Communication Intern at Living Goods

Purpose of role

To Support required to address the competing activities taking place from time to time against the planned comms activities for the year. The comms intern will help gather information from other departments on a daily basis. Additionally, in the interim the intern will also help gather and populate information for social media and bridge the gap for the internal communication role to allow focus on external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

1. Support creation and posting of content on Living Goods’ social media platforms (mainly Twitter, LinkedIn, Workplace and Meta-Facebook) to amplify both Living Goods' and government’s work in community health.
2. Where need arises, travel to the field to help document compelling content and imagery about our work in Kenya, for both local and global audiences. This will include creative success stories, pictorials, blog posts, and social media content.
3. Support the development of graphics and materials, and capture/ edit short phone videos for use on social media.
4. Support the planning and execution of events, conferences and meetings hosted by Living Goods and external stakeholders, including supporting logistics and branding.
5. Contribute to the creation of internal e-newsletters to ensure our internal audiences are constantly updated about the work happening across the 4 counties to drive culture and remove internal barriers to communication.
6. Support in the liaison/coordinator with key departments Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications (PAC) and other departments of Living Goods.
7. Support coordinate the development of collaterals, promotional materials (including banners and teardrops) and swag.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Public Relations or a related field.

Professional Qualifications / Membership in professional bodies

• PRSK, MSK or AMWIK.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 to 5 years.

Competencies & Attributes

• Compelling writing and story telling.
• Problem solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to manage productions end – to - end.
• Ability to work independently to complete tasks.