Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position Vacancy: Resilience Learning and Communications Officer
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Overview:
Tufts Global lnc. a subsidiary of Tufts University in Uganda seeks a Resilience Learning and Communications Officer {RLCOJ for the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit [KRSU) project funded by USAID. The project works closely with the Karamoja Development Partners Group [KDPG) to provide reviews, studies and analysis of development and humanitarian programs in Karamoja, and related policy issues. Our focus is translating evidence into practice and fostering collaborative learning to strengthen policy environments and program impacts. KRSU activities investigate emerging trends, best practices and promising strategies
The RLCO is a senior position within the KRSU reporting to the Chief of Party and works closely with the Senior Resilience Advisor and other researchers. The RLCO is expected to play an important role in leading communication activities and ensuring the quality of communication materials for influencing partners and stakeholders. The RLCO will also support the COP in the development of a research agenda, provide technical advice, and collaborate and network with key actors including local and national government, development partners, research and academics in the Karamoja sub Region. .

Responsibilities:
• Develop a KRSU communication strategy and plan, based on the KRSU project objectives and partners, and ensure periodic updates to the strategy and plan as the KRSU is implemented.
• Ensure the implementation of the oommunications plan: including the development, creative design, production and dissemination of highguality communication and leaming materials such as leaming briefs, case studies, newsletters blogs, photo journals and videos.
• Participate in donor meetings, government meetingsievent, learning events and oonferences and provide feedback or report on key take away and learnings of extemal events; assist KRSU with the documentation of meetingsi-‘events.
• Provide quarterly reporls to the COP and the Senior Resilience Advisor on KRSU oommunications and leaming activities, including dissemination of materials, extemal oommunications, website statistics and other agreed measures of impact.
• Develop and manage the KRSU website and regulariy update the website with infomiative content, as approved by the COP and the Principal investigator.
• Via the COP, liaise with the USAID Uganda Communications team to develop messaging and plan potential dissemination and media outreach for the KRSU, and relevant to extemal audiences including the Development Partners and the Ministw for Karamoja Affairs at the Office of Piime Minister (OPM);serve as liaison to key local, and national media (in acoordance with USAID oommunication regulations) for wiiting and editing press materials as neoessary
• Contribute to establishing a team culture grounded in oollaboration, openness, and leaming
• Perfom other duties as assigned by the COP

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Job application procedure
For further information about KRSU, visit our website at www.karamojaresilience.org  .Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history to Ann.OBrien@tufts.edu  and copy Mesfin.Molla@tufts.edu  Deadline for submission of application is Friday 31st January 2020

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