ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ICA Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) is seeking a dynamic and skilled Communications and Events Officer to support its communication efforts and key regional events. The Officer will work closely with the Lead – Communications and Membership Development to ensure effective outreach, content development, and successful coordination of key regional events, including the Regional Assembly 2025 in Sri Lanka.

The role is 60% focused on communication tasks and 40% on events coordination. Key Responsibilities include:

1. Communication (60%)
Promote Awareness and Visibility of Cooperatives

• Support in preparing visibility materials (press releases, key messages, etc.) to raise awareness and engagement of the cooperative movement in the Asia-Pacific region. 
• Create regular content (audio-visual and narrative) for ICA-AP Website and social media platforms
• Develop strategies to enhance and sustain engagement across ICA-AP social media channels. Analyze social media metrics and generate engagement reports.
• Gather bi-weekly updates from program teams, create compelling content for the ICA-AP website, and amplify it through social media. 
• Curate and create stories from the regional cooperative movement for ICA-AP’s monthly newsletter and social media features. 
• Support in curating and promoting inspirational stories from the regional cooperative movement as part of the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025 (IYC 2025) campaign. 
• Support in content editing and design of the Coop Dialogue publication.
  
  

Database and Outreach Management

• Regularly update and maintain the ICA-AP mailing list. 
• Ensure members’ contact data (social media and websites) are updated quarterly. 
• Keep the contact list synced with the ICA’s database. 
• Manage ICA-AP’s SharePoint by ensuring key documents and resources are available and up-to-date. 

2. Events Coordination Support (40%)

Regional Assembly 2025 – Sri Lanka

• Oversee online registrations and participant coordination. 
• Track event-related email communication, ensuring timely responses with support from the ICA-AP team. 
• Support
• Assist with logistical arrangements and liaise with organizing teams. 
• Develop promotional content and support event promotion through ICA-AP’s channels.
• Help with post-event tasks like writing reports, collecting feedback, updating records, thank you notes, and following up with participants. 

Support for Other ICA-AP Events, Workshops, and Seminars

• Assist in participant registration, logistical support, coordination, and post event support of the events. 
• Support event promotion and outreach to members and stakeholders to boost participation.