Communications Specialist at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Overview

• The Communications Specialist will actively communicate about key CIMMYT projects in Africa on a regular basis.

Duties and responsibilities

Communication and media support.

• Work closely with the country representative and CIMMYT comms colleagues in the region and at the HQ to provide communication and media support to promote activities and research outputs/findings related to country and regional projects. Provide communications support for prioritized special events/workshops/meetings and conferences. 

Partnerships.

• Work with scientists and partners to visit farmers and on-station trials to write impact stories. Work and follow-up with vendors (local and HQ) to produce high quality print and audio-visual communication products.

Publications.

• Write press releases, media invites and coordinate media visits to various events and field tours. Write content for publications including newsletters, scientific reports, etc. Prepare content for campaigns including messages, pictures, videos etc. Support and coordinate photography and videography activities for field activities. Support new approaches to create and distribute multimedia content to promote CIMMYT projects in the region. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor. 

Education, knowledge and experience

• Minimum of a master’s degree in journalism, Communications, or related discipline.
• 3 years of experience in science communications, marketing, public relations, media campaigns, and/or nonprofit communications.
• Non-profit organization experience or demonstrated understanding of the non-profit and/or agricultural research for development environments.

The application deadline is 11 Aug, 2023