Communications Officer - HICAS

About this role

Country: Nepal Organization: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Closing date: 4 Aug 2026 Background The Communications Officer is being hired under the Integrated Climate Adaptation Solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region (HI-CAS) project at ICIMOD, funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) – Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). The project aims to improve climate-resilient, nature-positive livelihoods while strengthening the leadership and agency of rural women and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. The project is housed under Strategy Group Resilient Economies and Landscapes which focuses on delivering environmentally sustainable, but economically viable and socially inclusive solutions for some of the world’s most marginalised and vulnerable people. With a focus at both local and landscape levels, it builds understanding of the implications of rapid socio-economic, climate and environmental changes on mountain livelihoods and economies that are challenged by their remote, fragile, and hazard-prone settings. The project itself will be implemented through the adoption of gender-responsive and locally tailored climate adaptation solutions – grounded in feminist and human rights-based methodologies – that place the rights, agency, and leadership of IPLCs at the centre. These evidence-informed Integrated Adaptation Solution Packages (IASPs) will combine springshed management, renewable energy technologies to power irrigation systems, and agrobiodiversity practices. They will be complemented by capacity building and knowledge sharing to drive institutional policy and action. These initiatives will also help to attract sustainable investments in climate action and development – particularly in the water, energy, and agrobiodiversity sectors – with a strong focus on women’s and IPLCs’ leadership. The HI-CAS project will be implemented in two upazilas (sub-districts) in Bandarban and Khagrachari districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh; two gewogs (blocks) in Paro and Punakha dzongkhags in Bhutan; and two municipalities, Roshi and Dhankuta, in Nepal. Over its four-year duration, the project aims to benefit approximately 40,000 IPLCs and other vulnerable groups by reducing their exposure and sensitivity to climate change impacts while fostering ecosystem health and climate mitigation outcomes. Position Overview The Communications Officer will be responsible for boosting awareness of the outcomes and impact of the HI-CAS project by supporting the documentation and communication of the project results in line with the commitments ICIMOD has made in the HI-CAS Project Performance Measurement Framework, which is nested within our Strategy 2030: Moving Mountains and our Medium-Term Action Plan V (2023–2026): Embracing Change and Accelerating Impact and related Results Framework 2023-2026. It will also contribute to the wider communications efforts of ICIMOD’s Strategic Group: Resilient Economies and Landscapes, where the position sits. ICIMOD’s Communications Officers are creative, result-driven and motivated professionals who are passionate about the power of amplifying impact and driving policy and practice change through strategic communications, influencing and engagement. Working under the direct supervision of the Senior Project Coordinator HI-CAS, and co-supervised by the Head of Communications, the post holder will work closely with communication staff in the Strategic Group (and its respective Action Areas and Interventions) teams, and with the ICIMOD central Communications Unit, to deliver communication and knowledge products for the HI-CAS project. The role holder will ensure communications facilitate access to knowledge and the ability for ICIMOD to use evidence-based advocacy and influencing messaging in policy dialogues. All efforts will be guided by a strong GESI commitment, rooted in a feminist approach that challen

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