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Job Title:   Marketing Associate   

Organisation: SPOUTS

Duty Station:  Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: SPOUTS Marketing Coordinator

NB: Remember to attach your salary expectations.

About US:

SPOUTS is a social venture that locally manufactures and distributes effective ceramic water filters to improve the access to clean drinking water sustainably in Uganda. In addition, we locally manufacture free hand-washing stations to improve access to hygiene.  Our mission is to provide clean drinking water and hygiene services to all East Africans.

We currently sell multiple water filter products under the brand name “Purifaaya”.  The Purifaaya provides financial, social, and health benefits for its customers in addition to environmental benefits.

Since SPOUTS sold its first Purifaaya in 2015, it has distributed 60,000+ filters to East Africa providing over 350,000 end-users with long-term access to clean drinking water.  SPOUTS is a rapidly-growing organization with over 120 employees and the next step is to scale its operations across all of East Africa to provide all with clean drinking water.

Job Summary:  The Marketing Associate should understand the full marketing mix and be familiar with ways to analyse market research and customers’ behaviour. They should also be able to create spreadsheets and analyse quantitative data to interpret ROI and KPI metrics as well as manage all the digital platforms accurately for the company that is Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Website and update these platforms daily and share weekly reports accordingly. Ultimately, the Marketing Associate should help us achieve our business goals and manage daily administrative tasks to ensure the Marketing department runs smoothly

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct market research to identify new opportunities
• Gather and analyse consumer behaviour data (e.g., web traffic and rankings)
• Create reports on marketing and sales metrics, like conversion rates
• Assist with organizing and planning promotional events and field activations
• Coordinate with the Marketing Design and Content teams to create advertising material (e.g., brochures and newsletters)
• Keep organized records of marketing metrics and results of past campaigns
• Monitor competitors’ marketing activities through building strong marketing campaigns.
• Analyse market trends and competitors’ methods
• Develop and implement strategies with marketing team
• Contribute to collaborative efforts and organize promotional events
• Maintain and update records of marketing metrics and results of past campaigns
• Present forecasts, metrics, and any relevant information to senior leadership
• Support marketing executives in organizing various projects and take care of marketing events and keep the numbers coming in.
• Employ marketing analytics techniques to gather important data (social media, web analytics, rankings etc.).
• Update spreadsheets, databases and inventories with statistical, financial and non-financial information.
• Assist in the organizing and monitoring of promotional events and traditional or digital campaigns and programs and attend them to facilitate their success.
• Compose and post online content on the company’s website and social media accounts on a daily and weekly basis
• Handle expenses, manage budgets for the activations and marketing deliverables
• Write marketing literature (brochures, press releases etc) to augment the company’s presence in the market.
• Other Responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
• Submit ideas for experimental marketing programs designed to enhance and grow the company’s brand
• Demonstrate corporate responsibility.
• Always act in a manner consistent with SPOUTS’ values.
• Comply with the SPOUTS’ standards of conduct and all applicable policies and legislation.
• Represent SPOUTS in public and official forums, functions and joint ventures as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a BSc degree in Marketing or relevant field
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or statistics or relevant field preferred
• Two years of experience as a marketing associate, marketing assistant, or a related position.
• Proven work experience as a Marketing Associate, Marketing Assistant or similar role
• Excellent knowledge marketing digital tools and techniques such as MS Office, marketing computer software and online applications (CRM tools, Online analytics, Google AdWords etc.)
• Language requirements: High level of competence in spoken and written English language skills. Other Languages are a bonus.

Personal profile: Capabilities: Within the context of the main responsibilities and accountabilities of the role, the employee is expected to demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of SPOUTS.
• Pro-Active
• Excellent presentation, communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Personal commitment to excellent customer service.
• A successful track record in setting priorities, managing work demands and evaluating progress while remaining responsive to changing priorities.
• Works autonomously, delegating appropriately to manage workload.
• Uses initiative to develop new approaches and to encourage high performance outcomes.
• Works well in a multi-functional and multi-cultural team.
• Good understanding of office management and marketing principles
• Demonstrable ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines
• Well-organized with a customer-oriented approach
• Good knowledge of market research techniques and databases.
• Strong analytical skills with a goal-oriented attitude

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their application letters, updated CVs and relevant academic documents with salary expectations to recruitment@spouts.org

Deadline; Monday, 14th February ,2022.

NB: Remember to attach your salary expectations.

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