Communications Officer at White Ribbon Alliance in Uganda

Job Title: Communications Officer

Company: The White Ribbon Alliance  

Job Location: Kampala, Uganda


Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s  degree  in mass  communications,  journalism, international  development  , or  other  related  field  required.
• Post-graduate Degree  in a related   field  will be  an added advantage
• Minimum of 5 years  experience  leading  and delivering  effective  communications  for   advocacy   initiatives , preferably in field  of public health /maternal  health  in Uganda
• Experience  developing  and  implementing communication plans  and ability  to analyze target audiences
• Experience working  directly  with the  media
• Demonstrated  experience  developing  and producing  professional  , high-quality  communications such  as  reports  , briefs  , films  , bronchures and  websites
• Experience  in writing successful  program  reports  in at  least  2  if the  following  types : program reports  to US  government donors; program reports  to the  Bill &  Melinda  Gates   Foundation :  and program  reports  to  other  foundations
• Experience  in developing  design  and writing  content of advocacy  communications
• Competency in the  use  of social  media  and driven  to use  innovative approaches  to reach  target  audiences  

How to apply:

If you would like to   join this  dynamic  team , please send  an  updated  CV  including  three work related  referees and  cover letter  to the  Human Resources Manager , AMREF Uganda  by  e-mail to  ; jobs.amrefuganda@amref.org. Emails should   not exceed 2MB. We regret  that only short listed  candidates  will be  contacted . AMREF   is  an  equal  opportunity  employer  and  has  a non-smoking  environment  policy .


Application Deadline: 18th Oct 2013