Action Africa Help International
(AAH-I) is an African-led, regional organisation, working in East and Southern
Africa to improve the quality of life in livelihood challenged communities.
AAH-I has country programmes in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and
Zambia.
It brings over 20 years’ experience
working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including
refugees, internally displaced people and host communities.
With the current growth in AAH-I and
to facilitate the implementation of our 2014-2018 strategy, we wish to recruit
for the following positions in January 2015:
Job Title: Corporate Communication Officer
Department / Section: Communication
, AAH-I
Reports to: Communication Manager
Staff reporting to this post: None
Liaises with: Communication Officer, Partnership Manager,
Partnership Officer, M & E Manager
Duty Station: AAH-I, Nairobi
Job Summary: The Corporate Communications Officer will contribute to building AAH-I’s corporate image through effective public relations among external constituents and will play a key role in strengthening relationships with media across AAH-I’s spheres of influence and ensure development of key partnerships with media outlets.
Job Summary: The Corporate Communications Officer will contribute to building AAH-I’s corporate image through effective public relations among external constituents and will play a key role in strengthening relationships with media across AAH-I’s spheres of influence and ensure development of key partnerships with media outlets.
The incumbent will support in the
production of high quality content for multimedia communication materials aimed
for an array of internal and external audiences to ensure the wide
dissemination of AAH-I’s work and achievement of its vision and mission.
Responsibilities
1. Media and Public Relations
Responsibilities
1. Media and Public Relations
- Contribute to designing an AAH-I media
strategy to develop support and engagement with local, regional and global
media to highlight AAH-I’s work
- Build capacity of project teams and other
spokespersons at AAH-I to engage with media and identify opportunities and
new story angles and come up with creative ways to generate media interest
- Maintain relationships and partnerships with
journalists, media outlets and respond to media enquiries
- Produce high quality materials including press
releases, opinion pieces, news reactions, photos, video and multimedia
content and ensure materials are properly signed off
- Organise trips for media, donors and other
high-level visitors and partners
- Manage risk and brand reputation to ensure
that media work benefits rather than harms AAH-I’s strategic objectives
and does not endanger staff, programmes, partners and the communities we
work with
- Participate in developing and delivering training
for AAH-I staff on media and communications skills
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of media
projects and provide regular reporting
2. Writing and Production
- Research, write and edit a variety of
publications including newsletters, annual reports, blogs, speeches,
report summaries, case studies and human interest stories for a wide range
of audiences including donors, supporters, the private sector, policy
makers, and the general public, at global, regional and national levels
- Support country teams and programme staff to
ensure production of high quality communications products through writing
and editing tasks
- Work with outsourced professionals to produce
photos, videos and creative design concepts for AAH-I’s communications collateral
- Make available content on social media,
online platforms and mobile technology, and supporting country teams to
develop and maximise their use of digital and multimedia technology
- Generate high-quality content for use by the
partnerships team for marketing purposes
- Assist to produce communication products
(newsletters, videos, talks etc) to enhance internal communications by
meeting the information needs of AAH-I staff and increasing their
understanding of the vision and mandate of the organisation
- Develop guidelines and standards for producing
communications content and ensure its being followed
Professional Qualifications
- A first degree in Communications, Public
Relations, Journalism or related field; a Master’s degree will be an added
advantage
- At least five (5) years of post-qualification,
increasingly responsible work experience in communication, writing and
content creation, public relations and media relations
- Excellent written and spoken English and the
ability to communicate complicated and technical issues in a concise and
clear way, to a wide range of target audiences
- Demonstrable skills and experience in writing
strategic and consistent messaging, editing, proof-reading and writing
engaging copy
- Networking, interpersonal, analytical and organizational
skills coupled with resourcefulness, initiative and maturity of judgment
- Excellent knowledge of essential computer
applications
- Ability to manage time effectively, excellent
at multi-tasking, able to focus and fulfil a range of undertakings
- Innovative and finder of creative and new ways
of communicating messages to diverse audiences
- Demonstrable knowledge of working with digital
media and mastery of social media as a tool for rallying
development/social support
- Experience of working in regional media,
communications or public relations roles
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking
skills, including ability to find, absorb, analyse and prioritise
information from many different sources
- Valuable and receptive team-player, able and
willing to travel frequently to support AAH-I’s country-level staff
- Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to
work in multi-national, multi-cultural teams
Skills & Competence
- Personal contacts/networks with regional and
global media
- Experience working in a development or
humanitarian context and working on programmes funded by international
donor agencies
- Experience in news media work including
generating press materials, organising media events, responding to media
enquiries and good dealings with journalists especially in East Africa.
- Deep and hands-on knowledge of working with
social media with regular professional use to serve the organisation’s
interests and to garner support for it
- Knowledge of publishing software especially
the Adobe Creative Suite applications
- Experience in handling photography and video
work and good judgment of quality productions
- Experience with managing a content management
system
Application Instructions
Interested candidates should email
application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to
recruitke@actionafricahelp.org to be received by Monday, 5th January, 2015 at
5:00 pm.
The email Subject Line must show the
job title of the position applied for.
AAH-I is an equal-opportunity
employer.
Only those selected for the
interviews will be contacted.