Communications Officer at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements:

• Contribute meaningfully through innovative ideas and approaches to the organization
• Contribute through original content creation and maintenance to the organization’s website, social media channels, email campaigns and website.
• Maintain the organization’s branding standards both internally and externally.
• Ability to identify opportunities to raise brand awareness and capitalize on them
• Contribute to build staff capacity and expand the voice to our external audience.
• Make, grow and maintain key industry media contacts to further the organization
• Maintain and contribute to the organization’s partnerships through consistent communications and content creation and distribution.
• Regularly create press releases that grow the organization’s international media exposure.
• Contribute regularly to the reporting requirements for both internal and external audiences.

Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields public relations, corporate communication, mass communication and journalism or other related degree from a recognized institution.
• Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in practical communications management across a broad geography.
• Excellent ability to develop effective partnerships.
• A background in areas related to communications and conservation.
• Knowledge of an international working environment involving government, donors, and NGOs.
• Experience working with international media.
• Experience in online marketing, communication and managing social media channels
• Experience writing, editing, proofreading printed or online content for diverse audiences and creating both long and short form videos
• A personal style that inspires trust, teamwork, professionalism and cooperation.
• High quality photography skills are a plus.
• Fluency in Swahili is required, a foreign language is an added advantage.