Senior Communications Officer

Qualification & Experience:

For the post of Senior Communications Officer, a minimum of bachelor honours degree in the field of Mass Communications, Journalism, Visual Communication or Graphic Design from a university and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in technical aspects of the job is considered necessary.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Head of Communications with identifying and writing key information, stories, photographs, and visuals, updates to share with donors/partners through website, monthly news bulletins, newsletter, annual report, Facebook, and other means.
• Sub-edit and edit stories and updates received from Program staff in line with the organization’s

communication guidelines

• Support effective implementation of visibility plans by maintaining knowledge of all Organization’s current projects, assigned tasks within visibility plans, and ensuring timely completion of assignments.
  • Travel to the field, when necessary, to collect information (stories, interviews, photos, and videos) from project activities or provide support in training activities, at local and international levels
  • Apply initiative and creativity to offer new or improved ideas for communications output, practices, and systems.
  • Ensuring Communications Guidelines are followed
  • Providing critical inputs on documentary and other communication materials for Social Media
  • Editing of photos and designing of basic communication material 
  • Maintain effective recordkeeping to ensure accurate and timely filing of soft and hard copies of Communications Office material and correspondence, documentaries, and photographs.
  • Ensure all communications outputs are of the highest quality in terms of content and final presentation. This includes any written, audio, or visual aspects of the material.
  • Management of Social Media platforms run by Organization projects
  • Ensuring Communications Guidelines are followed
  • Liaising with consultants working on Communication outputs
  • Ensure all communications outputs reflect Organization, its work, and its stakeholders in a transparent, reliable, and understandable manner. All processes, interactions, and methods of obtaining information must also adhere to Organization's commitment toward accountability and particularly for preserving the dignity of the communities we assist.

  • Technical Competencies:

    • Excellent organizational, information management, and analytical skills
    • Very good English writing and speaking skills
    • Social media savvy and confident, willing and able to learn in a dynamic web-based environment
    • Skills in photography and videography
    • Ability to work well independently and in a team
    • Knowledge of local languages preferred
    • Must be tolerant and sensitive to needs of religious and ethnic minorities, women and the poor.
    Thorough knowledge and experience using design softwares like Canva, Prezi and others