JOB DETAILS:
The Position
This is a new position for the program that looks to boost the profile of GIRL-H works internally with the agency and with external stakeholders. The Communications officer will craft a communications plan in support of key messages telling the GIRL-H story creatively and innovatively to a wide and diverse audience. They will guide team members and partners on storytelling, photo-taking, and documenting learning. The Communications officer will play a critical role in the program’s final year ensuring clear, consistent, and strategic messaging allows for a smooth exit from communities and with key stakeholders.
Essential Responsibilities
STRATEGY AND PLANNING
• Led the development and implementation of a creative communications strategy and plan for the GIRL-H during its final year of implementation.
• Craft key messages and identify critical components of GIRL-H’s story for sharing with a wide and diverse audience, including staff, partners, government, and donors.
• Represent GIRL-H and Mercy Corps Uganda in strategic fora.
• Ensure adherence to GIRL-H branding and communication guidelines.
TEAM ENGAGEMENT
• Work with the program and GIRL-H leadership team to develop internal communications messages and materials for the program visibility.
• Build the capacity of staff and partner team members to identify and exploit storytelling opportunities.
• Sensitize staff and partner team members on GIRL-H’s story and communications strategy.
EVENT MANAGEMENT
• Work with the RMEL team to design a series of learning events to effectively communicate GIRL-H’s story to diverse stakeholders.
• Liaise with the media before, during, and after events.
RISK MANAGEMENT
• Working with senior management, quickly identify potential risks and provide advice on communications strategies to address these.
Supervisory Responsibility
N/A
Accountability
Reports Directly To Program Manager
Works Directly With GIRL-H program officers, GIRL-H partner staff, senior management, MC Uganda senior leadership, Regional Communications team
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, and other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
• 2-3 years’ experience in Communications and/or Media Engagement for INGOs.
• In bachelor’s degree in communications, Media, Marketing, Public Relations or equivalent.
• Advanced computer skills and administrative experience (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, design applications)
• Strong facilitation skills to deliver training to diverse groups
• Excellent writing and editing skills in English
• Strong ability to efficiently prioritize competing demands with attention to detail
• Creative and influential leadership skills
• Ability to speak local languages of areas of operation an advantage
Job application procedure
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More Information
- Address Moroto, Uganda, East Africa
