Summary
Date Posted: Monday, April 25, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overview
Term Appointment (4 years, renewable), Location: Kampala The World Bank Group's East Africa External and Corporate Relations Department (ECRAE) which manages strategic communications in support of the Bank's work in Eastern Africa is seeking to recruit an External Affairs Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda. The External Affairs Officer will be expected to develop a clear narrative & strategic communication around key issues, build effective stakeholder networks to support the green, resilient and inclusive transformation, proactively deploy advocacy and campaign strategies, manage reputation risk, disseminate results and support internal communications.

The specific duties and accountabilities include:
• Development and implementation of communication
strategies: Responsible for and provide support to the design and implementation of strategies to promote effective communications with external and internal audiences on World Bank-financed operations, research products, and campaigns.
Risk and issues management on high-risk operations in Uganda, monitor perceptions, track shifts in opinion, and respond to inquiries, publish, and package facts about project goals and milestones, provide political economy analysis including regular monitoring of the media.
• Partnership and stakeholder relations: Identify and map
stakeholders, opinion leaders and influential organizations in Uganda and guide a strategy of engagement with these stakeholders, which might range from parliamentarians to faith-based organizations to business associations, but also academia, think tanks and individual opinion leaders.
• Production of communication products: Responsible
for and provide support to the planning and delivery of a range of dissemination products for World Bank's operational goals, results and knowledge - ranging from press releases, blogs, Op-Eds to web features, brochures, Q&As, briefing notes, speeches, and maintenance of country websites.
• Support operations through results and knowledge
sharing, capacity building, dialogues, dissemination of research, press briefings, document success stories.

Selection criteria The successful candidate must hold a Master's degree with 5 years of relevant experience in a relevant discipline (communication, journalism, international affairs or other related fields); Excellent written and spoken command of English, and the ability to convey complex ideas in a


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
For the full position description, complete selection criteria and required competencies, candidates are requested to submit an online application at www.worldbank.org/jobs  Under "Current Openings" - click Apply Today to access the new job Portal and Search the req16944 into the "Keyword or ReglD" search field. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The deadline for applications is 8th May 2022
The World Bank is committed to achieving diversity of gender, race, nationality, culture, and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

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