Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 24, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
General functions:
Under the direct supervision of the Social Media Analyst, the incumbent will assist with the following tasks:
• Monitor the online platforms of a sample list of political and electoral contestants, key state institutions officials, relevant opinion leaders, third-party campaign accounts, others;
• Track the strategies used by candidates and parties to campaign on the main online platforms and the extent of campaign advertisement;
• Identify the presence of hate/inciteful speech, incitement to violence against certain groups of voters, candidates and party supporters;
• Identify disinformation efforts during the campaign as well as possible interference in the integrity of the electoral process via bots, trolls and other forms of orchestrated campaigns;
• Analysis should also focus on how women candidates and marginalized groups are portrayed in social media, digital literacy efforts, and allegations of intimidation and online violence;
• Assist in acquiring knowledge of the general media landscape and existent regulatory framework for online content;
• Create social media monitoring data bases and prepare qualitative and quantitative reports on the assigned online platforms;
• Suggest meetings with relevant stakeholders and participate in meetings with the SMA if needed. This may include meeting with institutions, agencies, internet activists, academics, social media and social network companies, domestic election observer organizations, and civil society groups active in the protection of digital rights and social network monitoring;
• Contribute to other relevant duties as required by the EU EOM SMA.

Education:
• Possess a university degree in political science, journalism, communication or adequate training and relevant work experience, which may be accepted in lieu of a university degree.
• Knowledge of the country digital and traditional media as well as political landscape and main stakeholders, culture, regional expertise is an asset; High level computer and IT literacy, including excellent command of Microsoft Excel; Experience in drafting qualitative and quantitative reports in a concise, visually appealing manner also through relevant charts.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Applicants are requested to send their technical proposal and financial (charges per day in Kenya shillings) to: procurement@gizkenyahealth.com 
Applications must include their current CV, profiles of similar assignment carried out and your I-Tax certificate copy

• Applicants must be available from 21 June 2022 to 09 October 2022 (depending on the role and the election calendar)
• Applications must be sent between 21.06.2022 and 01.07.2022. CVs received after 01.07.2022 will not be considered.
• All positions are open to men and women with no discrimination.
• For all positions, an appropriate linguistic competence in English (spoken and written) is mandatory, for certain positions languages spoken regionally will be required too.
• All candidates must have sufficient computer skills to operate with electronic mail, word processing, public presentation, and spreadsheet software.
• Flexibility required. Work is expected on occasions both in the evening and weekends.
• Place of work is Nairobi and, for some positions, different postings around the country.

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