With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Back ground

World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.

Position:          Communications Officer

Report to:        Consortium Manager ECHO EQUATE

Location:          Arua District

Advert Start Date:     25th July 2023

Advert End Date:      1st August 2023

Purpose of the position:

The Communications Officer is responsible for creating communications content on behalf of World Vision.  S/he writes and distributes content to promote World Vision’s brand, work and impact. S/he responds to reputational risks, facilitates internal engagement, builds communications capacity of programme staff, and supports documentation for advocacy work and projects.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.

Gathering, producing and sharing content

• Gather content: Identify content ideas and storytelling opportunities that have potential to make issues in the World Vision Uganda context, or that align with the World Vision International 2030 Global Strategy.
• Respond to ad-hoc, urgent or short-turnaround content requests from World Vision International Support offices and Global Centre Communications teams.

Produce and share content:

• Package content in a way that fulfils briefs and needs from requestors. Ensure all content is uploaded on the “Story Hub” enabling others to easily find and use it.

Managing Reputation

• In consultation with the line supervisor, address reputation risk issues, implement recovery plans as per World Vision Global brand guidelines.

Public Engagements through Media

• Package strategic communications content to grow website traffic; engage World Vision Uganda Social media platforms to grow the organization’s online/social community.

​Mainstream media:

• Generate press releases, editorial features; coordinate press coverage of key events.

Website and Social media.

• Produce and upload programme impact stories on the website. Participate in the development of social media content and engagement of online communities.

Facilitating internal engagements

• Participate in the production of internal communications products. Work with “People and Culture” teams to orient staff on Communications Standard Operating Procedures.

Learning and Growth

• Utilise the World Vision “e-campus” and other learning platforms to continuously develop communications skills and competencies.
• Demonstrate learning and innovation in work done.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.

• Understanding of transformational development and ability to translate technical language into language that is easily understandable by World Vision donors and supporters Excellent communication both skills both written and oral.
• Experience with personal computing, email and general office productivity software (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite) required English writing experience with a news agency, marketing organization, NGO or International organisation.
• Technical experience with video and still photography preferred.
• High level of cross-cultural interpersonal skill, personal maturity, and proven ability to influence multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple responsibilities. Must be available for significant in country field travel.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 2-3 years’ work experience e with preference in Communications, Journalism, Community Development, or related field of study.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, general office productivity software (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite) other programs for uploading and downloading information. Knowledge of design and desktop publishing software such as InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Illustrator offers an additional advantage. Experience with still photography, videography, and story writing style of communication.

   

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only