Communications Officer – International Cocoa Initiative

Job Description

About the position
We are looking for a Communications Officer to join our Communications team, based in ICI’s Ghana office in Accra. This is a one-year temporary contract. The Communications Officer will develop content for the organization’s website and social media channels, will maintain and develop strong relationships with national media, will engage with a wide network of national partners and stakeholders, in order to support ICI to tell its story in a compelling and inspirational way and drive the achievement of the organization’s objectives.

Start date: asap

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Developing content for the ICI website and social media channels.
  This includes:
  • Working with ICI’s project teams to identify interesting projects, stories and events, organizing field visits to meet and interview members of cocoa-growing communities and producing articles, videos and social media content that bring our work in Ghana’s cocoa-growing communities to a wider audience, and
  • Producing articles, videos and social media content that communicate our research and activities to key stakeholders.
• Strengthen relations with national media. This includes:
  • Building and strengthening a network of trusted media contacts,
  • Proactively targeting trusted contacts with relevant ICI news,
  • Coordinating responses to media requests,
  • Providing support to Ghana based staff on dealing with media, and
  • Organizing trips for target media.
• Supporting the Country Director with participation in events including speech writing and presentation development
• Support the implementation of the organization’s visual brand guidelines and the overall respect of the visual identity
• Building partnerships with key national stakeholders including relevant government departments through the organization of events, communication campaigns and meetings.

Reporting to the Country Director (based in Accra, Ghana) and the Communications Director (based in Geneva, Switzerland), you will work closely with the communications staff based in Côte d’Ivoire and Switzerland, in addition to staff in other departments across all locations.

Qualifications, skills and experience 

• Three years or more of experience in non-profit communications, corporate communications or journalism
• University degree or equivalent in communications or another relevant field
• Experience in non-profit outreach and advocacy
• Ability to turn technical information into compelling stories, with outstanding writing skills and attention to detail
• Strong content strategy and content development skills
• Excellent video editing skills
• Strong IT skills including graphic design software and web content management systems
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and adjust to changing priorities
• A commitment to continuous learning with good knowledge of new developments in the communications field and a willingness to learn from others and constantly improve
• Curiosity and passion for communications and improving the life of children and their families in cocoa-growing communities
• Knowledge of French would be beneficial

Application procedure

Only candidates authorized to work in Ghana should apply.

Please send applications in English, including a cover letter and your CV, to recruitment-gha@cocoainitiative.org by August 31^st, 2026.

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Your cover letter should also include details of your salary expectations.

Please indicate the position you are applying for (Communication Officer) in the subject line of your email.

By submitting your application, you consent to us processing your data for the purpose of evaluating your application for this job position. We will keep your application data confidential and only use it for recruitment purposes. Once the job position is closed, your application will be deleted.

Please note that only those candidates who match the above requirements and who have been selected for interview will be contacted. 

ICI Core Values

All ICI staff members are expected to adhere to, respect, and always promote at any time ICI’s Core Values: HUMANITY, INTEGRITY, NEUTRALITY, PARTNERSHIP, INNOVATION. Please refer to the ICI website for more details (https://www.cocoainitiative.org/about-us/our-organisation/our-values)

 Child Safeguarding
ICI has zero tolerance for all forms of child neglect, abuse (sexual, physical, emotional, and psychological), and exploitation (sexual and commercial). ICI commits to putting the best interests of the child first, and at the centre of its work, irrespective of a child’s ability, ethnicity, faith, gender, sexuality, and culture. By applying to ICI, you automatically agree to the above terms and uphold the principles described herein.

Equal opportunity and non-discrimination
ICI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunities and non-discrimination for all employees and employment applicants and to providing employees with a fair work environment free of discrimination.

Disclaimer
ICI and preferred recruitment partners will NEVER ask candidates for fees for any purpose during the recruitment process. No recruitment fee, no hiring fee, no security deposit, no software or equipment charges are charged to candidates applying to ICI.