Communications Assistant at Girls Leading Our World Initiatives, Inc. (iGLOW)

Key Tasks;

• Travel frequently to field projects site to pro-actively and re-actively obtain and pitch resources. Gather and prepare communication materials for input into the document management software and online photo and video databases (photos, video footage, stories, quotes, programme updates, reports, interviews).
• Gather and prepare fundraising materials e.g web articles
• Conduct interviews with IGLOW beneficiaries and stakeholders and document success stories and lessons learnt
• Coordinate the collection of materials and data needed for the production of IGLOW’s Annual Report.

Required Skills and Experience

• Development and Operational Effectiveness
• Exceptional writing skills
• Ability to implement communications and publications strategies
• Ability to perform a wide range of varied, inter-related complex services
• Ability to extract, interpret and analyze data and resolve operational problems
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
•  Ability to plan and organize work
• Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies
• Demonstrates strong IT skills

Required Skills and Experience:

Applicants must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) - in media relations, journalism, publishing, public relations, communications or equivalent;
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent) - in media relations, journalism, publishing, public relations, communications or equivalent;
• Have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above)