Regional Marketing and Communication Advisor - Sub Saharan Africa at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Job Description

The Regional Marketing Communication Advisor will be responsible for the communication and marketing support at regional level for the 1) SNV DFCD origination services and  2) the profiling of actions and results of development of business investment proposals in Sub Saharan Africa with the support and supervision of the SNV Regional Business Investment Officer and the Global DFCD SNV Marketing Communication Officer.

Key responsibilities:

1.Provide support in developing branding and knowledge products. 

• Design branding comms for SNV DFCD Origination Services package for regional use to be used for targeted stakeholders (e.g general public, private sector companies/investors and, policy makers)
• Document and showcase the successes of development of Originated investments
• Facilitate the elaboration of communicational products by external providers

2. Providing lead support for DFCD’s presence in high profile national / regional events:

• Identify opportunities and prepare comms for external regional events
• Propose and organize DFCD regional/national events
• Coordinate with DFCD Consortium partners at a regional level (Sub Sahara Africa)

3.Provide support in online marketing and communication

• Contribute with content (e.g. news items, blogs, vlogs etc) to DFCD global and regional online communication
• Support Global DFCD Marketing Communication with content from the region.

Qualifications

Background and experience

• Relevant Academic education
• Minimum of 4 years relevant and documented working experience in marketing and communication
• Working experience in an international business environment and/or development organization is a plus.
• Experience of running social media campaigns
• Proven affinity with Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Personal skills

• Strong communicational skills;
• Ability to build productive internal and external working relationships
• Displays a strong service and client orientation;
• Strong team player;
• Good networking skills;
• Pro-active work attitude and 'can do', solution-oriented attitude;
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Passion for climate change investing;
• Affinity with SNVs mission

Additional Information

Base of Operation: This position will be based in Nairobi.

Contract Duration: 1 Year initial contract, renewable dependent on good performance and availability of funds

Desired Start Date: April 2021