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Job Title:  Public Relations Officer (Fresher Jobs) 

Organisation: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Duty Station: Kalisizo, Uganda

About US:

Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative bio-medical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local population through a combination of community-based research, curative services, and prevention strategies in the districts of South-central Uganda.

Job Summary:   The Public Relations Officer will manage and coordinate public relations, corporate communication and social responsibility activities of the organization as agreed with management. The roles of PR officer shall be realized by implementing activities under the objectives shown below.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Capturing and communicating important moments though production of periodic newsletters, reports, bulletins etc.
• Updating organization’s social media handles.
• Supporting Organization of program functions which involve national and international stakeholders e.g. symposia, meetings etc.
• Participate in program review meetings to identify important success stories for communication to stakeholders.
• Participate in designing and reviewing branding tools for the organization and manage archival of approved branding tools.
• Propose organization’s visibility opportunities to management.
• Monitor corporate image frequently and advise management accordingly.
• Supporting planning and organizing of PR events, community programs and initiatives.
• Coordinate media relations in liaison with management.
• Supporting execution of organization’s corporate social responsibility.
• Any other tasks as may be assigned by the supervisor in respect to the role.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a BA in courses related to Digital Media, Interaction Design, information science.
• Two years of management experience of the Web and digital media
• Experience with editing and production of reports for public information.
• Good public presentation and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Adobe suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates possessing the above attributes can send their; applications including a cover letter, updated CV with 3 referees, and copies of academic qualifications/certificates (IN ONE PDF or Word Document), addressed to the HR Manager to jobs@rhsp.org. Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only electronic applications will be considered. This Job has been re-advertised; candidates who applied before should not apply.

Deadline: 6th March 2024

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