Senior Communications Officer (Editor)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian organization that provides impartial medical care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in over 70 countries. We welcome candidates who bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us in working toward MSF’s common mission.

Job Purpose

The Senior Communications Officer (Editor) is responsible for ensuring that external communications materials produced by MSF Hong Kong are of the highest quality: clear, compelling, accurate and on-brand. The role requires a thoughtful and precise editor who understands the value of authentic.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Develop persuasive news stories, conduct interviews with field workers, and consolidate field testimonials, striving for timely reportage that engages key audiences.
Adapt and translate content from the field, ensuring that text is authentic, effective, informative and appealing, while paying close attention to narrative flow, messaging, accuracy, tone and style.
Collaborate with Digital colleagues to package multimedia content effectively and compellingly.
Create and review messages and content for our flagship campaigns.
Review and edit fundraising and donor communications materials and coordinating with Fundraising Department on content creation.
Edit MSF HK Annual Activity Report, Newsletters, Financial Business Review, and other external reports.
Develop and manage the style guide for the office in Hong Kong
Maintain an eye on details, fact-checking, identifying sensitivities, and reputational issues.

The Ideal Candidate 

University graduate in communications, translations, languages, journalism or a related field
At least 5 years of writing, editing or relevant experience
Outstanding written skills in Traditional Chinese and English
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with proven ability to liaise with a broad range of stakeholders
Attention to detail, sensitivity to good content potentials, strong organisational and time management skills
Experience in editing website content via a Content Management System
Commitment to and respect for the mission and values of Médecins Sans Frontières.
Experience in producing publications and developing social media content is preferred

How To Apply

MSF Hong Kong will offer a remuneration package of 12 months basic salary benchmarked in INGO with no discretionary bonus. Interested parties, please send your letter of motivation, full resume, expected salary and date of earliest availability by e-mail to recruitment@hongkong.msf.org. All information collected is solely for recruitment purpose and will be treated in strict confidence. Please read the “Personal Information Collection Statement” before providing any personal data to Médecins Sans Frontières (HK) Limited.