Communications Field Officer (NGO Career) at Enabel Uganda

Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements the Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad. Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges: Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality as well as promotes Global Citizenship. With over 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.

Background

Enabel in Uganda is seeking to recruit a Communications Field Officer to be based in the Social Protection and Decent Work Project for Enabel in Uganda Field Office in Fort Portal.

The Communications Officer is responsible for the development and implementation of the project communication and knowledge management strategy.

Tasks and responsibilities

• You coordinate communication and visibility activities
• You design and implement training activities for project staff, government, partners and other key stakeholders as required on knowledge management and communication.
• You establish a mechanism for information flow within the key audiences and with the project.
• You systematically compile lessons learned from project implementation into formats suitable for dissemination
•  You collect, edit, publish and disseminate human interest stories of change

Required qualifications and experience

• A bachelor’s degree in communication, marketing or public relations or related fields.
• At least 5 years of proven and relevant experience in either communication or advocacy.
• Experience in community mobilization preferably through social behavior change communication.
• Experience working for civil society, bilateral or a multilateral agency is an added advantage.

Required Knowledge and skills

• Excellent written and spoken English; expressing ideas and opinions clearly in a structured manner that appeals to the reader/listener.
• Multi-media knowledge and skills using web-based communication (content management systems for website, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) & audio-visual media.
•  Ability to effectively use print media design softwares such as InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
• Proven photography and video production skills.
• Soft skills such as ability to work in a team and autonomously.
• Agile, flexible and cooperative.
• You commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel: https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values.

We offer you

• A fascinating/interesting/varied job in an international environment.
• A contract of 45 months.
• You are based in Fort portal.
• A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our salary scales (class 4)
• The contractual conditions will be established according to the organization’s salary policies.
• Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.

Every person who fulfils the conditions listed in our job advertisements may apply. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, disability status or any other factor other than competence.

Are you interested?

Submit your application letter and an updated CV (maximum 3 pages) via the link:

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Deadline for submission of applications: Friday 10th March 2023 at 11:59 pm (EAT). 

Only applications submitted via the above link will be considered. Qualified and experienced women are encouraged to apply.