Communications Officer at Self Help Africa

Self Help Africa is seeking an energetic and dynamic team to oversee the implementation of an ambitious new agribusiness development project implemented in partnership with and Imani Development Limited in Kenya.

Kenyan Initiative for Long-term Integration of Market Operators in Value Chains (KILIMO – VC)

KILIMO-VC is a EUR 24m five-year agribusiness support programme that is part of the European Union’s Kenya-AgriFI programme that supports productive, adapted and market integrated smallholder agriculture, including a contribution to the Africa Investment Facility.

The overall objective of the KILIMO-VC programme is to improve the capacity of 100,000 smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practise environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as a business in inclusive value chains.

Self Help Africa (SHA) and Imani Development are the fund managers for the programme which aims to deliver:

• 10,000 net equivalent jobs within sustainable agri-enterprises
• A 70% increase in smallholder/ pastoralist production marketed
• At least 20,000 hectares under climate-smart land management practices.
• Increased turnover for at least 50 agri-enterprises
• Increased incomes for at least 100,000 smallholders/ pastoralists as agri-enterprises expand in their markets
• 90,000 households with increased dietary diversity and decision-making power of female farmers

The Communications Officer will serve as an integral member of the KILIMO -VC team and will be responsible for creating and implementing our communications strategies.

S/he will be required to promote our brand in creative ways, interact with the media and establish trusting relationships with key stakeholders including the media outlets, partners and policymakers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Communications, Journalism and Mass Communication or any other related field.
• A minimum work experience of three (3) years in a similar position with strong applied skills on publishing, photo/video editing software.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (English).