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Organization: White Ribbon
Alliance- AMREF
Location: Kampala
Reporting: WRAUG National coordinator
Number of positions: 1
Purpose of the Job
The Communications Officer will take the lead role in ensuring clear consistent messaging is delivered to a wide variety of internal and external audiences to allow for strong effective and inspiring communications, critical to the success of this project.
Key
Responsibilities
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Lead on strategic communications plan in support
of the national advocacy objectives, including developing and delivering
specific products
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Develop and implement media plan
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Maintain regular communication with WRA Uganda
individual and organizational members
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Support National Coordinator, champions and
members in messaging and communication platforms
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Maximize project communication with government
Ministries, members, and other stakeholders
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Support the Project Manager in documenting
project activities and writing reports
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Collect, collate and send stories from the
national and sub-national level to the Global Secretariat for dissemination to regional
and global media and donors
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Maintain National Alliance communications
files, including member rosters and meeting minutes
Basic
qualifications, Training and Competencies
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Bachelor’s degree in mass communications,
journalism, international development, or other related field required;
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Post-graduate degree in a related field will
be an added advantage
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Minimum of 5 years experience leading and
delivering effective communications for advocacy initiatives, preferably in
field of public health/maternal health in Uganda
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Experience developing and implementing
communications plans and ability to analyze target audiences.
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Experience working directly with the media
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Demonstrated experience developing and producing
professional, high quality communications such as reports, briefs, films,
brochures, and websites
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Experience in writing successful program
reports in at least 2 if the following types: program reports to US government
donors; program reports to other government donors; program reports to the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation; and program reports to other foundations
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Experience in developing design and writing
content of advocacy communications
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Competency in the use of social media and
driven to use innovative approaches to reach target audiences
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Strong sense of purpose, self motivated to
make an impact on women’s and families’ lives.
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Understanding of causes of maternal mortality
and morbidity, and the interventions needed.
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Results-oriented and has the ability to
anticipate problems and take appropriate measures to resolve any issues
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Communicates effectively and openly, and can
foster consensus, problem solving and personal connections
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Respects and embraces diverse voices,
participation at all levels, from grassroots to high government officials
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Demonstrated superior project management and
organizational skills
How to apply:
If you
would like to join this dynamic team, please send an updated CV including three
work related referees and cover letter to the Human Resources Manager, AMREF
Uganda by e-mail to jobs.amrefuganda@amref.org .Emails should not exceed 2MB.
We regret
that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
AMREF is
an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy
Closing date: Friday
18th October 2013.
