Communication Consultant

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Make Way

Remote (local)
  • Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda , Uganda, Zambia
  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 17/09/2023
  • Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda , Uganda, Zambia
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
Communication consultant
We are looking for a consultant to gather and create appealing stories on programme activities and its impact in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. The stories will be disseminated through the website of Make Way (www.make-way.org) and the (social media) channels of the core partner organisations. Preferably, some of the stories are also picked up by external local, regional, (inter)national media.

 What will you be doing?
  • Together with the communication officers of the partner organisations, you identify and create stories for the Ethiopian, Kenyan, Rwandan, Ugandan and Zambian contexts, as well as for the regional and global context.
  • Together with the communication officers of the consortium partner organizations coordinating the Make Way programme in the country, you decide on potential stories.
  • You reach out to people and organisations to prepare for meetings, interviews, etc.
  • You develop content (e.g. (video) interviews, photo stories, videos) that shows the impact of the programme and that is appealing to a wide audience.
  • You create texts and social media posts to promote the stories.
  • You strive to get (inter)national media attention for the stories and/or the programme.
  • Participate in the meetings of the Communications Forum of Make Way, which brings together the communication staff from all the consortium partners in the six contexts.

Position
You will report to the communication manager in the Programme Coordination Unit of the programme. On a day-to-day basis you will work with the communication officers of the consortium partner organizations.

What we offer
  • A dynamic and diverse assignment in which you get to liaise and work with people from different countries and have a part in supporting programme activities.
  • Flexible working hours and days (approx. 3 days a week on average), focus is on the deliverables.
  • A contract for one year, with the possibility of extension.
  • Opportunity to travel to the different countries.

What we ask
  • You have at least 5 years of experience in the field of communication / journalism / content creation.
  • You can identify interesting stories.
  • You have excellent writing and editing skills in English.
  • You have strong coordination and planning skills.
  • You are a creative content creator who keeps the needs of the audience in mind.
  • You know how to take a good photo that suits the story.
  • You are a go-getter of good stories.
  • You have a strong affinity with health and SRHR.
  • You live in one of the five programme countries and are able to travel to the other countries when required.
  • You are sensitive to the various cultural contexts as well as people with minoritised identities.

We consider it a plus if you:
  • have a network of national and/or international journalists.
  • have video editing skills and an eye for design.

2-3 days a week from October until October 2024 – with possible extension

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