Twaweza, a dynamic East
Africa wide organization, is looking for a competent, effective and energetic Assistant
Programme Officer for Communications
Job Title: Assistant
Programme Officer - Communications
Unit: Uwezo Tanzania
Cluster: Data and Voice
Salary Grade: 4
Reports to: Manager, Uwezo Tanzania
Supervises: Usually none, except as assigned by the
Supervisor
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Overall Responsibility: You will be responsible
for effective community level communication with partners in Tanzania, in
accordance with Twaweza communication standards.
You will support the Manager
in designing, production and distribution of communication materials to
district partners.
You will ensure that
effective communication flows to and with the different partners throughout the
year.
You will assist in the
development of the annual communication plans and calendar for Uwezo; and
assist in internal monitoring of Uwezo communication.
You will adhere to and uphold
Twaweza communication standards and brand guidelines.
Specific Responsibilities
1. Assist
Manager to ensure effective communications across different media and formats
in adherence to the Uwezo Communication strategy consistent with Twaweza
Communication Standards.
2. Assist
Manager in annual planning, development of detailed planners and calendars and
internal monitoring of Uwezo communication, including drafting of Ideas and
Decision Memos on the Communication budget lines.
3. Assist
to collect information from partners and generating good contents for social
media and the website.
4. Assist
Manager in the internal monitoring of communications in accordance with LME
Standards. Analyze emerging trends to learn, inform planning.
5. Communicate
clearly and in a timely fashion with the Uwezo partners, face-to-face, through
email and telephone; conferences where appropriate, and other forms.
6. Assist
to managing the communication of the Country office; ensure that set targets
are met as per the approved plans and budgets.
7. Conduct
writing assignments on Uwezo in diverse ways supportive to program goals,
including internal learning, policy debates and opinion articles.
8. Participate
in the Uwezo processes (training, assessment).
General Responsibilities
1. Successfully
implement above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans and
budgets, consistent with Twaweza Policies.
2. Contribute
effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information dissemination of
Uwezo’s/Twaweza’s work.
3. Collaborate
with Twaweza staff across units and countries in a spirit of mutual respect and
cooperation to get things done.
4. Communicate
your work through active use of internal platform (SalesForce), electronic
calendar (Gcal) and being accessible on electronic chat (Skype) as per Twaweza
requirements.
5. Participate
actively in organization-wide learning and other joint activities.
6. Comply
with and foster adherence to the established Twaweza values, policies,
regulations, guidelines and procedures.
7. Undertake
any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by your Supervisor, respective
Director and/or Executive Director.
Core Qualifications
1. Experience
in development and/or communications work.
2. A
university degree in a relevant field.
3. Good
understanding of educational trends in your country.
4. At
least three years relevant working experience, specifically in
learning/communications.
5. Excellent
writing and communication skills in both English and Kiswahili; an eye for
detail.
6. Keen
understanding of traditional media, social media and uses of new technologies
for communication in East African context.
7. Ability
to be on top of issues and deliver quality on time.
Changes and Amendments: This job description
may be amended by Twaweza after consultation with the employee and the
supervisor.
Application process:
To apply for this position,
please submit your CV (max 4 pages) tojobs@twaweza.org, including a cover letter
explaining your interests/motivations to work for Twaweza, and 2 samples of
your written work and names of 3 referees, in MS Word or PDF file.
In the subject of your email
write your name, position you are applying for and country.
Deadline for the submission is 15th January 2017.