ActionAid ,Experienced Roving Communication Advisor for ActionAid Tanzania & Burundi

lation to accountability and
land grab issues are shared globally within the ActionAid federation. The
Advisor will be based with ActionAid Tanzania and provide roving support to
ActionAid Burundi. The Communication Advisor will thus be supporting AA
Tanzania and ActionAid Burundi at multiple levels and different areas within communication
to support this overall objective. More specifically the Advisor will:

• Support
  both ActionAid offices to establish strategic communications systems with
  relevant partners and stakeholders.
• Support
  a development of campaign strategies and ensure a better alignment between
  communication and the advocacy activities carried out by the organisations
• Enhance
  the effective production of communication products in general, particular
  focus on enhancing the writing and storytelling skills of partners in writing
  rights based stories
• Provide
  cross federation support, by ensuring that relevant rights based stories
  are shared globally within the federation and by participating in
  communities of practice on Action Aid’s right’s based work. This includes
  ad hoc request from AA Denmark, which funds the placement
• Inspire
  and motivate by introducing new methodology and skills

• Minimum
  of 5 years post graduate professional experience in communication or
  journalism, experience researching, and gathering and placing stories
• Strong
  experience in written communication (journalistic writing and writing for
  websites)
• Experience
  in developing and implementing a communications and campaigns strategies.
• Previous
  experience on communications work in low-technology, developing country
  context
• Proven
  experience and success in production of content and use of social media
  & technical editing/video production skills
• Good
  knowledge of development issues, especially in relation to East Africa
  region.
• Good
  advisory, training and capacity building skills and experience
• Ability
  to inspire and facilitate rather than leading processes
• Excellent
  writing and editing skills in English and French
• Danish
  proficiency strongly desired