Communications and Membership Officer at Amnesty International

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research, script, design, produce and manage high-quality interactive print, audio and audio-visual digital online content for Amnesty Kenya organisational emails, artwork and other materials.
• Analyze complex human rights languages and processes from a user-focused perspective and simplify them for all our target constituencies.
• Support the Communications and Membership Unit to organise, caption, tag and upload content to Amnesty Kenya online media library.
• Support the Communications and Membership Unit to manage Amnesty Kenya’s social media accounts and engage with diverse audiences across key social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tiktok, Youtube, Instagram)
• Generate, edit and publish clear, compelling content that upholds our brand identity as a vibrant and edgy civil society organisation and advances our objectives.
• Develop, implement, and manage Amnesty Kenya’s social media calendar.
• Research and maintain lists of relevant influencers and high-impact hashtags.
• Collaborate with other Amnesty Kenya teams to develop social media plans ahead of key conferences, events, and opportunities.
• Support Amnesty Kenya teams to produce high-quality informative and motivational materials from our work.
• Track and assess social media metrics, insights, and best practices to help us continuously improve our reach and engagement with key audiences.
• Support the Communications and Membership Manager to develop and implement membership recruitment and engagement strategies.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (journalism, communications, gender, community development, human rights, international development or other social media science).
• Demonstrate relevant skills in content creation and curation.
• Excellent writing and visualization skills with an eye for detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrated experience using design tools and software (Canva, Photoshop, among others).
• Demonstrated experience using survey tools (Survey Monkey, Google Forms and MS Forms, among others).
• Proven ability to react to fast-changing political situations, exercising and promoting creative thinking.
• Demonstrated experience in using of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, among others.