Request For Proposals: Internal Communications Digital Tools Assessment and Future-State Channel Strategy at Rainforest Alliance | Amsterdam, NY, US | Rezi

Request For Proposals: Internal Communications Digital Tools Assessment and Future-State Channel Strategy at Rainforest Alliance

Request For Proposals: Internal Communications Digital Tools Assessment and Future-State Channel Strategy

Rainforest Alliance · Amsterdam, NY, US

2 days ago

Request For Proposals: Internal Communications Digital Tools Assessment and Future-State Channel Strategy

Rainforest Alliance · Amsterdam, NY, US

2 days ago
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About the Role

The Rainforest Alliance is seeking an experienced internal communications and digital workplace consultant to assess current digital tools and develop recommendations for a future-state communication ecosystem that supports organizational effectiveness, strategy execution, and employee engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Review existing documentation, strategies, channel analytics, governance materials, and employee feedback data.
  • Conduct a comprehensive assessment of RA's current digital internal communications channels (Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint, Knowledge Hub website - internal-only sections).
  • Analyze channel effectiveness, employee experience, governance, content architecture, and technology landscape.
  • Benchmark RA's approach against relevant industry best practices.
  • Define a future-state integrated communications ecosystem.
  • Provide strategic recommendations on how to optimize, evolve and integrate the Rainforest Alliance employee communication tools.
  • Develop a practical implementation roadmap.
  • Conduct stakeholder interviews with representatives from Executive Leadership Team, Senior Management Team, Internal Communications, Technology, People/HR, Regional Communications, and other key functions.
  • Facilitate employee workshops, focus groups, and/or surveys.
  • Assess existing communication channels, including Confluence, Knowledge Hub, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, All-staff emails, Town Halls, Monday Morning Cafés, Webinars, and Newsletters.
  • Assess current governance, ownership, publishing processes, and content management practices.
  • Assess strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities across the digital communication ecosystem.
  • Identify employee communication needs and pain points.
  • Conduct external benchmarking against comparable global organizations.
  • Evaluate future-state options for intranet and channel architecture.
  • Identify opportunities for AI-enabled communications, personalization, automation, and analytics.
  • Recommend channel purposes, governance structures, ownership models, and user journeys.
  • Develop an integrated internal communications ecosystem model.
  • Define content management and information architecture principles.
  • Develop channel measurement framework and KPIs.
  • Create a phased implementation roadmap and project proposal, including quick wins, medium-term improvements, and long-term investments.

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in internal communications, employee engagement, digital workplace, intranet, or employee experience consulting.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting communication channel assessments and intranet/digital workplace strategy projects.
  • Experience designing governance models and integrated communication ecosystems.
  • Strong understanding of digital collaboration and communication platforms, particularly Microsoft 365 environments and Confluence.
  • Experience working with complex, geographically dispersed organizations.
  • Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning capabilities.
  • Experience in nonprofit, international development, mission-driven, or global matrix organizations preferred.
  • Applicants must provide all requisite information under this RFP and clearly and concisely respond to all points set out in this RFP.
  • Proposals and/or any additional information received after the submission time and date are subject to rejection by RA.
  • Incomplete proposals may be rejected by RA at its discretion.
  • RA reserves the right to request additional information at any time during the procurement process.
  • RA is at liberty to make multiple or no selections as part of the proposal process.
  • RA also reserves the right to cancel the procurement.
  • All proposal costs shall be borne by the applicant and will not be reimbursed by RA.
  • It is the responsibility of every bidder to identify any information of a confidential or proprietary nature contained in its proposal so that it may be handled accordingly.
  • Proposals must be submitted through this platform as an integrated PDF document (only one file).
  • Proposals received after the deadline stated above will not be evaluated.

Skills

  • Internal communications
  • Employee engagement
  • Digital workplace
  • Intranet strategy
  • Employee experience consulting
  • Communication channel assessments
  • Intranet strategy projects
  • Governance model design
  • Integrated communication ecosystem design
  • Digital collaboration platforms
  • Communication platforms
  • Microsoft 365 environments
  • Confluence
  • Facilitation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • AI-enabled communications
  • Personalization
  • Automation
  • Analytics

Location

  • Europe
  • UK
  • North America
  • South America
  • Africa

Work Type

  • Consultancy

Experience Level

  • Minimum 8 years of experience

About the Company

  • The Rainforest Alliance (RA) is an international nonprofit organization working at the intersection of business, agriculture, and forests to make responsible business the new normal.
  • We are building an alliance to protect forests, improve the livelihoods of farmers and forest communities, promote their human rights, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.
  • We envision a world where people and nature thrive in harmony.
  • The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities.
  • For more information, please visit http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/about.