Deadline: 05 October, 2024

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

ACT Alliance is seeking to fill the post of a Communications Officer to implement the communications for the ACT Alliance’s Global Climate Projects and other ACT communications.

ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work.

Responsibilities

• Provide internal and external communications for the ACT Global Climate Programme, supporting the various structures at global, regional and national levels in the implementation of climate change and sustainable development projects (50 percent)
• Contribute to building the ACT brand visibility and the organisation’s reputation both at the secretariat and members’ level through working as part of the communications team of the ACT Secretariat supporting and ensuring excellence in communications
• Significantly contribute to the implementation of communications and advocacy strategies for ACT Alliance Secretariat in the context of the climate justice and sustainable development agenda
• Ensure all the relevant colleagues, members and partners receive timely and appropriate communication and information, by supporting the drafting, editing and layout of policy briefs, toolkits, newsletters and messages to the alliance and other actors
• Assist with communications work within the regions
• Create relevant and quality social media and website content
• Develop and maintain climate justice related networks and relationships within ACT Alliance and externally with key partners where that work is focused on communications and campaigns
• Ensure relevant member and partners’ enquiries are handled effectively and professionally
• Build and maintain media relations within the climate justice programme, undertaking media work and monitoring coverage in traditional and online media outlets
• Identify opportunities and ensure visibility of ACT Alliance at key events, project managing communication aspects related to ACT’s presence at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate justice events
• Contribute to ACT Alliance Secretariat’s materials including publications, brochures and materials, including the annual report, for use in a variety of contexts, and ensuring their appropriate and timely dissemination
• Write, produce and edit quality stories for the ACT website, and edit relevant climate policy and/or other documents, draft newsletters and reports
• Carry out fieldwork and partner visits when required

Requirements

• Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or relevant discipline an asset
• Three years, minimum, of experience in a communications role, with international experience in a network setting being an asset
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal, good knowledge of Spanish and/or French an asset
• Proven social media and social media campaign skills, including the production of internal newsletters and relevant website content
• Demonstrated knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud and/or other design and editing programmes
• Experience in working with media, capacity building and strategic communications and campaigns
• Understanding of global civil society working on environment and multilateral processes within the UN with a particular focus on UNFCCC and the UN sustainable development and disaster risk reduction agenda an asset
• Experience engaging with governments, working within the faith sector and facilitating multi-stakeholder communications and dialogues an asset
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural situations and/or multi-locational settings using a flexible, collaborative approach.
• Demonstrated competency to build and maintain trust among diverse groups towards consistent collaborative work
• Highly organised, with strong project management skills
• Ability to manage own work and time within the context of multiple responsibilities and projects, and a demonstrated capacity to work under pressure to meet deadlines

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