Social Finance Communications Consultant, India
About the British Asian Trust:
The British Asian Trust is a diaspora-led international development organisation, delivering high quality programmes in South Asia. Since our formation, we have reached the lives of over 18 million people across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with high-impact interventions to address the subcontinent’s critical unmet needs in areas of livelihoods, mental health, education, child protection and conservation.
Role overview:
The Consultant – Social Finance Communications will lead strategic, programme and digital communications to strengthen British Asian Trust’s positioning as a credible thought leader in outcomes-based financing and innovative social finance in India.
The role involves translating complex programme insights into compelling narratives, supporting high-impact events, managing multi-channel content, and coordinating closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure consistent, high-quality visibility of the Trust's social finance work.
Regular reporting, cross-team collaboration, and proactive identification of communication opportunities are central to delivering measurable impact and engagement.
Key Deliverables:
- Support the development and delivery of the British Asian Trust’s Social Finance communications strategy and priorities.
- Drive communications support for outcomes-based-finance programmes ensuring clear, compelling, and consistent messaging for multiple partners across multiple channels for multiple audiences.
- Provide communications and coordination support to the British Asian Trust for programme-related events such as launches, roundtables, panel discussions, and annual convenings.
- Create engaging content including graphics, short videos, and explainers for digital posts and campaigns.
- Support media engagement including drafting press releases, coordinating with journalists, and tracking coverage.
Location:
Mumbai or Delhi
How to apply:
Read details of the role and submit your application online
Closing date for applications: Monday 02 February 2026.
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
Please note that due to the large number of applications we expect to receive we will only be able to contact short-listed candidates and cannot offer feedback on unsuccessful applications.
Thank you for your interest in working for the British Asian Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.