Communications Specialist
Role Summary
Join Mercy Corps as a Communications Specialist to drive the communications strategy for the East Africa Land Border Programme addressing irregular migration.
About the Organisation
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.
Key Responsibilities
Communications and LEARNING
CONTENT CREATION AND DISSEMINATION
Events Management
Program Support
- Develop and execute East Africa Land Border Programme strategic communication plan (both internal and external) to increase the project’s visibility within the entrepreneurship and youth employment ecosystem in coordination with regional and global efforts.
- Develop a guiding framework to collate and aggregate East Africa Land Border Programme learnings under a standardized framework, including identifying learning opportunities and appropriate channels of disseminating them.
- Travel to the field when needed to research and gather impact stories, photo and video content of East Africa Land Border Programme partners, beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
- Work with other East Africa Land Border Programme’s functions to document and curate a library of stories, byline articles, press releases, etc. based on the program’s activities to be published in the media, reports and other communications forums.
- Prepare content for and regularly manage East Africa Land Border Programme’s social media platforms (including website page, blog, Twitter, Facebook etc.) as well as ensure that the programme has an active online presence.
- Work closely with the regional and global communications team to disseminate content through media channels in order to create visibility for the program.
- Conceptualize thought leadership events in line with the program’s communications activities including workshops, report launches, learning events, fireside chats, etc.
- Lead the preparation of thought leadership events by coordinating content curation, invitations, management of external vendors, onsite execution, budgeting and expense tracking.
- Support the Monitoring and Evaluation team in the documentation of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning findings and generate new and innovative communication and dissemination ideas to increase the visibility of East Africa Land Border Programme research outputs
- Support the program team to execute partner communication efforts to create visibility of partner activities.
- Work with other East Africa Land Border Programme team members to contribute content towards regular reporting to the donor.
- Perform any other related duties that may be assigned.
- Actively learns safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
- Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members.
- Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.
- *Supervisory Responsibility: None
Working Conditions
This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya with potential travel to programme sites/border areas and additional programme countries (Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia). Mercy Corps team members represent the agency both during and outside work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Requirements
Eligibility Criteria
This position is open to applicants without specific geographical restrictions mentioned in the description.
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