Communication Associate - FON Project at International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

More specifically, the project seeks to:

1. Ensure and improve the sustainability of feminist organizations at the organizational and technical levels by proposing an inclusive approach to capacity strengthening.
2. Reinforce the resilience and diversity of feminist civil society organizations (CSOs) through access to sustainable, flexible and adapted financing for small and/or informal and/or structurally excluded groups.
3. Enhance the networking abilities of feminist CSOs from the South, bringing them closer to networks at national, regional, and international levels, in order to bring their voice to the public arena.

Position Overview:

The postholder will support the FON team and the grantee partners (subgranted local CSOs in the 6 African countries) to implement the FON Communication Plan, making sure the African grantee partners, as well the IPPFAR FON team, give visibility to the FON Project. This will involve the tasks of, but not limited to:

• Drafting media statements, success stories, case studies, preparing communication messaging about the FON Project and the work of the grantee partners, preparing external communications papers and internal bulletins, editing and publishing information about the FON Project and supporting CSOs with their public information to increase their visibility.
• Make sure that the Branding Guidelines of the Project are well understood and implemented by the grantee partners and by the FON team in all the communications.
• Make sure the grantee partners regularly collect communication material, such as photos, videos, written articles, blog stories, case studies, and support them when needed in doing so.
• Archive all the FON Project-related communication material.
• Regularly conceive and prepare communications for the FON Landing Page and for social media on the progress and successes of the FON Project and the CSOs’ work. This will involve copywriting and social media visual production taking into account FON branding.
• Communicate closely with all stakeholders to identify story ideas and other communication products such as social media content.
• Contribute to the conception and implementation communication campaign, with an external consultant, that will be put in place for the FON Project.

The Communication Officer will work closely with the FON team (based in Abidjan and Nairobi), IPPFAR Communication Team, and will report to the FON Programme Manager Global. They will additionally interact closely with grantee partners and their communication staff.

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:

• Recently graduated with a degree (bachelor’s or masters) in the communication field, and with interest and ideally some experience in content developing and writing, media, social media, social media campaigns, etc.
• Have an interest and understanding of issues relating to feminist politics, gender-based violence, human rights, disability justice and the sexual and reproductive rights of all people, including members of the LGBTIQ+ community, along with a commitment to advancing these rights.
• Interest and good skills in taking photos and making simple videos and creating visuals for social media to support the projects’ storytelling.
• Excellent communication in either English or French (both would be an advantage) and be able to communicate well with both internal and external audiences orally and in writing.
• Some knowledge or experience in web development and content production is an advantage.
• Detail oriented and thorough, with an ability to self-motivate and produce high-quality work.
• Experience in and/or willingness to learn and adapt work to online/virtual platforms keeping accessibility needs in mind.
• Committed to ongoing professional learning.
• Have excellent analytical skills, fair judgment, and a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Team player and comfortable with working with a wide range of multilingual and multicultural teams.
• We particularly welcome applications from persons with experience working with or as part of feminist movements, with intersectional and decolonial approaches, and/or working at intersections of youth and gender, or gender and disability with a global South perspective.

Interested individuals should submit an application form in the IPPFARO CV form and a 1-page cover letter to: hroffice@ippfaro.org with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 26 July 2023. 

Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.