Intern (Communications and Advocacy) at Transparency International - Kenya

JOB PURPOSE
The Intern will be responsible for supporting and learning from implementing strategies and projects aligned towards achieving the communications pillar of TI-Kenya’s strategic plan.
Specifically, the intern will offer support to the Citizen Demand & Oversight programme, the organizations’ institutional media/communications engagements, events management, and 
support communication with stakeholders. The intern will also support interventions aligned to the successful implementation of the Media-Tech Hub projects, journalists’ training, grant and mentorship programmes and innovation. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The intern shall provide communications support including but not limited to the following duties: 

• Provide support to TI-Kenya institutional media/communications engagements, including event management, publicity, media mobilisation, media monitoring and social media advocacy;
• Provide logistical and administrative support in preparation of all project activities including advocacy meetings, workshops and public forums, and ensuring production and/or documentation of activity reports, taking photos, recording details for participants and taking minutes for meetings;
• Assist in the design of projects and work plans to ensure their successful implementation to achieve overall programme objectives and TI-Kenya strategic goals;
• Support partnership engagements to enhance movement building through mapping out of relevant stakeholders, working with relevant partner coalition and networks to develop collaborative programme strategies;
• Support multi-media advocacy initiatives including social media engagements, content development for online dissemination;
• Support in maintaining an active presence on TI-Kenya’s social media presence in line with the organization’s social media policy and guidelines;
• Support to mobilize journalists, activists, CSOs, and other partners for public forums, events, and other outreach activities;
• Support in regular media monitoring in order to record and follow up on incidents reported through the organization’s platforms.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, International Relations, Media, PR, Marketing,Communication Studies, Development Studies, or related course from a recognized university;
• Demonstrable skills and interest in media and communications work;
• Work experience of atleast 6 months in the communications/media field with demonstrable experience in project implementation.

COMPETENCIES

• A person of high integrity that will model TI-Kenya’s core values;
• A strong commitment to the aims, objectives, and values of TI-Kenya;
• Good communication, and presentation skills – verbal and written;
• Good interpersonal/relational skills;
• Good appreciation of advocacy and community engagement;
• Shown merit in work performance and results;
• Good report writing skills;
• Ability to multi-task, work within given deadlines/schedules and attention to detail;
• Familiarity with advocacy and communications strategies and tools;
• Ability to productively interact with different stakeholders and citizens to advance TIKenya work;
• Good analytical and organizational skills;
• Good knowledge of TI-Kenya and the environment in which it operates; 
• Demonstrated professional use of social media (Twitter, Facebook among others);
• Familiarity with basic computer packages and understanding of data entry;
• Must be able to read, write and speak English and Kiswahili fluently;
• Ability to work independently and as a team;
• Creativity and innovation