Vera is a communications expert with ample working experience in an international environment and working with multi-disciplinary teams across the globe. She works as the lead for IRC's global communications and outreach. Vera amplifies the impact of the critical work of IRC and its partners, communicating, raising awareness, engagement and support. She does this through proactive communications strategies and policies; communications content development, coordination and delivery; IRC’s sector information management; collaboration with press and engagement with the media; regular stakeholder mapping; managing ‘the sector communications unit’ and third party content suppliers and coordinating with other sections in the organisation and also provides project management for the communications team and oversees the communications interns.

Compelled to grow and shape what is possible, Vera brings over ten years of experience informing, interacting and engaging stakeholder perspectives. She has gained experiences in working with both traditional and new media, information management and communication technologies and development issues. She comes to IRC by way of the commercial and development sectors. At Bernard van Leer Foundation, Vera oversaw the corporate journalist fellowship programme, she also had the responsibility for conceptualising, producing and executing social media strategies for the organisation. Prior to Bernard van Leer Foundation, Vera was working with Save the Children, Norway, as the communications and information programme officer and before that for a commercial television station as a reporter / producer.

Vera has a master’s degree in journalism from the Moscow State University, Moscow, and a post graduate degree in electronic information management from the Robert Gordon University. She has also completed a leadership and project management training. Ver is an active outdoors enthusiast and consciously keeps life vibrant through exploring new experiences and challenges.

Vera is a communications expert with ample working experience in an international environment and working with multi-disciplinary teams across the globe. She works as the lead for IRC's global communications and outreach. Vera amplifies the impact of the critical work of IRC and its partners, communicating, raising awareness, engagement and support. She does this through proactive communications strategies and policies; communications content development, coordination and delivery; IRC’s sector information management; collaboration with press and engagement with the media; regular stakeholder mapping; managing ‘the sector communications unit’ and third party content suppliers and coordinating with other sections in the organisation and also provides project management for the communications team and oversees the communications interns.

Compelled to grow and shape what is possible, Vera brings over ten years of experience informing, interacting and engaging stakeholder perspectives. She has gained experiences in working with both traditional and new media, information management and communication technologies and development issues. She comes to IRC by way of the commercial and development sectors. At Bernard van Leer Foundation, Vera oversaw the corporate journalist fellowship programme, she also had the responsibility for conceptualising, producing and executing social media strategies for the organisation. Prior to Bernard van Leer Foundation, Vera was working with Save the Children, Norway, as the communications and information programme officer and before that for a commercial television station as a reporter / producer.

Vera has a master’s degree in journalism from the Moscow State University, Moscow, and a post graduate degree in electronic information management from the Robert Gordon University. She has also completed a leadership and project management training. Ver is an active outdoors enthusiast and consciously keeps life vibrant through exploring new experiences and challenges.

I particularly like the idea of a collaborating team effort, in which the pooling of creative ideas and resources craft a vision capable of capturing the attention of our audiences

Vera van der Grift