Jobs at Spark MicroGrants - Communications Officer

Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Grant Proposals & Reports (40%): Put together content for grant proposals and donor reports. Coordinate with the M&E, Finance and Programs departments on budgets, metrics and strategy alignment.
• Digital Content Creation and Channel Management (30%): Create content for Spark's digital channels including blog posts, social media updates, email marketing campaigns and media features. Maintain the Spark website and social media outlets. Run regular web analytics and manage Spark’s Google Adwords account.
• Capacity Building (20%): Develop a strong in-country communications workflow including story collection, story translation and coordination between departments. Provide hands on capacity building and trainings to country teams.
• Special Projects (10%): Provide support on special projects including local media coordination, country partnership strategy build-out and unexpected opportunities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicants for the Communications Officer Jobs should at least hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications or a Social Science
• One to three years of professional experience in a writing-intensive position 5) experience living in east or central Africa is preferred
• Previous exposure and experience in web development and graphic design
• Excellent writing skills
• Fluency in English is desired

The applicants must be able to answer "yes" to all of these questions:

1) Do you have experience writing for different audiences?

2) Do you often catch small details that others don't?

3) Do you enjoy working with colors, fonts and photos?

4) Are you passionate about telling compelling and authentic stories?

5) Are you experienced in Wordpress and one or more graphic design programs?

6) Do you thrive in a passionate and entrepreneurial organization?

7) Do you enjoy working and building relationships within a multi-cultural team?

8) Are you creative and able to problem solve independently with limited oversight?

9) Do you value the process as much as the end result?

10) Do you believe in leadership through inclusion, empathy and mutual accountability?

11) Are you excited about working to bring dignity and inclusion back to development?

How to Apply:  

All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send an updated CV, cover letter and a short writing sample to hr@sparkmicrogrants.org using the subject line format: Communications Officer <Your Name>.

Deadline: 15^th April, 2016