Description of responsibilities
Under direct supervision of the Senior Country Director, the Communications Officer will lead the implementation of the Country Office communications and advocacy strategies to increase the standing and awareness of NDI and its partners with the media and the public as well as the successful organization of key strategic events in which NDI is involved in.
Duties and Responsibilities
II. Functions and key results expected
Summary of Key Functions:
- Implementation of the Communication Strategy.
- Support Programme and Operations staff on Communications.
- Coordinate the preparation of key global, regional and nations events,
- Coordinate the design and publication of texts, photo and video articles that promote the work of NDI and its partners Liaise with NDI Regional and Headquarters Communications Team to feed national initiatives into corporate communication initiatives and vice versa.
- The Communication Officer will more specifically be expected to:
- Provide substantive support to the planning and design of external communication and outreach strategies and plans Integrate communication outreach strategies into proposals for project/programmes and other initiatives, as necessary;
- Design visually compelling mainly digital media of our projects to increase public awareness of democratic best practices;
- Organize or join field missions to collect materials for human interest stories (testimonies, photos, videos);
Coordinate and contribute substantially to the development and dissemination of communication materials
Ensure timely production of quality communication products such as articles, photographs and videos to support program implementation
- Draft briefing materials, and press releases and coordinate its dissemination through effective channels;
- Promote and disseminate corporate advocacy materials for new and existing initiatives, publications, and campaigns;
- Develop communication materials (i.e. website/Facebook posts, social media graphics, infographics, blog posts, and presentations);
- Translation of key documents and resources into Arabic and French
- Coordinate media relations for the Country Office
- Maintain a list of relevant media and media persons.
- Organize roundtable discussions, press conferences and briefing session for press, as required;
- Documentation, Knowledge Building, Management and Sharing
- Produce and disseminate communication materials for the Country Office including office brochure and thematic programme fact sheets;
- Develop and disseminate Country Office quarterly newsletter to relevant partners, as well as contribute to NDI Regional Newsletter;
- Coordinate and provide videography and photography documentation of all NDI initiatives/activities
- Develop and maintain the country office repository system that contains all publications by the Country Office
Organize and conduct training and workshops on communication and advocacy, as appropriate.
Support the coordination of events and conferences and ensure the visibility of NDI