Communications

• Engage, retain, and grow Hivos' community of private donors in the Netherlands
• Develop and execute donor communication plans
• Coordinate and produce monthly email newsletters for private donors
• Manage multiple annual direct mailings
• Create and adapt communication materials across online and offline channels
• Monitor donor communication performance and improve engagement and retention
• Develop compelling stories communicating Hivos' impact, values, and program results to Dutch audiences
• Gather, create, and adapt content from program teams and international colleagues
• Translate complex program information into accessible content for supporters and prospects
• Ensure storytelling aligns with Hivos' brand identity, fundraising objectives, and audience needs
• Support campaign materials, publications, and promotional content
• Develop and coordinate collaborations, partnerships, and events
• Contribute to external events and visibility opportunities
• Support donor events and engagement activities
• Evaluate partnerships and events against engagement and fundraising objectives
• Manage and maintain Dutch-language website content
• Optimize website content for user experience, supporter engagement, and fundraising outcomes
• Align website content with campaigns and donor journeys
• Collaborate with fundraising, communications, program, and digital engagement colleagues
• Adapt global content and campaigns for Dutch audiences
• Contribute to external engagement, fundraising, and communications planning
• Share donor, supporter, and partner insights to improve strategies
• Provide advisory and capacity-building support for fundraising campaigns in other markets

Communications Officer – Donor Engagement

• Own global corporate communications guidelines, public disclosure policies, and core messaging
• Align the communications calendar with Content Marketing for executive messaging, thought leadership, and PR announcements
• Lead media relations by directing the external PR agency and building relationships with priority journalists
• Drive proactive coverage around company milestones, product launches, and events, focusing on the US market
• Prepare senior leaders for interviews, keynotes, and speaking opportunities
• Deliver media training, craft key messages, and position leadership as trusted industry experts
• Build structured internal communication flows and partner with HR on internal messaging
• Coordinate announcements about company developments, partnerships, and product milestones
• Align customer-facing messaging across Marketing, Sales, and Support
• Manage the corporate communications calendar alongside Content Marketing and Events
• Reinforce the company’s market position and brand values through corporate communications

Corporate Communications Manager

• Build and lead OCH's central strategic communications and public-influence function
• Shape the team, external support and operating model required for the build phase
• Define shared media-engagement language, standards, frameworks and practical tools for country teams
• Work directly with country teams to develop strategies, then move into coaching and advisory support
• Develop a network-wide spokesperson methodology
• Build a rapid-response capability for breaking stories
• Create shared infrastructure for narrative testing, media monitoring, intelligence gathering and cross-network learning
• Position OCH's voices, stories and data for an AI-shaped media environment
• Help country teams build relationships with outlets, validators, think tanks, creators and platforms
• Lead crisis-response protocols
• Manage a budget focused on developing capacity and skills across the network
• Plan the handover from central support to a lighter-touch model
• Report to the Chief Strategy Officer and work closely with the CEO
• Shape the team, external support and budget in discussion with the CEO and Chief Strategy Officer

Communications jobs in Netherlands

Communications Officer – Donor Engagement

Corporate Communications Manager

Global Director – Strategic, Political Communications