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Job Title ⇒ Senior Communications Manager
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Organization ⇒ Village Enterprise
Duty Station Uganda or Kenya
Reports to ⇒ Director of Development and Marketing
About US ⇒
Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in East Africa through
entrepreneurship and innovation. Since its inception, Village Enterprise has
been developing and refining an innovative model of poverty reduction
combining training, seed capital grant or non-cash asset transfer, and ongoing
mentoring to create small, rural businesses. Village Enterprise’s economic
development model plays a unique role in the microfinance industry, providing
economic opportunities in rural, agricultural areas that other organizations
are not reaching, and gives people living in extreme poverty the opportunity
to transform a small grant into a new business, a better standard of living,
and hope for the future. Village Enterprise has started over 48,000 businesses
and trained over 185,000 East African people.
Job Summary ⇒ The Sr. Communications Manager is an in-country based
position Kenya or Uganda. This position serves as the Village Enterprise
resident communicator. This person will be tasked to identify, collect, and
share -- externally and internally -- a variety of compelling stories that
represent Village Enterprise.
The Sr. Communications Manager will work in tandem with the Director of
Development and Marketing and Chief Development Officer to manage a wide-
ranging communications program with a specific focus on storytelling,
pitching, media relations, internal communications, and social media with the
key goal of maximizing awareness of Village Enterprise’s work.
Reporting to the Director of Development and Marketing, you will be an
integral part of implementing Village Enterprise’s marketing/communications
plan that aims to help reach the organization’s annual goals. You must be a
communications ace with a passion for collaboration and have the ability to
thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
Storytelling and Communications
⇗ Work to develop a story identification and tracking system
⇗ Liaise with field staff to plan field visits to collect stories
⇗ Compile stories written, photo, and video content for dissemination,
internally and externally
⇗ Write 1-2 blog posts a month
⇗ Manage story bank and editorial calendar for social media, blog posts, and
eblasts
⇗ Create and manage talking points, press releases, fact sheets, and other
background materials
⇗ Source and manage opportunities for the Village Enterprise leadership team
to serve as thought-leaders at events and conferences/webinars
⇗ Assist leadership team in writing articles and/or white papers to build
organizational thought-leadership
⇗ Pitch stories to local and national media in Kenya and Uganda
⇗ Assist the Director of Development and Marketing in managing PR agency
Social Media
⇗ Manage social media messaging calendar
⇗ Work to develop social media processes for post creation, scheduling,
monitoring, and tracking
⇗ Create compelling content to grow, engage, cultivate and nurture Village
Enterprise’s online communities
⇗ Compile story content into platform specific content Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter, Linkedin
⇗ Develop relevant platform-specific KPIs and monitor performance accordingly
⇗ Stay up-to-date on emerging platforms, technologies and industry best
practices
⇗ Design and implement social media campaigns as needed according to
messaging calendar
⇗ Develop, document, and manage content database for photos, video, and
stories
Other
⇗ Copy editing/report review
⇗ Produce the monthly internal communications newsletter
⇗ Help with message refinement and website development/update
Safeguarding
⇗ Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility at VE, and it begins with me
⇗ Communicate where necessary, uphold and adhere to VE photo safeguarding
standards that protect the identities of our staff and program participants
⇗ Report any incident of safeguarding in program operations for appropriate
action/follow up.
⇗ Support in investigations and input as required during safeguarding
disciplinary processes

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The applicant must hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
required
⇗ Minimum of 5-8 years experience in public relations, communications,
journalism, brand management, or a related field
⇗ Experience in photography and videography -- including editing
⇗ Demonstrated knowledge of mobile, emerging and social media, and
advertising campaigns
⇗ Understanding of the social media universe including Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn
⇗ Ability to adapt to create and adapt content to relevant audiences on
Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
⇗ Skills to own the planning, development, and implementation of projects
⇗ Ability to work well under deadline pressure
⇗ Technology savvy with understanding of digital design and editing
⇗ Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including the
ability to collaborate with a culturally and geographically diverse team
⇗ Highly organized and detail-oriented
⇗ Self-starter with demonstrated ability to initiate, plan, and execute
projects
⇗ Excellent project management skills, including a strong track record of
delivering projects on time and within budget
⇗ You are a self proclaimed storyteller. You are fascinated by the human
experience, and helping others tell their stories brings you joy
⇗ You are passionate by Village Enterprise’s mission
⇗ You can work well independently but are energized by being part of a team
⇗ You are patient, creative, and relentless about sharing a great story
⇗ You’re an extremely strong, concise writer
⇗ You have experience and success with pitching media/journalists in Kenya
and Uganda
⇗ Flexibility, patience, and a sense of humor
Desired Qualifications
⇗ Proficient in Social Bakers and/or HootSuite or another social media
monitoring platform
⇗ Wrike and/or other project management systems
⇗ Microsoft and Google Suites
⇗ Social media platforms
⇗ Google Analytics
⇗ Mailchimp
⇗ HTML, Wordpress, CSS, and Javascript
⇗ Adobe Creative Suite
How to Apply ⇒
All candidates should apply online by submitting a cover letter, CV and salary
requirements to this application portal.
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