Advocacy and Communications Officer

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Hivos

  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 12/08/2024
  • Location: Kenya
LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC
ABOUT HIVOS
Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, we aim to contribute towards just, inclusive and life-sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights and resources. We work in partnership with others in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America on three impact areas: civic rights; gender equality, diversity and inclusion, and climate justice. Our approach is solution driven, and we build wider movements for change by amplifying and connecting voices.

 
Your responsibilities:
 
Advocacy and Campaign Management
  • Develop advocacy and campaign guidelines for the project in the region
  • Support community advocacy efforts for policies promoting online safety, and protection of LGBTQ+ rights in online and offline spaces.
  • Organize convenings with policymakers to enhance support for human rights for all
 
Communication strategy and implementation   
  • Develop and implement a project specific communication strategy in line with Hivos’ global corporate communications strategy in East Africa
  • Implement an annual budgeted editorial calendar by working with various vendors and consultants in execution
  • Provide communications advice and counsel to the Free to be Me program closely weighing possible (security & reputational) risks

Online strategy and content development         
  • Develop and play a lead role in implementation of the program's digital advocacy strategy.
  • Produce, edit and/or curate (multimedia) content for the main hivos.org website through blogs, news items and opinion articles, illustrations, videos, and infographics
  • Contribute to Hivos East Africa’s social media channels on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
 
Movement building & strengthening
  • Pro-actively gather intelligence in the environment through issue management and advise program and executive leadership where appropriate
  • Map out and work closely with movements in the region and mobilize allies of human rights defenders
  • Capacity strengthening of media organizations on positive messaging that promotes non-discrimination
 
Engagement with the International Communications & Program Teams
  • Work in partnership with the Corporate communications team based in the Netherlands, and our global Communications Officer to co-create campaigns, strategy, pro-active and reactive content pieces, amongst others.
  • Actively participate and contribute as an advocacy and communications team member from East Africa.
  • Work closely with the Program Officer for East Africa in engagement with societal leaders
 
Your Profile
  • Degree in Sociology, Media/ journalism/ communications, public relations, or a human rights-related field from a recognized institution
  • At least five years of work experience in an international organization or working in a regional setting
  • Experience in advocacy strategy development and implementation
  • Experience in human rights advocacy and/ or campaign management is essential
  • High-level interpersonal skills including the ability to build relationships internally and externally
  • Must possess excellent journalistic and photographic skills
  • Ability to craft messaging for effective advocacy including production of video and audio documentaries
  • Exceptionally good writing skills.

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