Job Title: Communications & Advocacy Officer
Organisation: Child’s i Foundation
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Communications & Advocacy Manager
About US:
Child’s i Foundation works with governments and national partners to highlight the harm and cost of orphanages in Uganda and globally. We are helping to reimagine the whole child protection and care system, repurpose orphanages as community and educational facilities, reintegrate children home and rebuild services at the heart of communities. These initiatives seek to strengthen families and ensure children are protected, healthy and educated. Our programs address the root causes of poverty, strengthen communities to prevent family separation and ultimately reduce the institutionalization of children in Uganda.
Job Summary: The Communications & Advocacy Officer will support the planning and implementation of the Foundation’s communications, advocacy, media and digital media strategies that continually raise the Foundation’s public profile, visibility, and innovation in Alternative Care aligned with the Foundation’s mission, vision and strategic plan.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Communications
- Support the implementation of the media engagement strategy. Takes the lead in organising media outreach; arranges all media contacts, appearances, press briefings and interviews.
- Develop communications and advocacy material and support the coordination and production of a diverse range of information products which highlight Child’s i work.
- Contribute to the development of graphics, images and videos for communications, advocacy and fundraising purposes.
Advocacy; Outreach and influence
- Support the development, review and implementation of Child’s i advocacy strategy.
- Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with key stakeholders so as to create a movement to maximise the impact of Child’s i strategic objectives.
- Liaise with programmes teams for effective implementation of advocacy related activities.
- Provide technical support in the organisation’s events planning and management
Reporting and evaluation
- Monitor, evaluate and report on the impact of communications activities.
- Provide bi-monthly updates to the Advocacy Manager for the monthly key performance indicator monitoring and contribute to the Child’s i annual report.
Internal communications
- Regularly update Workplace and encourage other staff to share exciting stories.
- Communicate progress and any exciting news on a regular basis with pictures and updates on children and other Child’s i progress.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University Degree in Mass Communication, Public Relations, Journalism or other relative fields (undergraduate)
- At least two years of previous experience in a communications/Advocacy position.
- In-depth understanding of the Uganda political and social context and familiarity with key stakeholders in the Child Care Institutions sector.
- Ability to grasp complex information and accurately translate these into briefings and other forms of advocacy communication.
- Demonstrable experience of effectively engaging with government
- Experience writing press releases
- Previous experience with Ugandan media and civil society
- Demonstrable experience of effectively mobilising and working with civil society networks and organisations to generate momentum on a common agenda
- Demonstrable advocacy/stakeholder management experience
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent interpersonal & influencing skills
- Proven ability in fostering relations with stakeholders
- Ability to manage a complex and varied workload and to work under pressure
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written
- Presentation and Public Speaking Skills
- Good computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PPT, and WordPress
- Ability to develop and implement advocacy strategies
- Ability to support local, national and international advocacy initiatives of others.
Personal Attributes (can be related to company core values)
- Outgoing and proactive personality
- Self-starter
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to work independently and with minimal direction or supervision
- Interest in Alternative Care and Child Protection
- Ability to motivate/inspire others with ideas
- Innovative, energetic, solution-orientated approach to work
How to Apply:
All candidate should send their application letters and CVs ONLY to applications@childsifoundation.org
Deadline: 30th June 2023 by 17:00 EAT.
NB:
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Child’s i Foundation is committed to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults from sexual exploitation and other forms of harassment and abuse. Rigorous background and reference checks will be conducted in the course of the recruitment process.