Assistant Communications Officer

About CorpsAfrica:

Founded in 2011, CorpsAfrica provides the opportunity for Africans to serve as volunteers in their  own countries. CorpsAfrica Volunteers participate in a Pre-Service Training, where they are trained on Human-Centered Design, Community-Led Development and Asset Based Community  Development as approaches to development and learn about the variety of work NGOs are doing in  their country. Volunteers then move to under-resourced communities, where they facilitate meetings  to help local people determine priority needs and implement projects that address those needs. The  Volunteers are then expected to perform a comprehensive impact evaluation analysis to serve as a  model for future CorpsAfrica Volunteers and their projects. CorpsAfrica aims to create a culture of  public service within developing nations by giving participants the opportunity to apply their skills  and energy toward helping their fellow citizens overcome extreme poverty. For more information,  please visit www.corpsafrica.org.

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION:

The Assistant Communications Officer is a full-time staff position with the primary responsibility of  demonstrating and communicating CorpsAfrica’s efforts related to project impact, fundraising,  marketing, and other areas as needed. This person will have a significant opportunity to help build the  organization’s image brand and there is ample room for professional advancement.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the CorpsAfrica/Kenya staff and Volunteers on programmatic aspects of  operations and communicating project impact.
• Promote the organization with media, donors, and government authorities clear messaging  and communication materials.
• Help establish and maintain consistent organization image during events and fundraising  activities.
• Strategically build and maintain the organization’s social media platforms.
• Create and implement events to raise awareness of CorpsAfrica/Kenya.
• Come up with creative ways of telling CorpsAfrica/Kenya’s stories that speak to the hearing  of donors, development partners, government, communities, media, the public etc.
• Create and manage social media pages for CorpsAfrica/Kenya
• Plan and design contents for CorpsAfrica/Kenya official social media sites such as  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
• Generate and analyze reports (monthly/quarterly/half yearly) on web traffic and KPIs using  Google Analytics, and other social media focused analytics channels.
• Actively engage with online audiences through social media channels. Timely responses to  messages and comments, monthly reports on levels of engagement.
• Develop multi-media communications materials, including blog posts and social media  content.
• Maintain digital media archives including photos and videos and maintain records of media  coverage and collate analytics and metrics.
• Develop and maintain contact information and materials with journalists and media outlets  (print, TV, radio, web, photo etc.)
• Develop and archive communication materials, including digital, such as publications, press  releases and clippings, photographs, audio-visual materials, web resources, etc.
• Create quarterly newsletters for development partners, donors, and other stakeholders that  captures activities, projects and impact.
• Any other responsibilities assigned to you by the Communications Officer or Country  Director.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in communications
• Should be proficient in Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Indesign
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• A passion and commitment to youth leadership, participatory community development,  impact evaluation, transparency, and accountability
• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Time management skills
• Fluency in English is required.