Communications Specialist – Somalia, USAID Communication for Development Support job at Tetra Tech
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Communications Specialist – Somalia, USAID Communication for Development Support

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Engineering Services , Category: Media, Communications & Writing ]

Jobs at:

Tetra Tech

Deadline of this Job:
18 January 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities:
• Maintain a clear understanding of the mission's portfolio and structure, as well as mission and Agency communications objectives.
• Contribute to the professional presentation and execution of communications products and services and contribute to systems to track metrics/indicators that will translate the effectiveness of these efforts.
• Produce compelling and relevant content that adheres to branding and style guidelines and uses a consistent tone, style, and language to communicate to target audience.
• Participate in and contribute to presentations at quarterly coordinating, strategy, and performance review meetings that assess MSI efforts during the previous quarter.
• Contribute to the accountability of the project by tracking/updating content and tasks using project management and filing systems.
• Contribute to the development of technical team communications strategies and content plans in their area of coverage.
• Provide daily monitoring and management of platforms to flag any sensitive issues.
• Contribute to the development of social media messaging and toolkits with draft messages, corresponding links, and appropriate images on a regular basis.
• Schedule and post social media content optimally as per the content calendar and checking that all edits have been made and approvals secured prior to publishing.
• Work with management on a daily basis to develop systems and workflows among the team that streamline social content development, approvals, and publishing.
• Provide analytics, including impressions, clicks, views, and other useful indicators of community engagement and growth.
• Contribute to a monthly catalog of news stories that will be further analyzed by an independent media monitoring organization on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Facilitate travel, coverage, or otherwise liaising with journalists on site visits.
• Conducting interviews, taking photos, videos, or otherwise supporting field work or events, and assisting with other activities, such as assembling materials, setting up signage, tents, etc.
• Work with photographers and videographers to capture human interest stories.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required.
• Minimum five years of relevant professional experience in journalism or public relations, including demonstrated experience in digital technologies such as Meta Ads, Twitter Ads, Brandwatch, or others is required.
• Experience working and traveling in Somalia and in-depth understanding of Somali culture, geography, and development issues is required.
• Experience working with non-governmental organizations, donors and/or agency or mass media is preferred.
• Experience in building the capacity of others on how to develop content for social media is preferred.
• Social media or digital marketing certifications are preferred.
• Experience with managing influencers and user-generated content is preferred.
• Broad knowledge of digital (websites, social networking, email and blogging), photography and videography to seamlessly apply to multiple scenarios is required.
• Strong written and verbal fluency in English and Somali languages is required.


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Communications/ Public Relations jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 18 January 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 05-01-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 05-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 05-01-2066
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