The International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa) in Ibadan, Nigeria is UNEP-accredited non-government organization that is committed to raising global and multi-stakeholder support for green growth in Africa through various programs and initiatives.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Communications Specialist
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job Summary
- ISNAD-Africa invites applications for the Communications Specialist role to support her organisational and programme operations.
Roles
- Overall organisational communications strategy
- Develop and implement overall digital marketing strategies as well as social media campaigns, including analytics and branding
- Content creation and community management of online digital networking and convergence platform
- Engagement with partners and media organisations
- Audio-visual reporting and presentations.
Reporting line:
- Successful applicant will work with team members and report to the Executive Director.
Education Requirements
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, English or French Language, Marketing, among other related disciplines. A Postgraduate Degree, fellowships, among other graduate trainings will be an added advantage
- A minimum of a Second Class (Upper Division) is required.
- A minimum of 2 – 3 years of relevant experience
- The position is well suited for an Environmental Journalist or an experienced communications specialist focused on environmental issues. A environmental lawyer with good communications skills and experience as a Social Media Manager is particularly well fitted for the role.
Skill Set:
- Demonstrated expertise and experience as a Social Media Manager (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn) – including analytics and reporting
- Ability to conduct research and critical thinking for effective content creation
- Excellent professional presentation and public speaking and writing skills with data and storytelling
- Excellent proficiency in English language (writing and speaking) is required
- Expertise in content SEO and analytics Any or a combination of some of the following would an added advantage, however, they are not required:
- Experience on green growth, environment, sustainable development, climate change, nature conservation or other related themes and follows recent trends in this field.
- Proficiency in French language is an asset
- Experience or existing relationship with media organisations
- Experience in working with NGOs, policy-related work, media, communications, or administration are added advantage for the role
- Proposal writing skills.
Benefits
- Opportunity to engage in sustainable development projects that is focused on green growth (generally environmental projects) that contributes to various sustainable development goals
- Opportunity to work in an international team on high-impact initiatives for green growth in Africa including partners from international and multilateral organisations across the globe
- Opportunity to participate in international and local conferences among other meetings, where necessary
- In addition to monthly remuneration, exceptional performance will attract additional monthly bonus.
- The role is suited for those who are interested in the Communications as a career path, those who are interested in development field, passionate about green growth or sustainability or interested in working in non-profits.
Application Closing Date
30th December, 2021.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send the following below as a single file to: [email protected] with “Communications for Green Growth” on the subject line:
- Resume (Please, include sex and date of birth)
- Cover Letter
- Writing Sample (policy briefs, media briefs, reports, published articles, etc)
- Please include weblinks to your audio-visual speech/presentation in your resume and/or Cover Letter.
Note
- The position is based in Ibadan, Nigeria. Please note that successful applicants may be required to work remotely for a few months after recruitment and when the need arises.
- The work duties are from Monday to Friday but would require meetings during weekends. However, the meetings are conducted remotely.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Selection will be made on a rolling basis.
- Qualified and Interested candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible.