Deadline: 15 September, 2025

Location: Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Street Child is seeking to fill the position of Communications Officer.

Established in 2008, the UK charity aims to create educational opportunities for some of the world’s most vulnerable children.

Responsibilities

• Identify, draft, and finalise compelling and empowering case studies and success stories from Street Child projects through regular field visits
• Create visually and narratively striking communication tools, including presentations, infographics, and other materials, with support of programme teams, to strengthen donor engagement in-country
• Develop and maintain in-country social media channels
• In collaboration with the operations team, ensure unified branded templates and formats are developed and disseminated for internal and external communications
• Ensure sensitisation and compliance with new formats and tools by internal teams, strengthening Street Child’s unified ‘brand’
• With the support of programme teams, develop contextually appropriate and sensitive visibility and safeguarding materials which can be utilised in Street Child projects
• Coordinate communication focal points of partner organisations to develop schedules and timelines on development and sharing of success stories
• Deliver capacity by strengthening support to partner organisation communication focal points, in line with Street Child’s localisation agenda
• Collaborate with the safeguarding focal point to ensure that Street Child global and national policies on Safeguarding and Child Protection are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Media Studies, or a related field or comparable addition to experience
• Master’s degree is an advantage
• Two years, minimum, of proven experience in communications, media, or external engagement
• Previous experience of working with national or international aid and development NGOs
• Innovative and solutions-oriented with sound analytical, conceptual, and strategic thinking skills
• Proven interest and commitment to humanitarian and development principles and demonstrable understanding of conflict/post-conflict development contexts and community engagement
• Strong verbal, written communication abilities and experience in report writing
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator etc) a distinct advantage
• Photography and videography skills are a distinct advantage
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written proficiency in Hausa, Shuwa and Kanuri is an added advantage)
• Strong relationship-building skills with external partners
• Awareness of new trends and ability to implement technology solutions
• Flexibility to handle changing circumstances in donor-funded projects
• Excellent organisation with attention to detail

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