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  • Posted: Jun 20, 2019
    Deadline: Jul 3, 2019
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    Mama Hope believes every human has the capacity to become a global leader - regardless of his or her birth. We see communities around the globe rising together, hand-in-hand to identify and address their own needs. We also see a broken "aid” community - built on old infrastructure, biases and approaches - who leave, often quite literally, shells of bui...
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    Communications Officer

    Job description

    We are excited to add a Communications Officer to our team of passionate individuals working together virtually from all over the world. While we are a completely remote team, we prefer that this position is filled by an East African citizen, as it is important to our team that the Communications Officer is based in one of the countries in which we work, and is able to work collaboratively alongside our East African partners.

    Position Requirements & Responsibilities:

    • Generate content and schedule on our suite of social media platforms; including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
    • Consistently monitor, source, produce and coordinate content for campaigns and blog posts
    • Draft content for bi-weekly newsletters
    • Create and manage marketing/outreach calendar
    • Work collaboratively with the Donor Engagement team in creating and executing on an organization-wide communication strategy (including, but not limited to, building social media, email marketing and fundraising campaigns)
    • Participate in staff team meetings and other committees, as requested (at least two evening calls per week - usually at 4pm or 5pm)
    • Assist in tracking and analyzing data and trends for continuous improvement of social media, website, and newsletter communications
    • Help ensure that organizational communications are consistent in design and tone, and follow the organizational mission, vision, and values
    • Must have ability to travel and maintenance of a valid passport

    About You:

    You’re a confident self starter who works well independently. You find gaps within a team and grow to fill them. You are a creative problem-solver with incredible attention to detail and a passion for supporting high-impact programming globally. You can develop engaging content and communicate complicated messages in an effective and compelling way. You don’t believe in using pity to convey need, and you’re excited about building platforms for people to share their own stories. You believe strongly in equality amongst people of all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, physical abilities, and backgrounds.

    Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
    • Minimum of 2 years of professional experience
    • Experience in social media content creation
    • Experience in creating a communication strategy
    • Excellent organizational skills and acute attention to detail
    • Excellent written and oral communication in English
    • Exceptional time management skills and ability to juggle multiple tasks
    • You are independent, creative, optimistic, collaborative & flexible
    • Advanced proficiency in creating, compiling, and tracking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, with expertise in Excel and Google G Suite applications
    • Comfortable with technology and at ease learning new apps and software
    • Access to a computer with reliable internet

    Preferences:

    • Hootsuite, Mailchimp and Medium proficiency
    • Access to a personal laptop and smartphone
    • Proficiency in Swahili strongly preferred
    • Graphic design experience
    • Fundraising experience

    Method of Application

    Please make a copy of this document and send your completed application and CV to applications@mamahope.org. “Communications Officer Application” should be the subject line. Applications will be received through 10:00pm East Africa Time/3:00pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, July 3rd. Early applications are encouraged.

    Please also have at least one letter of recommendation (no more than 2) sent from a professional or academic contact to applications@mamahope.org. We acknowledge that extra time may be required for this, so we have allowed for additional days. Please have letters submitted no later than Monday, July 8th.

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