Job Title: Editor and Knowledge Manager
Organisation: BRAC International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
BRAC
International is one of the world’s largest Non-Governmental Development
Organizations, working in a number of countries in Africa and Asia on poverty
alleviation Programs, is registered in Uganda as BRAC Uganda. The organization
implements integrated development approach combining Education, Health,
Agriculture, Livestock, Adolescent Empowerment and Microfinance.
International is one of the world’s largest Non-Governmental Development
Organizations, working in a number of countries in Africa and Asia on poverty
alleviation Programs, is registered in Uganda as BRAC Uganda. The organization
implements integrated development approach combining Education, Health,
Agriculture, Livestock, Adolescent Empowerment and Microfinance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- The Editor & Knowledge Manager will be
primarily responsible for clearing research products for quality in terms
of presentation and disseminating results through appropriate platforms. - The incumbent will ensure quality and
thorough oversight copy editing reports to achieve academic standard of
writing, and preparing policy materials. - Coordinate with the country teams and to
develop their capacity. Sharing all sorts of dissemination products with
central team, having feedback for authentic outputs. - Sharing knowledge to country team members for
capacity building, while editing/producing research products as well as to
Director Research (IERC). - Disseminate projects out puts through
national media, table talk with the guidance of Research Director.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should hold a Master’s Degree
in Social Science preferably in communications. - Excellent communication and interpersonal
skills with various project partners. - Familiar with research methods, analysis and
graphical presentations. - Computer literacy i.e. knowledge of
publishing software such as Adobe In Design or Illustrator. - Excellent writing skills to prepare
communications pieces from academic papers. - Familiarity with web development and writing
web contents. - Ability to work effectively as part of the
team. - Ability to plan and be able to deliver under
minimum supervision. - Excellent analytical skills and understanding
of research approaches.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their application
letters, Curriculum Vitae not scanned (including bio-data such as: Date of
birth, Education qualification, language proficiency, work experience and at
least three professional referees in Ms. Office Word Document) and all Scanned
copies of academic /other supporting documents. They should all be merged into
one PDF file. In total, there must only be two attachments sent to
[email protected].
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their application
letters, Curriculum Vitae not scanned (including bio-data such as: Date of
birth, Education qualification, language proficiency, work experience and at
least three professional referees in Ms. Office Word Document) and all Scanned
copies of academic /other supporting documents. They should all be merged into
one PDF file. In total, there must only be two attachments sent to
[email protected].
Deadline: 18th June 2016
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