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The title '''Director of Public Policy & Communications''' is reserved for the person in charge of promoting the totality of our organizational network's projects and interests, i.e. the [[Future Worlds Center]], the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]], the [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]] and the [[Ekkotek High-tech business incubator]]. | The title '''Director of Public Policy & Communications''' is reserved for the person in charge of promoting the totality of our organizational network's projects and interests, i.e. the [[Future Worlds Center]], the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]], the [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]] and the [[Ekkotek High-tech business incubator]]. | ||
The Director of Public Policy and Communications plays a leadership role in advancing policy change through the local society of Cyprus’s advocacy program that seeks to promote the vision and strategic objectives of the organization. | |||
==People with this title== | ==People with this title== | ||
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===Key responsibilities=== | |||
# Facilitate the continuous strengthening of a <u>common identity and shared purpose</u> within the organization. | |||
# Supervise <u>compliance of projects and people to the vision, constitutional values and communication strategy</u> of the organization. | |||
# Supervise a team of individuals from across the organization to serve as a core group <u>promoting the interests of the organization as a whole</u>. | |||
# Work with liaisons from each other unit to ensure that each Unit and each project is publicized and promoted adequately using every opportunity and every success of project activities and/or deliverables to do so. | |||
# Support all people and all projects in maintaining strong communication policies and actions. | |||
===Assists the Chair of the Board of FWC=== | |||
* Identify policy change opportunities, participate in researching and writing about policy issues, develops issue campaigns, and helps identify and mobilize coalition partners – public, nonprofit, business players. | * Identify policy change opportunities, participate in researching and writing about policy issues, develops issue campaigns, and helps identify and mobilize coalition partners – public, nonprofit, business players. | ||
* Develop and execute a communications and media relations strategy that utilizes both traditional and new media. | * Develop and execute a communications and media relations strategy that utilizes both traditional and new media. | ||
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* He also serves as strategic advisor to FWC’s primary spokesperson and other sectorial spokepersons, in all matters pertaining to the media, including media training, interview preparation, and positioning for press conferences, speaking engagements, and other events and venues where media are in attendance. | * He also serves as strategic advisor to FWC’s primary spokesperson and other sectorial spokepersons, in all matters pertaining to the media, including media training, interview preparation, and positioning for press conferences, speaking engagements, and other events and venues where media are in attendance. | ||
===Responsibilities related Public Policy | |||
===Responsibilities related Public Policy=== | |||
* Monitor the political environment for policy issues that interest the organization | * Monitor the political environment for policy issues that interest the organization | ||
* Monitor public policy trends proactively | * Monitor public policy trends proactively | ||
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* Develop and maintain relationships with policy advocacy and communications key persons of relevant stakeholders, organizations (public, nonprofit, business) and projects, other affiliates and participate in conferences relevant to the agenda of FWC. | * Develop and maintain relationships with policy advocacy and communications key persons of relevant stakeholders, organizations (public, nonprofit, business) and projects, other affiliates and participate in conferences relevant to the agenda of FWC. | ||
===Communications | |||
===Communications=== | |||
* Develop and implement innovative and creative communicating methods and messaging tools; Develop messages and identify means | * Develop and implement innovative and creative communicating methods and messaging tools; Develop messages and identify means | ||
* Partner with management team members to help develop and guide strategic direction, develop operational plans, and manage the overall communications plan. | * Partner with management team members to help develop and guide strategic direction, develop operational plans, and manage the overall communications plan. | ||
* Build a premier communications team that will serve as a results-driven and goal-oriented component of the organization | * Build a premier communications team that will serve as a results-driven and goal-oriented component of the organization | ||
* Provide leadership in the strategic development and implementation of an integrated communications and brand strategy in an effort to increase * FWCs brand awareness and deepen relationships with society and stakeholders | * Provide leadership in the strategic development and implementation of an integrated communications and brand strategy in an effort to increase. | ||
* FWCs brand awareness and deepen relationships with society and stakeholders | |||
* Develop and oversee the communications team to create and communicate a relevant and consistent organizational identity | * Develop and oversee the communications team to create and communicate a relevant and consistent organizational identity | ||