Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 30 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job purpose
the intern will be responsible for supporting and learning from implementing strategies and projects aligned towards achieving the communications pillar of ti-kenya’s strategic plan.
Specifically, the intern will offer support to the citizen demand & oversight programme, the organizations’ institutional media/communications engagements, events management, and
support communication with stakeholders. The intern will also support interventions aligned to the successful implementation of the media-tech hub projects, journalists’ training, grant and mentorship programmes and innovation.

Duties and responsibilities
the intern shall provide communications support including but not limited to the following duties:
• Provide support to ti-kenya institutional media/communications engagements, including event management, publicity, media mobilisation, media monitoring and social media advocacy;
• Provide logistical and administrative support in preparation of all project activities including advocacy meetings, workshops and public forums, and ensuring production and/or documentation of activity reports, taking photos, recording details for participants and taking minutes for meetings;
• Assist in the design of projects and work plans to ensure their successful implementation to achieve overall programme objectives and ti-kenya strategic goals;
• Support partnership engagements to enhance movement building through mapping out of relevant stakeholders, working with relevant partner coalition and networks to develop collaborative programme strategies;
• Support multi-media advocacy initiatives including social media engagements, content development for online dissemination;
• Support in maintaining an active presence on ti-kenya’s social media presence in line with the organization’s social media policy and guidelines;
• Support to mobilize journalists, activists, csos, and other partners for public forums, events, and other outreach activities;
• Support in regular media monitoring in order to record and follow up on incidents reported through the organization’s platforms.

Qualifications
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in arts, international relations, media, pr, marketing,communication studies, development studies, or related course from a recognized university;
• Demonstrable skills and interest in media and communications work;
• Work experience of atleast 6 months in the communications/media field with demonstrable experience in project implementation.

Competencies
• A person of high integrity that will model ti-kenya’s core values;
• A strong commitment to the aims, objectives, and values of ti-kenya;
• Good communication, and presentation skills – verbal and written;
• Good interpersonal/relational skills;
• Good appreciation of advocacy and community engagement;
• Shown merit in work performance and results;
• Good report writing skills;
• Ability to multi-task, work within given deadlines/schedules and attention to detail;
• Familiarity with advocacy and communications strategies and tools;
• Ability to productively interact with different stakeholders and citizens to advance ti kenya work;
• Good analytical and organizational skills;
• Good knowledge of ti-kenya and the environment in which it operates;
• Demonstrated professional use of social media (twitter, facebook among others);
• Familiarity with basic computer packages and understanding of data entry;
• Must be able to read, write and speak english and kiswahili fluently;
• Ability to work independently and as a team;
• Creativity and innovation

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested and qualified candidates must complete the questionnaire by clicking the links below: further instructions include submitting one properly labelled pdf document as an attachment (combining the application letter and cv with at least three professional referees) via email to hr@tikenya.org . Please include the reference “project officer – public finance management (pfm)” as the subject of your email applications. Do not attach your testimonials or certificates. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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