Communications Manager

Functional Area: Communications

Department: Abdul
Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Pay Range
Minimum: $90,000

Pay Range Maximum: $120,000

Employment Type: Full-time
(Hybrid)

Employment Category: Exempt

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Schedule:

Pay Grade: 9

Posting Description

COMMUNICATION MANAGER, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to join the Policy & Communication vertical,
working closely with J-PAL’s team. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a center at MIT with affiliated professors who
conduct randomized evaluations of social policies aimed at poverty reduction. J-PAL’s three core activities are research, training, and
policy and communications. In addition to the Global Office at MIT, J-PAL has seven regional offices: Africa, Europe, Latin America and the
Caribbean, MENA, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Will provide organization-wide leadership on digital communications strategy
and delivery, brand management, and media relations.

A full job description is available here: https://www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/comm
unications-manager-j-pal-global-job-105401

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor’s
degree, preferably in Communications, Journalism, Economics, International Relations or a related field; a solid understanding of global
development and/or social and economic issues and practices; a minimum of four years of experience managing digital communications,
preferably for a non-profit and/or in the field of development; and proven ability to keep an organization’s digital communications
responsive and on message.

10/15/2025