation and the transformative journey of project beneficiaries. You will coordinate with CRS Sudan’s Communication Manager and its regional and global communications and marketing teams to enhance visibility of Thabat’s work among diverse audiences. You will also collaborate with a range of key external stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector companies, farmers, and consumer cooperatives, ensuring compliance with local regulations. Your skills and knowledge will ensure that Thabat delivers high-quality programming and continuously works to improve its impact.

The Communications Senior Project Officer, Thabat Project, works closely with the Country Program and Regional Marketing Strategist to create content and ensure strategic alignment of communications, consistent messaging, and a strong brand identity. The Communications Officer creates content and uses effective communication channels to reach diverse audiences and help strengthen CRS Sudan’s and the dedicated project’s positioning for funding and influence. This includes stories, multimedia, and reports as required, and ensures CRS’ compliance with donor branding and marking requirements.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Write, design, and manage the documentation and production of creative and compelling communications and marketing materials – stories, photos, video, fact sheets, brochures, social media posts, etc. - for various audiences, including the World Bank and its donors, local and national governments, partners, CRS stakeholders, media, and others as needed, ensuring compliance with donor branding requirements.
• Coordinate with and build the capacity of Thabat staff and local partners’ communications teams to capture and produce communications materials as needed. 
•  Support procurement processes for licenses, equipment, and applications needed to implement Thabat's communications plan, ensuring compliance with local regulations.
• Tailor Thabat messages for each audience and identify and use effective distribution channels to disseminate communications materials to key audiences.
• Work with the project team to create content for CRS Sudan/global social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 
•  Develop and maintain relationships with local media, identify opportunities to reach key audiences, and coach country program staff on effective local media representation.
• Support the development of tools to enable story and information collection for communications pieces, including interview guides, photo and video guidance and guidelines, and disseminate them to partners and Thabat staff. Conduct necessary training for project and partners.
• Provide marketing and communications support for events, including signage, handouts, talking points, photos, and liaising with media, and convene local media as appropriate whenever a Thabat event takes place.
• Support the creation of processes, manuals, and training for CP staff and partners (as relevant) on issues related to communications, marketing, and media created for the development of the CP.

Basic Qualifications 

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, or related studies; experience in INGOs or UN preferred.
• Minimum three years of marketing and communication experience, ideally for an NGO or another organization in development and relief programming. 
• Excellent English language oral and written communication skills are required. 
• Individual must possess the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Ability and desire to work well with diverse employees, partners and beneficiaries in a cooperative and friendly manner. 
• Must possess the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully disseminating information to a variety of target audiences.
• Travel up to 30 % is required. 
• Highly proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and desktop publishing skills is required.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign and Canva, is strongly desired.

Languages: Fluency in English and Arabic required

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff) 

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results. 

• Integrity 
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships 
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Supervisory Responsibilities - None

What we offer 

CRS offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, generous retirement savings plan and the opportunity to work in a collaborative, mission-driven culture that is committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world. 

We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation. 

Disclaimer:  This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position. 

CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

Submission location: - 

If interested, please submit cover letter, resume and copies of your education and work certificates to Sudan Job or Labor Office Madani. Ensure that your cover letter or resume has a phone number there you can be reached.