Job Title: Communications Intern
Hiring
Organization: Mercy Corps
Location
– Locality: Nairobi
Location
– Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job
Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date
Posted: 08/04/2025
The Communications Intern will support
the innovation pillar activities of the AgriFin Program Office in Nairobi
during the Annual Learning Event. Working closely with the Monitoring,
Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) team, the intern will play a key role
in advancing program activities through their contributions. The intern will
report to and work under the guidance of the Communications Lead.
Essential Responsibilities
- Support event related activities while assisting
in developing digital copy and captions for social media content promoting
the 9th Annual Learning Event (ALE).
- Assist in capturing short-form videos, graphics,
and visual assets for social media and event promotion on LinkedIn, TikTok
, Twitter and Instagram.
- Capture key insights, quotes, and highlights
from ALE sessions briefs for use in social media updates, event summaries,
and digital holding slides.
- Support the Communications Lead in sourcing
speaker bios, session descriptions, and moderator profiles, and ensuring
these are uploaded to relevant platforms.
- Assist the implementing the social media plan
and content management updates on the ALE website, ensuring information is
current and engaging
- Monitor and respond to social media queries
related to the ALE, ensuring responses are timely, accurate, and aligned
with internal messaging.
- Track social media performance and engagement
analytics to inform ongoing campaign improvements and identify
high-performing content.
- Provide on-ground communications support during
the event, including live social media coverage during the Annual Learning
Event.
- Ensure brand message is consistent during the
ALE in liaison with the Communications team.
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally and
personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not
jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
Learning Objectives: The intern will
- Develop critical-thinking skills by
contributing original ideas directly to organization head and development
team in brainstorming and ideation sessions during and after the
9th Annual Learning Event.
- The intern will assist in amplifying the
activities through written communication skills by producing original
online
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in communication or any
related field
- Design & creating videos will be an
added
- A good team player
- A critical thinker
- Communications internship experience
How to Apply