Key Areas of Accountabilities:

Ownership of communication processes and delivery:

• Develop / Revise ECSC-SUN communications and advocacy strategies and implementation guideline including parameters for the delivery of effective events and media engagement
• Generate content (print and multimedia) intended for external use
• Ensure the quality of all external communications including events and media engagements that meet global and national standards
• Develop and implement a proactive strategy for media engagement for the ECSC-SUN programme
• Train ECSC-SUN coalition member on appropriate communications and advocacy skills

Media stakeholder engagement:

• Develop a media engagement strategy for the ECSC-SUN including identifying key dates and global moments
• Identify and maintain diverse contacts in the national and international media
• Produce high-quality, accurate, concise press releases on different topics that support ECSC-SUN priorities
• Maintain contacts with other communications persons in ECSC-SUN coalition member organizations including SUN MSP Networks, SUN Government, donors, UN, Private, Academia and other CSOs.
• Ensure that relevant ECSC-SUN members have Advocacy, communication and media training.

Support for events and visitors:

• Develop guidelines and parameters for running ECSC-SUN events
• Lead ECSC-SUN visibility events
• Lead and support the execution of major events
• Maintain photos, presentations, banners, and other materials to support ECSC-SUN events
• Document events and communicate them as appropriate through internal and external channels
• Support major ECSC-SUN Programme implementation area visits including producing background information, supporting planning processes, and facilitating logistics.
• Minimum Requirement:
  • At least 10 years of relevant experience in media, communication, advocacy and policy analysis in an international NGO
  • Masters/Post-graduate degree from a recognized university in relevant field
  • Experience of leading communications, Advocacy and media activities in a challenging environment and a good knowledge of the Ethiopia media scene, networks, and media contacts
  • Experience of delivering advocacy, communication and policy training, presentations and other capacity building activities to varied audiences, ideally within ECSC-SUN programme.
  • Experience in leading and/or supporting others to design and deliver advocacy, communication programme, research and policy work
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work with others to develop the advocacy and communication strategy into action and communicate this to a wider audience
  • Strong advocacy, lobbying and influencing skills and ability to influence and liaise effectively with key ECSC-SUN coalition members, nutrition stakeholders and representation of the coalition in high profile environments as appropriate and as agreed with the ECSC-SUN National lead
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and producing high quality English-language materials for a wide range of different audiences including donors, journalists and the ‘general public’.