Job Title: Communications Lead
Organisation: R-SEAT
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
R-SEAT is an international RLO working to enhance the effectiveness of global refugee responses by co- designing transparent, structured, and institutionalized refugee advisory mechanisms. These mechanisms amplify and activate refugee leadership ecosystems and increase the participation
Key Duties and Responsibilities: As the Communications Lead, you will platform and enhance R-SEAT’s mission by:
- Creating Strategic Communications Materials: Designing compelling, accessible, and visually engaging content tailored to diverse audiences to effectively broadcast and elevate our work.
- Supporting the Refugee Leadership Ecosystem: Identify key opportunities for advocates with lived experience of forced displacement and elevating their voices for broader visibility and impact.
- Enhancing Our Amplify Work: Shifting the narrative on refugee leadership by showcasing transformative stories, achievements, and insights with a global audience.
- Strategizing Advocacy for Impact: Leveraging social media and other communication channels to share calls to action, key updates, and messages that mobilize and unite our networks.
- Growing Our reach: Expanding and energizing R-SEAT’s communications presence across platforms to strengthen engagement, broaden our community, and deepen our influence
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
We want someone bold, visionary, and driven to create meaningful change. You must:
- Be based in Mexico, Colombia, Lebanon, Syria, Kenya, or Uganda.
- Be passionate about refugee issues and skilled at building communities.
- Have a strong sense of creativity and an eye for design.
- Have the technical skills to utilize design platforms, mailing systems, and other relevant tools.
- Be a fluent and professional communicator in English.
- Be able to travel regionally, and preferably internationally.
- Embrace flexibility and thrive in a remote-work environment.
- Have strong leadership skills, be self-motivated, and take initiative and ownership over tasks and outcomes.
Strong candidates will also:
- Have lived experience of forced displacement. Please refer to R-SEAT’s definition of lived experience of forced displacement: https://www.instagram.com/refugeesseat/
- Have strong knowledge and/or experience of regional forced displacement processes and initiatives regionally or globally.
- Be familiar with global governance structures and global refugee initiatives such as the Global Compact for Refugees and the Global Refugee Forum.
What We Offer
- A chance to lead a transformative movement in a fast-growing, mission-driven organization.
- A full-time position with a competitive salary aligned with the market rates for managerial or senior managerial roles in the applicant’s country of residence, ensuring equity and recognition of experience and qualifications.
- A flexible working environment.
- A supportive global team committed to the meaningful participation of refugees, reimagining global systems, and aiming to create better responses for refugees globally.
How to Apply:
Please apply through the form, Click Here and upload the following:
- A cover letter
- Your up-to-date CV
- Contact information for two references
Deadline: 16th January 2026
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience required