Specific responsibilities
Technical Support and Coordination:
• Developing and implementing communications strategies and work-plans, campaigns, events, and other initiatives in support of the program activities
• Researching, preparing fact-checking, editing, and producing professional media and communications materials for various audiences and ensuring their timely dissemination and amplification via IRC and non-IRC communications channels at country level and, where appropriate, globally.
• Developing news-worthy messages, organizing press events, handling interviews requests, and providing responses to requests from media relating to Re: Build and its work.
• Drafting talking points and messages for the Office, and for sharing with communicators at regional level
• Creating high quality media and multimedia content for dissemination in country, and via Re: Build platforms.
• Maintaining through year-round professional interaction strong media relations for Re: Build, ensuring that media (and other important external stakeholders, such as governments, Private Sector, NGOs etc.) have strong awareness of refugee issues and are briefed regularly on upcoming news initiatives
• Maintaining a prominent position in the news and for advocacy. This includes by initiating and drafting briefing notes, preparing press releases, fact sheets, press lines and guidance notes, social media outputs, etc.
• Maintaining up to date specialist knowledge of matters pertaining to the region communication trends and issue.
• Maintain an up-to-date database of journalists and media organizations, respond to media enquiries and build dialogue with individual journalists, editors, and news desks.
• Prepare and manage the organization’s communication budget.
• Ensure photos and videos for external use globally are captured with consent and shared following the IRC’s Content process.
• Liase with the IRC’s HQ creative and content team to share photos and videos based on the requirements for the global content library.
• Coordinate with Global Communications Officer and Partner Manager to ensure partner communications requirements are met.
Management:
• •Provide day to day management of staff within the Re:Build communication team
• Contribute to the development of program staff in Uganda and Kenya through training and mentoring on Communication related issues.
• Introduce quality assurance initiatives to address efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance concerns.
Qualification
• Education: Degree in Communications, Political Sciences, Public Information, International Relations, or a related field. Master’s degree would be an added advantage
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience working in media, journalism, advocacy, communications and marketing.
• Very good technical affinity for media contexts including knowledge of a wide range of multimedia, web, and digital tools.
• Outstanding newswriting and editing skills and social media skills.
