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Job Title ⇒ Communications Coordinator
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Organisation ⇒ Akina Mama wa Afrika
Duty Station ⇒ Kampala, Uganda
About US ⇒
Akina Mama wa Afrika is a Pan-African feminist organization with headquarters
in Kampala, Uganda, dedicated to improving the political, economic, social
status of African women, through enhancing their individual and collective
leadership capacities.
Job Summary ⇒ The Communications Coordinator is responsible for planning
and implementing strategic communications to increase the reach, influence,
and impact of AMwA’s work. The Coordinator ensures that the lived experiences
of African women in their diversity are documented and captured in a powerful,
engaging, and consistent way, and that their voices are amplified in all
critical spaces. They oversee and drive institutional communication for the
organization including digital marketing and content creation, pursue
visibility for the organization in a manner consistent with feminist values,
and strengthen AMwA’s brand and identity as a pan-African feminist
organization. The Coordinator also serves as AMwA’s spokesperson when
required.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
Communication strategy
⇗ Steer the development of AMwA’s communication strategy to guide its
internal and external operations in collaboration with the Programme leads.
⇗ Conceptualize and implement strategic communications campaigns that
influence discourse in AMwA’s areas of interest, and that increase visibility
of the organization’s work and the issues important to our constituents.
⇗ Create innovative ways of sharing AMwA’s research and feminist analysis in
print, broadcast, and digital media; and build and maintain relationships with
reporters at the national and regional levels.
⇗ Ensure timely preparation of high-quality communications materials
including but not limited to press releases, op-eds, fact sheets, annual
reports, position papers, speeches, and talking points.
⇗ Monitor and provide timely assessments of the socio-political environment
and provide strategic information on opportunities and challenges, as well as
develop and implement crisis communications plans.
⇗ Develop and implement a social media strategy.
⇗ Take lead in developing complementary communications for high-level events
such as press conferences, program launches, regional engagements, speaking
opportunities, etc. Consciously build AMwA’s brand through social media and
other outreach efforts.
⇗ Document stories and curate the lived experiences of alumni through oral
herstory, using a feminist lens of storytelling.
⇗ Ensure effective representation of AMwA in a variety of forums and
maintains external relationships with the media and other relevant
institutions nationally, regionally, and globally.
Advocacy strategy
⇗ Work closely with the other teams to amplify and sustain voices of African
women and girls in all their diversities and their demand for social,
economic, and political justice.
⇗ Monitor and document and brief the team on changes in the geo-political and
social landscape at the national, regional, and global levels that are
relevant to AMwA’s work.
⇗ In collaboration with other teams, popularize knowledge products through
simplification of complex concepts to drive advocacy.
⇗ In collaboration with other leads and the monitoring and evaluation
coordinator, conduct researches to generate evidence base for policy
engagement and to disseminate results to internal and external constituents
through a variety of avenues.
Movement and coalition building
⇗ Contribute to building strategic partnerships with key external
stakeholders that will lead to the creation of strong movements for collective
advocacy.
⇗ Identify opportunities for cross-movement collaboration and solidarity
building and consciously creates relationships in this regard.
⇗ Ensure effective information flow and communication with other stakeholders
including partners and international teams
⇗ Support in coordinating periodic networks forums for all the members and
alumnae.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Communication,
Journalism, Social Sciences, Political Science, Gender, Law, or any other
relevant discipline.
⇗ Essential experience and skills
⇗ A minimum of 5 years in a similar position of development work,
communicating and advocating for the rights of women and girls in their
diversity.
⇗ Evidence of thought leadership through writing blogs, papers, opinion
pieces, etc, and engagement in panel discussions is strongly desired.
⇗ Demonstrable experience developing and implementing successful
communications and advocacy campaigns at the national, regional and global
levels.
⇗ Evidence of transdisciplinary knowledge in AMwA’s thematic areas of work;
women in politics and decision making, sexual and reproductive health and
rights, and women’s economic justice.
⇗ Ability to manage an interactive website
⇗ Knowledge of digital communications including social media.
⇗ A proven commitment to women’s rights activism and demonstrable experience
in social justice or human rights broadly;
⇗ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including superior
writing skills and public speaking;
⇗ Ability to organize and work collaboratively with a wide range of
stakeholders;
⇗ Ability to communicate and work effectively in English.
⇗ Competency in French will be an added advantage.
How to Apply ⇒
All suitably qualified candidates are advised to apply by sending a cover
letter and Curriculum Vitae including three references with contact details
via email to recruit@akinamamawaafrika.org. Female candidates are encouraged
to apply.
Deadline Friday, 15th January 2021 by 500 pm.

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