Right Seat,Communication and Engagement Officer Jobs in Rwanda

WE ARE HIRING

Right Seat is a talent management
company that connects professionals to their matching interests across all
industries in Rwanda.
Right Seat is currently looking for interested and relevant candidates to the
vacant positions, for one of their clients Aegis Trust.

Aegis Trust is a British NGO,
founded in 2000, which campaigns to prevent genocide worldwide and it has been
working in Rwanda
since 2004.Aegis Trust manages the Kigali Genocide Memorial on the behalf of
the Government of Rwanda and is implementing a program called Educatio

n for
Sustainable Peace in Rwanda (ESPR).

Detailed Job Description

Job Title: Communication and engagement Officer

Reports to: Country Director

Position Type: Full time

Location: Kigali/Rwanda

Responsibilities and
duties

  • Setting the communications agenda
  • Developing messages
  • Preparing communications plans
  • Defining audiences
  • Managing international, regional and local media
  • Defining communications principles, philosophy and
    standards
  • Identifying crisis and negative communications risks
  • Managing the Communications and Engagement Department
  • Providing training opportunities for department and
    Aegis staff

Essential Job
requirements and qualifications

  • A degree in a communications related field of study
    and/or at least five years of experience in the field of communications.
  • A least one example of experience managing a team
  • Demonstrated experience and judgment to plan and
    accomplish goals
  • Knowledge of Rwandan history and the Genocide against
    the Tutsi

Desirable qualifications

  • International experience in the field of communication.

Work Experience and
Skills

  • Experience in working in the field of communications
    with a range of different types of organisations
  • Experience in working on international communication
    campaigns
  • Experience in working in remembrance and community based
    communications
  • Experience in designing and implementing communication
    and digital marketing campaigns and training programs
  • Experience in developing and implementing
    ‘train-the-trainer’ programs
  • A thorough understanding of the local and regional media
    landscape and demonstrated ability to build productive working
    relationships with media houses
  • Experience in developing communications campaigns for a
    range of stakeholders
  • Experience in defining audiences and developing targeted
    messaging
  • An understanding of digital communications platforms and
    experience in utilising them for communications and engagement
  • Expert knowledge of the field’s concepts, practices, and
    procedures
  • Ability to perform multiple tasks efficiently,
    maintaining a high level of accuracy and consistency
  • Strong writing and communication skills in Kinyarwanda
    and English or French

How to Apply

Send us your application file on:
jobs@rightseat.rw  not later than Wednesday
October 12, 2016 at 5:00 pm Kigali
time

Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x