Communications Officer

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Requirements
  • Hold a degree in Communications, Marketing & Public Relations, Mass communications, International Relations, or a related field.  
  • At least 3 years of relevant experience working in communications and marketing, media, journalism, advocacy, or in closely related external relations contexts.  
  • Good technical affinity for media contexts and knowledge of a range of multimedia, web, and digital tools.  
  • Good writing, editing and social media management, photography skills.  
Responsibilities
  • Write, edit, and distribute various types of content, including material for a website, press releases, marketing material and other types of content that take the message to the public. 
  • Conduct client interviews, collect success stories, and provide multimedia coverage at project events for dissemination to various audiences and reports. 
  • Develop and disseminate regular project update briefs and sitreps.
  • Create and produce content for the country quarterly newsletter and other publications.
  • Support the development of various materials and respective messaging.
  • Coordinate with vendors and staff for production and dissemination of respective communications and visibility materials.
  • Regularly meet with and conduct interviews with media personnel. 
  • Develop and maintain working relationships with journalists in different media outlets.
  • Maintain a database of media outlets and the IRC’s mailing list. 
  • Any other task assigned by the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator.

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