Communications Strategy Consultant

The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN), hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at ODI Global is seeking a consultant to develop an evidence-informed, practical communications and audience development strategy for HPN's multilingual knowledge products and network.

The consultant will:

• Assess HPN's current communications, audience reach, discoverability and engagement across its website, email/newsletters and social media channels, subject to access to available data.
• Identify and prioritise audiences by language, geography, role, information needs and preferred channels, including local and national practitioners and networks, researchers, policymakers, donors and other knowledge users.
• Recommend how to position and present HPN's multilingual identity consistently while allowing language- and context-specific messaging, with particular attention to English, Arabic and Swahili content; assess other languages present or planned.
• Design approaches to distribute and repurpose different publication formats, reach audiences beyond HPN's existing followers, and support partners and contributors in dissemination.
• Provide an actionable social media and website engagement roadmap, especially for LinkedIn, Facebook and the interactive website, with priorities, ownership, indicative costs and measures of success.

Applicants should submit a CV or team profiles, a short technical proposal (up to 4 pages) describing approach and timeline, two relevant examples of similar experiences, availability, and a financial proposal showing days and rates by person, taxes and any separate expenses.

All applications must be sent to s.abikhalil@odi.org while CCing hpn@odi.org and s.moore@odi.org before the 30 October 2026.