Nationality Eligibility
Kenya
Job Summary
The overall objective of the position is to provide media relations support, communications strategy and social media support to the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Write media materials for the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project events, reports launches and other media moments. Mobilise media to attend launch events and press conferences. Prepare and send a weekly internal news update by email. Organise interviews and media cafés as needed, to highlight priority environmental issues.
- The Communications Officer will support the media needs of the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project and the Communications, Advocacy and Partnerships section. In particular, the following deliverables will be expected:
- Develop a strategic communications and media plan and implement this plan to help promote priority issues for the project and specifically tackling of Short Lived Climate Pollutants.
- A media visibility plan for the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project is developed and implemented. This includes media and human-interest stories about the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project, and broader climate change related knowledge and response. Content is produced for print, TV or radio, including donor visibility where relevant.
- Climate change sensitization messages are promoted to the media, raising awareness and combatting rumours, misinformation and action hesitancy. Project partners are supported with media outreach and invitations to Climate-related events.
- Media materials are prepared for the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project events, reports launches and other media moments. The media is mobilised to attend launch events and press conferences. A weekly internal news update is shared by email. Interviews and media cafés as are organised as needed, to highlight priority environmental issues.
Competencies
- Client Orientation: Analyzes complex technical materials (including data) and makes concise, relevant recommendations
- Accountability: Proactively identifies new opportunities and challenges
- Teamwork: Takes ownership of responsibilities
- Communication: Understands, explains and shares information on assigned tasks with accuracy and clarity
Technical/Functional Skills
- Building Strategic Partnerships : Perform defined tasks. Maintaining information and databases, analyze general Information and select material in support of partnership building initiatives
- Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Performs defined tasks efficiently and deepens knowledge of area of work. Researches best practices and poses new, more effective ways of doing things
- Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise: Performs defined tasks efficiently and deepens knowledge of area of work. Fundamental knowledge of processes, methods and procedures. Understands the main processes and methods of work regarding to the position. Identifies new and better approaches to work processes and incorporates same in own work. Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning. Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
- Design and Implementation of Management Systems: Performs defined tasks efficiently and deepens knowledge of area of work. Data gathering and implementation of management systems
Recruitment Qualifications
Education:
- A university degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, or another relevant field is required.
Experience:
Required:
- At least four years of practical professional work experience in communication, print and broadcast media, or interactive digital media is required. Background/familiarity with environmental issues is considered as an asset.
Desirable:
- Experience in multinational working environment is desirable
- Knowledge and experience in graphic designing is desirable
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
To apply
Send your CV and supporting documents to hr@multilink.africa by 28th April 2022
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