East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
Scope of Work:Communications Officer
Scope of Work:Communications Officer
Background: The East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
(TIH) project is intended to spur inclusive economic growth by promoting an
enabling environment for trade and investment and increasing East African trade
and investment, particularly to and from the United States.
Objectives and Duties: The Communications Officer will work with the
Senior Communications Specialist to assist in the production, distribution, and
organization of promotional materials, research documents, reports, and other
East Africa TIH publications.
The Communications Officer will also
provide backstopping support in the formatting and researching of East Africa
TIH documents before distribution.
The Communications Officer will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following detailed tasks:
The Communications Officer will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following detailed tasks:
- Assist in the production of content for East
Africa TIH communications material including success stories, brochures,
one-pagers, posters, and other publications and facilitate their
distribution.
- Assist in the production of all required
program reports for USAID including daily updates, monthly reports,
quarterly reports and other documents as needed.
- Manage East Africa TIH’s photograph archives.
- Liaise regularly with staff to stay up to date
on program activities, upcoming projects, and program successes.
- Coordinate submission of activity reports for
the preparation of USAID reports.
- Liaise with relevant partners to increase East
Africa TIH’s visibility and maximize coordination.
- Monitor press coverage of East Africa TIH’s
efforts, providing monthly updates to East Africa TIH management of press
coverage.
- Travel to project sites, events, and
activities to take photographs or video footage, collect quotes from
participants, and prepare written summaries and descriptions.
- Review, edit, and revise written translations.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in communications,
journalism, or other related field.
- 5 years of relevant experience in reporting
and communications, preferably in media or communications for USAID or
other international donor-funded programs.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively
with institutional and private‐sector
partners and stakeholders in a multi‐country
setting.
- Demonstrated experience developing content for
communications products, including social media content, success stories,
web content, and other mediums.
- Experience with still photography, video,
radio and/or television production preferred.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word and Power
Point), graphic arts and/or desktop publishing software a plus.
Supervisory Responsibilities: The Communications Officer will have no
supervisory responsibilities.
Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya
Reporting: The Communications Officer will report to the
Senior Communications Specialist.
Interested candidates should e-mail their CV to EastAfricaTrade@dai.com.
Interested candidates should e-mail their CV to EastAfricaTrade@dai.com.
Candidates must reference the
position for which you are applying in the subject line of the email. CVs are
due by September 18th, 2014.
No phone inquiries will be accepted and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
No phone inquiries will be accepted and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
