Program Assistant - Communications And Visibility
Closing: Apr 2, 2023
7 days remainingPublished: Mar 7, 2023 (19 days ago)
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The position of the Program Assistant - Communications and Visibility will provide support to the Resilient Feed and Fodder Systems Project and work closely with the Senior Knowledge Management Officer AU-IBAR to undertake the following responsibilities:
Requirements
Academic and Professional Qualifications
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- A minimum of a university degree in either Communications, Science or Development Communications, or Journalism.
- A relevant Master’s Degree will be considered as an added advantage.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in developmental projects, with in the public and private sector;
- Experience working in development agencies beyond national level, at regional and continental levels;
- Evidence of engagement and relationships with media associations, or science media supporting agricultural or animal resources or environment and relevant cross-cutting issues. Specific experience in feed and fodder programmes will be an added advantage;
- Demonstrated experience in knowledge synthesis; content management and communication packages for target audiences;
- Demonstrated experience in use of communication and knowledge management tools, and production of reports, newsletters, and multimedia products;
- Experience in generating advocacy messages tailored to persuade target audiences; and
- Proven sector-level engagement and understanding of feed and fodder, resilience, animal resources development would be an advantage.
- Good networking skills and ability to maintain positive and constructive dialogue and relationships with key institutions operating in different regions;
- Self-starter with the ability to strategically plan own work and follow-up on implementation;
- Sector related project development, management and implementation of communication strategies at national, regional and continental levels;
- Very strong writing, analytical and communication skills are necessary;
- Ability to complete assignments and tasks on time; and
- Demonstrated ability to provide strong leadership and foster team environment is required.
Responsibilities
The position of the Program Assistant - Communications and Visibility will provide support to the Resilient Feed and Fodder Systems Project and work closely with the Senior Knowledge Management Officer AU-IBAR to undertake the following responsibilities:
Requirements
Academic and Professional Qualifications
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- A minimum of a university degree in either Communications, Science or Development Communications, or Journalism.
- A relevant Master’s Degree will be considered as an added advantage.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in developmental projects, with in the public and private sector;
- Experience working in development agencies beyond national level, at regional and continental levels;
- Evidence of engagement and relationships with media associations, or science media supporting agricultural or animal resources or environment and relevant cross-cutting issues. Specific experience in feed and fodder programmes will be an added advantage;
- Demonstrated experience in knowledge synthesis; content management and communication packages for target audiences;
- Demonstrated experience in use of communication and knowledge management tools, and production of reports, newsletters, and multimedia products;
- Experience in generating advocacy messages tailored to persuade target audiences; and
- Proven sector-level engagement and understanding of feed and fodder, resilience, animal resources development would be an advantage.
- Good networking skills and ability to maintain positive and constructive dialogue and relationships with key institutions operating in different regions;
- Self-starter with the ability to strategically plan own work and follow-up on implementation;
- Sector related project development, management and implementation of communication strategies at national, regional and continental levels;
- Very strong writing, analytical and communication skills are necessary;
- Ability to complete assignments and tasks on time; and
- Demonstrated ability to provide strong leadership and foster team environment is required.
- Develop and implement a Knowledge Management, Communications, Visibility and Advocacy Strategy and Plan for the RAFFS Project.
- Develop and roll-out mechanisms for dissemination of key messages, project activities and achievements.
- Contribute to content on feed and fodder on the Resilient African Feed and Fodder Systems Project Microsite, and Online Community platform.
- Develop and maintain Media relationships with relevant media organizations, journalists and science communicators at continental, regional and national levels.
- Facilitate the usage of communication platforms and tools and conducting training activities for various internal and external stakeholders.
- Work closely with Senior Knowledge Management Officer to capture and document information and knowledge, in the form of lessons learned and best practices, success stories, and data visualisation.
- Develop communication materials, newsletters, and key messages and manage their dissemination widely among target groups through a wide array of online platforms, social media channels, multimedia productions, knowledge fairs and exhibitions, radio, television and media networks.
- Provide support to stakeholders in advancing good communication practices to enhance the visibility of feed and fodder resources development activities across the continent.
- Promote the visibility of the RAFFS Project, the project donors and implementing partners on various communication outputs and platforms, working closely with the graphics designer.
- Submit a monthly progress report on the implementation of this contract.
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