Communication Assistant - New Media at Council of Governors

Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Senior Communication Officer, Communication Assistant – New Media will be responsible for:

• Draft social media outreach messages.
• Deliver PR content via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, email, or direct mail.
• Assist in formulating and delivery of email campaigns.
• Execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification
• Generate, edit, publish and share daily content that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action
• Optimise CoG pages within each platform to increase the visibility of the organisations social content
• Continuously improve by capturing and analysing the appropriate social data/metrics, insights and best practices, and then acting on the information

Required qualifications and experience

• The ideal candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in Communication/ Public relations or journalism.
• Demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge
• Adequate knowledge of web design, web development and SEO
• Two years’ work experience.
• Advance computer applications
• Meets the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010

Desirable Competencies:

Behavioral

• Accountability – takes responsibility for action and manages constructive criticisms;
• Client Orientation – works effectively well with client and stakeholders;
• Continuous Learning – promotes continuous learning for self and others;
• Communication – listens and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience;
• Creativity and Initiative – actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services;
• Leadership and Negotiation – develops effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Performance Management – identify ways and implement actions to improve performance of self and others;
• Planning and Organizing - plans work, anticipates risks, and sets goals within area of responsibility;
• Professionalism - displays mastery of subject matter;
• Teamwork – contributes to a collegial team environment; incorporates gender related needs, perspectives, concerns and promotes equal gender participation;
• Technological Awareness - displays awareness of relevant technological solutions;
• Resource Mobilization - works with internal and external stakeholders to meet resource needs of CoG.