Communications Officer (24-32u) Tiel • De Nieuwe Gevers

Vacatureomschrijving

Amplify inclusive digital development & finance – globally🌍

Building digital bridges to real-world inclusion

Our client believes everyone should have access to knowledge and resources to increase their welfare—no matter where they live, how much they earn or whether they can read. That’s why they build inclusive digital platforms that provide rural communities in low-income countries with tools for financial stability, better health, improved farming practices and social participation.

Their integrated system already supports 4 million+ people to increase their welfare and be independent from development aid. To increase their impact they need a strategic communicator who can turn their innovative, bottom-up approach into a compelling story that resonates with institutional donors, impact investors, corporates, governments and NGO partners across the globe.

✨ 5 reasons this job matters
📣 Lead the external communications & stakeholder relations—from positioning and messaging to donor and impact investors outreach and impact storytelling.
🎓 You bring 5–10 years of experience in strategic communication and stakeholder management, plus a relevant degree.
💼 Salary: €4.500 – €5.800 (based on 40h/w) including 13th month, plus 8% holiday pay and yearly bonus based on organisational performance.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Work directly with the executive team in Tiel and inspire local communications professionals across multiple countries in Africa and Asia.
💡 Help scale bottom-up solutions that bring access to finance, farming tools, health info and local markets for millions in development countries.

What will you do?
Your main responsibility is to elevate the visibility and positioning as a trusted, innovative leader in digital development among institutional donors, corporates, governments, and NGOs. As a MT-member, you’ll craft communication strategies, create impactful materials, coordinate a website relaunch, and represent them at conferences and high-level meetings. You’ll also support and align communication teams in the countries where they work. You will:

• Develop and execute a global communication strategy that supports visibility, fundraising, and thought leadership.
• Lead our branding and positioning efforts, ensuring consistency across all countries, materials and touchpoints.
• Support the in-country teams with aligned messaging and tools
• Coordinate website redesign with the website developers (currently based in Nepal)
• Create or coordinate donor and impact investor facing materials: from decks to reports, from impact summaries, social media to storytelling assets
• Be the spokesperson at conferences and in meetings with partners, including Dutch ministries, corporates, NGOs, and multilaterals.
• Build and manage relationships with institutional funders, corporates and NGO stakeholders
• Travel occasionally to partner countries to gather stories and connect with teams on the ground

Gevraagd

Who are you?
You are a purpose-driven communicator who combines creativity with strategic thinking. You understand how to speak to donors and impact investors, but also how to tell a human story that connects. You have:

• 5–10 years of experience in communication & external relations, preferably in the development, social enterprise, impact investment or nonprofit sector.
• A relevant HBO or University degree
• Fluent English (required); Dutch and French are a plus
• Strong writing and editing skills for both strategy and storytelling
• A hands-on mentality: from writing strategy docs to managing a website launch
• The ability to work independently and connect across cultures and time zones

Nice-to-haves:

• A background or strong interest in international development, digital inclusion, or social entrepreneurship.
• Experience engaging with institutional donors, impact investors or public-sector stakeholders (e.g. ministries, multilaterals).
• Understanding of website content strategy and user journeys.

Aanbod

Where you're going to work?
Our client is a social enterprise with a nonprofit foundation, creating inclusive digital ecosystems for rural communities in low-income countries. Their mission: social and financial inclusion for the 85% who don’t have access to traditional microfinance. Here’s how it works: they organize groups of 50 farming households and provide them with a tablet and access to their Digital Community Platform (DCP). Through this platform, they receive:

• Agricultural support (weather info, best practices, fertiliser advice, and local pricing).
• Health education and access to local services.
• Financial literacy training and tailored coaching via local “finance coaches”.
• Market access via their own online marketplace, where producers and buyers (including large multinationals, WFP and SMEs) connect. Here they can sell the goods they produce.
• Credit access: because they gather reliable data, financial institutions are willing to offer loans to these communities at lower risk.

What’s the result?
Families increase their harvests, save money, access healthcare, connect to local and global markets, and gain new independence. This isn’t just theory—it’s happening in Burundi, Uganda, Burkina Faso and beyond, with 4+ million people using their tools. Their sustainable model is supported by donor funding in the first phase, allowing them to offer services for free when entering a new country. Over time, users pay low-cost subscriptions, and they receive a margin on transactions via our marketplace, creating a flywheel of sustainable growth. They partner with organizations like the World Food Programme, Dutch development institutions, and private sector partners to scale their work.

Why work with them?
Because you'll work at the intersection of tech, inclusion and impact. Because you’ll have the freedom to shape how the world understands us. And because the work matters—every day. They offer:

• Impact: Every piece of communication you produce can lead to new partnerships or funding — directly fueling expansion and improving the lives of more people.
• Freedom: A high level of autonomy and the chance to shape a new role from scratch.
• Salary: €4.500 – €5.800 (based on 40h/w) including 13th month, plus 8% holiday pay
• Yearly bonus based on organisational performance.
• 21 vacation days.
• Location: Netherlands-based, with flexibility for hybrid work and international travel.

Ready to make impact?
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you feel excited by this opportunity. Let’s make inclusion go global.