Communication Adviser at Voices for Change (V4C) - Palladium Group
Employment Nigeria
01-Jun-2016
ABUJA ,
Customer Service
NGO
Palladium Group - Our client, Voices for Change (V4C) is a UK Aid funded, four year programme running from October 2013 to December 2017. The goal of V4C is to help transform social attitudes towards girls and women in Nigeria by working on specific individual, social and institutional changes.
POSITION : Communication Adviser - Knowledge and Learning
Project Overview and Role
- Are you an effective communications or marketing specialist with experience in designing and delivering strategic and innovative ways to help organisations make their mark?
- Are you brimming with ideas and creativity as well the confidence to know what works for a range of different audiences? Do you have a good track record in the successful delivery of communication or marketing campaigns? Then we have the job for you!
- We are looking for experienced applicants with a good understanding of knowledge management for the role of Communications Advisor ? knowledge and learning; to help capture V4C?s knowledge and learning and to share this in a variety of ways with our donor and other partners.
- The preferred candidate must have experience of managing strategic communications and/or knowledge management for other organisations. Impeccable writing skills and an eye for great design are a must. Applicants from the private sector, as well as development programmes are encouraged to apply.
- This role is responsible for ensuring effective and timely delivery of the Programme?s strategy for capturing and communicating knowledge and learning to a range of external audiences.
Responsibilities
Overall responsibilities
1.) Capturing knowledge and learning:
- Working with V4C partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries to generate and record stories of how V4C initiatives have affected their lives and / or work
- Working with the V4C team to ensure that they are reflecting on their own learning and these are being captured and communicated on an ongoing basis.
- Working with V4C partners to capture their learning and communicate their results.
2.) Storing knowledge and learning:
- Working with software programmers to ensure the development of a functional intranet which will serve as a repository for all V4C resources
- Ensuring that the information management systems that support internal knowledge generation and learning are maintained and updated regularly.
- Ensuring that all V4C reports and documents adhere to the V4C quality assurance standards before uploading, storage and dissemination
3.) Communicating knowledge and learning:
- Identifying and managing innovative packaging and marketing techniques to share stories of change to stakeholders for uptake in other settings
- Designing and organising events for V4C staff, partners and stakeholders to interact and share and learn lessons from each other.
- Developing briefs and other knowledge products as identified.
- Producing progress reports and other reports as required.
- Regularly updating and maintaining the V4C website with content relating to the progress of the programme.
Requirements
Minimum education and experience required:
- Post-Graduate degree in a relevant business, project management or development field.
- Minimum of 5 years experience working in a communications, marketing or knowledge management role in business or development
- Experience of developing and managing delivery of strategic objectives
- Experienced in analysis and distillation of evidence
- Familiarity with online communications tools including Content Management Systems and social media
- Commitment to gender equality and social justice
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential, in Africa/Nigeria an advantage
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