Title - Communications Specialist
Reporting to - ASI Senior Project Manager
Background
MAFITA is a 6-year DFID-funded programme working in Nigeria's northern states, with a vision to empower marginalised youths and women through provision of increased economic opportunities and social inclusion. MAFITA is currently recruiting.
Position Overview
The Communications Specialist is responsible to ensure effective communication with all programme stakeholders, both internal and external.
Key areas of responsibility
- Develop a programme-level communication strategy and guidelines to support the team in its engagement with external partners and implementation of strategy
- Build strong relationships with regional, local, national and international programme stakeholders and audiences
- Develop effective working relationships with key players, drawing on strategic guidance as appropriate
- Support individual managers to develop clear communication materials for their interventions and for the project overall
- Identify and manage technical assistance relating to communications
- Supporting the development of linkages between key partners
- Forecasting and administration of communications budget with Project managers
- Lead development and maintenance of a project website
Duration and Location
This is a part-time position, commencing on the 1st February 2016 with anticipated 180 days of input until 1stFebruary 2018. The Specialist will be based in the Kano project office with some travel to the focal states; Kaduna and Katsina, with Jigawa in the long-run.
MAFITA
Northern Nigeria has high-youth unemployment, insecurity and limited economic opportunities. This reality can lead to extremism and instability. Marginalised groups, such as adolescent women and the Almajirai are particularly hard-hit.
MAFITA aims to lead 68,000 marginalised young people - with a particular emphasis on adolescent girls and Almajirai - to gainful employment. By 2021, the program will create a net total of 43,300 full-time equivalent jobs and assisting 23,500 micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The project will tackle the supply and demand side of the labour market, focussing on the delivery of skills essential for employment, as well as the absorptive capacity of the labour market.
MAFITA will partner with public and private stakeholders to improve access to relevant and quality training, mentorship, work experience, business development, and financial services for marginalised youths and women. The programme will also support local market systems to enable the absorption of MAFITA's target beneficiaries into sustainable income-generating activities.
Applications
Interested applicants must have experience working in the communications/media and must comply with requirements.
Due to the volume of applications received by Adam Smith International, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=Y2hyaXN0b3BoZXIubW9yZ2FuLjYwNTMzLjM4MzBAYX...
