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Job Title:  Documentation and Communication Officer (Part-time Jobs)  

Organisation: Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF)

Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda

Reports to: Communications Manager and or Project Coordinator

About Organisation:

Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum is a dynamic and leading youth led and youth serving health and human rights organization that works to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people, enhance gender equality and promote economic empowerment and young people’s meaningful participation. UYAHF’s envisions a generation where young people are pro-active and meaningfully participate in national development processes and our overall goal is to empower adolescent girls and young women to live quality lives with equity, dignity and opportunities to realize their full potential.

About Project:

With funding from the German Doctors, UYAHF is going to implement a project “INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE SERVICES (IEHS)” in the Districts of Butebo, Mbale, Budaka, and Bukedea with the aim to provide equitable access to comprehensive healthcare services, ensuring that every individual can receive quality preventive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative care. By addressing healthcare disparities and promoting inclusive practices, we will work towards healthier communities by December 2025.

Job Summary:   Develop and implement effective communications activities for external customers and stakeholders. Write and optimize content for the website, digital newsletters, print publications and social networking sites. Ensure consistency in terms of voice, branding, messaging and frequency of posting via digital channels.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   The communications officer will be responsible for

• Collaborating with project implementation team to develop and implement an
• effective communications strategy based on targeted audience.
• Writing, editing, and distributing project content, including publications, press releases, website content, annual reports, activity engagements, and significant change stories, that communicates the project’s activities.
• Managing ongoing discussions on key prevailing issues using twitter spaces and other social media engagements
• Responding to media inquiries and arrange interviews for the project.
• Taking photos, capture interviews, videos and produce them into short, summary videos, especially during public events, outreach and meetings.
• Supporting live streaming of the project’s events.
• Creating daily social media posts in line with project goals and share them on all the project’s social media platforms.
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with journalists, and maintain a media database.
• Maintaining records of media coverage and collate analytics and metrics.
• Assisting in conducting daily media reviews to identify articles relevant to the
• work of the project.
• Taking custody of all communications and branding materials and equipment and ensuring their effective and efficient use.
• Coordinating production of various customized information products including audio/visual communication for the project.
• Managing and adhering to all branding requirements and visibility of the project.
• Designing activity and campaign: graphic posters, fliers, and brochures.
• And any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Should have a bachelor’s of Journalism or Mass communication or related field from a recognised institution.
• A postgraduate training in communication or journalism and relevant experiences in the similar or related assignments will be an added advantage.
• High skills and knowledge of use of ICT equipment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, content management systems, and social media platforms
• Knowledge of different aspects of public information and communication
• Proficiency in design and publishing software
• Ability to conceptualize, design and implement major information campaigns.
• Ability to rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information from varied sources.
• Ability to diplomatically handle sensitive situations with target audiences and cultivate productive relationships.
• Ability to produce a variety of written and visual communications products in a clear, and concise style.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with a cover letter detailing their relevant experience to uyahfchannel@gmail.com and copy to : vmuhenda@uyahf.com and jnakato@uyahf.com Please include job applied for in the subject line of the mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews

Deadline: 25th October 2024

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