Vacancy title:
Communication Officer

Jobs at:
Action 4 Health Uganda (A4HU)

Deadline of this Job:
April 27th 2018

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
WHO WE ARE
Action 4 Health Uganda (A4HU) is a youth empowerment organization dedicated to mainstream Young people’s engagement in Social economic Development and grooming Sexual and Reproductive A4HU was registered in October 2017 as a new entity To take over the operations of DSW (deutsche Sifting Weltbevoelkerung) in Uganda. For the past 18 years DSW has supported the Of a portfolio projects to improve sexual and reproductive health of young people in Uganda

We strive to empower young people for a healthy Future through capacity development programmes by Supporting youth empowerment centers (YECs) Youth clubs capacity development and organizational Management. This includes enhancement of leadership Group management, life skills and sexuality education, Action 4 Health operate mobile rural outreach services Using? It’s Youth Tack. which give access to information And raining to vulnerable young? People in hard-to-reach Areas and supporting the peered outreach events. MHU will remain an affiliate to DSW international based In Hanover, Germany. For more information see www.dsw.org  MHU seeks to recruit a;

Communication Officer
The Communications Officer supports the department in successfully implementing its goals. The Communications Officer is responsible for developing, Implementing and monitoring communications activities Of one or several special projects

General areas of responsibility:

• Coordinate and implement the communications strategies Egy, media/press outreach and visibility strategies. Including corporate publications.
  
• Provide technical support, backstopping and Resources about the latest developments in the field Of communications to the communications staff
  
• Monitor quality improvement and implementation of MHU Corporate design Manual
  
• Support resource mobilization efforts to ensure funds For communications programmes are available
  
• Represents MHU overall perspectives and interests To external and internal stakeholders
  
• Support the process of quality control and Maintenance otA4HU website
  
• Coordinate successful implementation of PR campaigning projects
  
• Lead in documentation of promising practices and Impact stories _
  
• Participate in advocacy events! Activities at various Levels these include civic education activities, Budgeting as well as meetings with decision makers To name but a few
  
• Participate in internal trainings for advocacy and resource mobilization in addition to involvement in provision of technical assistance to partners Resource mobilization in addition to involvement in Provision owl technical assistance to partners.
  
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor
  

Requirements

• BA degree ‘n Mass Journalism or related field.
  
• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in working with a non-profit organsations or a reputable community based organization
  
• Should have communication software such as Adobe in design Adobe Photoshop illustrator and basics of HTML
  
• Basic knowledge of working with donors and donor
  
• should have strong interpersonal skills and team work
  
• Should be able to work independently
  
• should have strong communication skills and fluent in English both spoken and written
  
• Excellent computer skills
  

A4HU is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel

Job application procedure
If you are interested, please send in your application (CV And innovation letter indicating salary expectation with the reference (Job tittle) to jobs@a4huganda.org or hand delivered to plot 17 Naziba close Lubowa, addressed to the National team coordinator Admin & Human resource
- Deadline for application: April 27" 2018
- Ideal start date: ASAP

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted‘