Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 20 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About the workplace
Stromme Foundation is a rights-based development NGO that works towards a vision of a world free from poverty. Our most important interventions in the fight against poverty are education & income and job creation. This gives hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to climb out of poverty, every year. We are a decentralised organisation. With offices in West Africa, East Africa and Asia consisting only of local employees, we work through local partners in 11 countries. We implement our programmes through local partner organisations. Our Organisational Headquarters is in Kristiansand, Norway, and plays a role of a coordinating, capacity building and fundraising. Around 35 staff work in Kristiansand, and a total of 150 staff work for Stromme Foundation worldwide. Stromme Foundation is a non-profit, value-based organization, that strives to create a culture where we both live and are motivated by our core values of human dignity, respect, justice, and solidarity. Stromme Foundation strives to provide a safe and inclusive workplace and collaborative working environment, where staff are treated with dignity, and respect. We offer competitive compensation and benefits in line with the local market. In the spirit of the work we do, we do not aspire to be the salary driver in countries of our operations. We thus do not offer salaries in the top end of the labour market. We also provide learning and development opportunities.

Work tasks
Communication
· Support the development and implementation of SF Ugandas communication & branding strategy.
· Provide Support in the development of a digital communication strategy that responds to SF business objectives.
· Lead on digital communication to increase SFs Uganda online visibility and showcase the organization as preferred development partner
· Lead Social media communication and engagement and ensure up-to-date information on SF Uganda website and affiliated platforms
· Engage with media houses to produce approved content.
· Work with KRS to Proactively identify the need for, draft, produce, and edit information products such as electronic newsletters, annual reports, op-eds, brochures, press releases, social media material, and contributions to audio/visual programs and articles for SF target audiences.
· Train and provide individual support to staff and partners to observe communication protocols. · Contribute to marketing and communications initiatives instigated by SF-KRS as required. Marketing and Brand Visibility
· Produce high-quality photos, Videos, stories of change, case studies, and quotes demonstrating the impact of SFs work for a range of audiences.
Establish and maintain a library of stories, case studies, and quotes.
· Manage SF branding in Uganda, ensuring it is understood and used effectively by staff and partners to achieve SF goals and mission
· Lead visibility at organization and partner events in line with SF objectives · Create a branding approach that supports fundraising efforts, attracting both private and institutional donors.
· Ensure SF branding is visible and used according to guidelines on all external materials, including supporting and informing other staff and partners.
· Identify relevant opportunities to increase SFs brand visibility.
· Prepare material and contribute to the SF website and social media channels. Assume editorial responsibility for content.
· Design and coordinate procurement of branded materials such as T-shirts, banners, leaflets, calendars, etc.
· Update SF Uganda website and media handles with new and relevant information
. PR and Info Mgmt.
· Manage SF Uganda's social media and public email accounts and respond to enquiries as well as share communications with the relevant staff that come through the different accounts.
· Dissemination of program results, including research findings and policy briefs.
· Support fundraising and donor management activities.

Qualifications
• Bachelors degree in communications, Journalism, Public relations or related field.
• A Minimum of 3 years of experience as a media or communications officer.
• Experience working for a non-governmental organization.
• Demonstrated track record and work in photo/video/social media.
• Skills in photography, videography, video editing and design for social media
• Demonstrated skills in using social media platforms and website maintenance using Content Management System (CMS)
• Knowledge of computer systems and applications, specifically interactive digital media and in particular, advanced Adobe Suite, Canva, MailChimp, WordPress and productivity tools
• Demonstrated skills in program communications, development of Information, Education and Communication material, documentation and publication(including web-based documentation) • Excellent spoken and written English: the general ability to express clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in written and oral forms; specific skills in writing press releases and articles/stories for tradional and electronic media
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively communicate and liaise with a wide cross section of people including internal staff, partners, and the general public
• Ability to meet demanding deadlines with strong attentional to detail

Scope of employment
Form of employment: Permanent employment
Scope: Full-time

The Communications Officer will be responsible for the implementation of the country's communication strategy, production, and management of strategic communication material as well as be responsible for public relations and information management in close collaboration with the Partnerships & Institutional Fundraising Specialist.
Time-limited to: 03/02/2025

Other
Stromme Foundation is committed to diversity and inclusion, and is certified as a gender equality workplace.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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