Job Title: Communications
Assistant Coordinator
Assistant Coordinator
Organization: Restless
Development
Development
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior
Fundraising and Partnerships Manager
Fundraising and Partnerships Manager
Salary: UGX 34,149,393
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About US:
Restless Development (Uganda)
is an International NGO established to address the challenges faced by young
people in Uganda by placing young people at the forefront of change and
development. Our vision is for all Ugandan youth to live healthy and productive
lives, fully supported by those around them. Our programming focuses on three
core areas: youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth civic participation
and youth employment and livelihoods.
is an International NGO established to address the challenges faced by young
people in Uganda by placing young people at the forefront of change and
development. Our vision is for all Ugandan youth to live healthy and productive
lives, fully supported by those around them. Our programming focuses on three
core areas: youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth civic participation
and youth employment and livelihoods.
Job Summary: The Communications
Assistant Coordinator will develop our Communications strategy to increase
Restless Development Uganda’s visibility, enabling us to inform and influence
our partners, government and other actors. You will be highly creative and
organised with strong skills across various areas of communications including
social media, writing, video, editing, photography, event management.
Assistant Coordinator will develop our Communications strategy to increase
Restless Development Uganda’s visibility, enabling us to inform and influence
our partners, government and other actors. You will be highly creative and
organised with strong skills across various areas of communications including
social media, writing, video, editing, photography, event management.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Communications strategy 50% With support from your team, develop and
implement a 2-year communications strategy and annual plan to increase Restless
Development Uganda’s visibility including:
implement a 2-year communications strategy and annual plan to increase Restless
Development Uganda’s visibility including:
- Social
media (FB, Inst, Twitter, Blogs #WeAreRestless) - Event
management – National Youth Working Group, International Youth Day,
Restless Values day, partner events, - Media
engagement incl press, TV, radio, online media, offline media, key
influencers - Youth
Collective and Alumni engagement incl contact database management (CIVI) - Develop
targets to track Restless Development Uganda’s visibility including
website and social media engagement - Sharing
programmes outputs and research in creative ways with our audiences. - Manage
our brand, ensuring it is understood and used effectively by staff and helps
achieve our goals and mission.
Content Development 25% Working with the Programmes and M&E Teams
and others, develop content including:
and others, develop content including:
- Developing
and editing videos to engage external stakeholders - Photo
library to include inspiring photos across all our work - Ensure
photo and video content is well maintained and stays updated across our
channels. - Generating,
writing and designing stories of change to share the impact of our work - Lead
production design and distribution of innovative and high quality newsletters
and annual report to update external stakeholders - Updating
our website with new and relevant information - Curate
all content so it is easily accessible for relevant stakeholders
Internal comms 20%
- Be
the link for the Restless Development Uganda Hub internally including - Taking
and sharing minutes of Board and CLT meetings - Ensuring
relevant information is accessible to all staff using Google drive - Connect
and share updates to and from other Hubs and International - Track
and share updates, trends and innovation on youth development from Gov’t,
UN agencies, donors, movements and other key influencers to inform our
work - Editing
documents for teams - Sharing
monthly internal updates including leadership and programmes
Other Duties: 5%
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant for the Restless Development Communications Assistant
Coordinator job opportunity must hold a graduate level degree - Two
years’ work experience in communications - Proven
experience of coordinating communication projects from design to
completion including evaluating impact - Excellent
writing, editing, designing and photography skills - Ability
to read, synthesis information to produce clear, well written summaries - Experience
in video editing and design – ideally with experience in Adobe software - Experience
in maintaining a website - Demonstrated
social media experience at a high level - Personal
commitment to Restless Developments vision and values - Passionate
about Youth led development - Experience
of developing and implementing communication plans including advocacy,
media and programmes - Experience
working in the Youth or International development sector - The
individual must be results oriented, highly self-motivated, have
demonstrated analytical skills and be comfortable with a rapidly changing
environment. - The
successful individual will also be able to establish strong working
relationships with staff in Uganda and internationally. - The
successful candidate will be personally committed to Restless Development
Uganda’s mission and values.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates who wish to join Restless Development in the
aforementioned capacity should fill in this form, download
here, and send it to [email protected]. Please note
that we DO NOT accept CVs, resumes and cover letters.
interested candidates who wish to join Restless Development in the
aforementioned capacity should fill in this form, download
here, and send it to [email protected]. Please note
that we DO NOT accept CVs, resumes and cover letters.
Deadline: 30th April 2018
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