The purpose for the Communication Assistant is to provide support to the on matters related to project communications together with the project manager. They help to implement communication strategies and projects and are responsible for the drafting and editing of media releases and other communications material.
Key roles and responsibilities
- Present project information in an attractive and
engaging format that can be shared with the public, media, NICE project
consortium partners, project stakeholders, donors.
- Maintain a record of content produced in
relation to project documentation.
- Work closely with the technical advisors,
consortium leads and program team members to conduct to visit field sites
to identify, collect, capture, and document project activities in the form
of case studies, including the collection of photos.
- Over see and document activities by the groups
that have received the small grants initiative and document the best
practices and impact stories.
- Gather information to support advocacy
initiatives such as related case studies and evidence from the field as
requested.
- Support the NICE project team to compile and
finalize regular reports for various audiences and identifying trends or
highlights to include.
- Produce staff spotlights and other internal
communications outputs as required.
- Provide visibility and briefing material
packages for all high-level/external visits, including SDC donors, other
delegations, as needed.
- Producing and managing multimedia and
communications content.
- Provide multimedia and communications content
for the NICE project.
- Identify photography opportunities as well as
support the hiring of freelance photographers and videographers and
orienting them with the principle of informed consent. Manage content
collection shoots as needed.
- Ensure that all materials adhere to the donor
branding and visibility requirements.
- Maintain a dynamic ‘story list’ to showcase NICE
Program impact.
- Work with other NICE consortium partners on
internal communications priorities such as newsletters and annual reports
as requested.
- Produce or project manage deliver of graphic
design – provide graphic design and formatting support to ad hoc donor and
external/public- facing programme documents (e.g., reports, briefs,
templates. Factsheets).
- Social media management
- Create communications content, develop blog
content, and create social media content and posts e.g., development of
communications plan for the NICE project.
- Website management
- Proactively manage the NICE Kenya programme web
portal.
- Collect information and authentic content
including media, social media, stories, and updates for the website. Lead
on managing the NICE project website, updating, and editing and uploading
key programme documents to the Knowledge Hub (newsletter; reports; briefs)
as required.
- Event coordination and planning
- Provide support to planning, coordination and
delivery of NICE project events that the programme will have a presence at
(virtual and in person at National and international levels).
- Where required, organize travel and logistics
arrangements (including booking flights, venue hire, visa, and
accommodation support).
- Support the admin and logistics for
communication-focused visits, including donor visits.
- Workshop and meeting coordination.
- Actively participate in relevant programme, team
and partner meetings and where relevant coordinate meetings, agreeing
agenda items with team members, taking minutes, following up on actions,
and preparing any presentations or related documentation as required.
Provide ad hoc administrative support to the organization and logistics of
workshops/ webinars/ training – lead on hosting and provide support to
coordination and delivery of workshops.
- Capturing comms impact for donor reporting.
- Provide support during quarterly and annual peer
learning events and meetings, including case studies documentations,
highlighting ‘good news’ or ‘Impact stories. and responding to ad-hoc
queries internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in communications,
journalism, public relations, or another related field from an accredited
university.
- A minimum of 1-year professional experience in a
similar role.
- Willingness and ability to travel to visit
field-sites and document findings.
- Knowledge of/experience with graphic design and
social media photography, videography.
- Fluent written and spoken English required.
- Excellent IT skills, including Advanced Word,
Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.
- Good analytical skills.
- Experience in a communications role and
demonstrated experience of developing public/audience facing documents/
content.
- Experience of using social media for
communications and advocacy.
- Proven ability to manage a heavy and fluctuating
workload.
- Proven ability to manage conflicting demands of
a large team.
- Proven ability to prioritize own workload.
- Proven experience in organization of
events/workshops.
How to Apply
If you
meet the above requirements, kindly send your CV and cover letter to the email
address below by 25th August 2025. careers@saf-africa.odoo.com
