TOR Communication Advisor

TOR Communication Advisor

We strive for a world where there are no longer any deaths from AIDS and where people enjoy good sexual health. A world in which everyone can love freely and without fear. We do this by working together with the people who are hit hardest by HIV, STIs, discrimination and exclusion. We strengthen their voice and support them with information, knowledge, and funding. For all that is love. We focus on the Netherlands and the two regions of the world where the HIV epidemic continues to grow rapidly: Eastern Europe/Central Asia and Middle East/North Africa.

To make our dream a reality, as Team Communication Advice within the Marketing & Communication Department, we ensure that we contribute to reliable information so that people choose safe, fine, and healthy sex and to our steps towards a world without aids: (funding for) prevention, treatment and cure. Our team includes a dedicated communications advisor specialising in the Robert Carr Fund (RCF) – a temporary position for which we are currently recruiting.

Robert Carr Fund for civil society networks

Robert Carr Fund (Fund), launched in July 2012, is an innovative pooled funding mechanism designed to support global and regional civil society networks worldwide in their response to HIV and to address the needs of marginalized groups. People living with HIV, men who have sex with men, people who use drugs, prisoners, sex workers and transgender people are disproportionately affected by HIV and experience systematic human rights violations due to discrimination, exclusion, and criminalization. The Fund aims to strengthen HIV civil society to ensure access of marginalized groups to health, justice, and funding.

The Robert Carr Fund is a participatory grant maker. Our donors and civil society organizations designed the Fund in partnership, which is embodied in the Fund’s governance structures i.e. International Steering Committee (ISC) consisting of both members of civil society and representatives of funders. The membership of the Fund’s Program Advisory Panel (PAP) consists of experts from civil society who review all applications and advises the ISC. Aidsfonds is the Fund Management Agent of the Robert Carr Fund for civil society networks.

The Robert Carr Fund is looking for

• A Communications Advisor
• Working on communications for the Robert Carr Fund team
• On a consultancy basis*
• Up to 32 hours per week (flexible)
• For a period of six months
• The preferred start date is late August

*Six-month fixed-term contract negotiable.

What does the team do and what will you do

Team Communication Advice consists of several communication specialists working on communication challenges for the international department, the national department, and the organisation as a whole. In this position, you focus on projects for the Robert Carr Fund. The Communications Advisor is line managed by the Team Lead Communications and tasked managed by the RCF Fund Director.

Within the Robert Carr Fund team, the Communications Advisor is responsible for implementing and managing strategic and tactic communication activities to amplify the Fund’s impact, engage stakeholders, and support grantee and donor relations and fundraising. The advisor ensures consistent branding and messaging across all channels and materials and is responsible for producing all online and printed products for public communication.

Your tasks during the six months’ period

Your tasks as communications advisor:

• Grantee engagement and support: e.g. developing and publishing grantee stories, monitoring – and sharing if relevant – current grantee’s social media.
• Donor communications & fundraising: e.g. communications concept and planning for fundraising purposes, developing and deciding on messages, media and channels, producing a diversity of communications materials.
• Event and campaign support: e.g. plan and manage the communications calendar for events and conferences, including planning for the RCF anniversary event at AIDS2026.
• Content creation and dissemination: e.g. design and production of the RCF 2024 annual report, other publication and products.
• Website management.

What we offer

First, we offer you an ambitious organisation in which we cooperate and deliver quality in an approachable, open and friendly way on the basis of appealing goals and clear roles. In this way, we can all contribute to a world without AIDS and a drastic reduction in the number of STIs. It does not matter who you are, who you love or what you believe. We are curious about your talents and your social drive to work with us on our mission.

In addition, we offer:

• An exciting and versatile position in a dynamic organisation.
• Six months for at a maximum of 32 hours a week.
• An hourly rate aligned with the salary scale 10 between € 3.367,31 and € 5.352,79 gross per month at 36 hours per week, grading will depend on your experience.
• Hybrid working: You will work at our office in Amsterdam (Sloterdijk) and/or partly from home. There is also the possibility of flexible working hours and setting your own agenda.

Are you

Someone who looks at issues from different perspectives and connects with the communities we work with: people living with HIV, LGBTQ+, sex workers and people who use drugs, ideally because you can draw on your own experience or because you have been in close contact with members of these communities. And are you:

• A driven, flexible communication advisor who combines a helicopter view and strategic insight with a pragmatic approach.
• A flexible communications advisor who connects easily with internal and external stakeholders.
• Someone with a project-based approach to assignments.
• Someone with a good feel for politics, context, and cultural diversity in our working field.
• Meticulous and proactive.

Do you have

• A relevant educational background with a minimum of master’s degree level of thinking and work experience.
• Experience and skills within the field of communication (e.g. project communication, fundraising communication, or advocacy).
• At least 4 years of demonstrable experience in a communications advisor role.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Experience with digital platforms (e.g. social media, website admin, listservs).
• Experience or affinity with basic graphic design and multimedia production (e.g. Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, video editing).
• Advanced English language skills (spoken and written).
• Residency in the Netherlands and entitled to work in the Netherlands.
• Experience working with NGOs and with different partners and stakeholders, familiarity with HIV, SRHR, human rights is a plus.