Deadline: 29 Jun, 2023
Location: Abuja, Nigeria.
World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Communications and Social Media Assistant.
WHO’s mission is to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.
Responsibility
- Implement a social media strategy for increasing the number of followers and engagement with WHO Nigeria’s social media channels
- Manage social media channels and engage with audiences, moderating comments on social media posts and intervening as appropriate to answer questions and guide the conversation in consultation with clusters and programmes
- Produce social media content from sources such as press releases, speeches, reports, documents and other WHO websites
- Liaise with clusters and programmes on their social media requirements and develop material for social media platforms
- Develop social media campaign material around relevant health themes for WHO Nigeria
- Collect and analyse social media metrics to gauge reach, engagement and other performance measures for social media posts, accounts and campaigns
- Create messaging for social media kits for major events
- Maintain and identify content for the homepage and main landing pages
- Carry out regular quality control by ensuring a consistent presentation across various web pages
- Ensure that there is an appropriate balance of both written, visual and multimedia content on the website and that it is regularly refreshed
- Scan new content published on country office websites to ensure quality and consistency
Requirements
- Completion of secondary school education with training in Communications/Information Technology
- IBachelor’s degree in Communications, Information Management or Information Technology, Public Health (desirable)
- Ten years of experience in communications with some years in cooperate social media management
- Proficiency with photography and video (desirable)
- Proficiency in designing social media cards, gifts and other materials (desirable)
- Communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate with respect, tact and diplomacy
- Thorough knowledge of the principles, techniques and practices of online dissemination of information via social media mechanisms and the web
- Thorough understanding of the impact of communications on the reputation, image, and success of an organisation, as well as the role the web and social media have in this regard
- Ability to transform technical information for different target audiences
To apply and for more information, click here.
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