Junior Consultant - Digital communication & Graphic design at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Job Description

To enhance the communication activities of NEADAP in East Africa, SNV seeks an all-round communications professional who will support communication activities (including use of social media), photography, videography, graphic design and knowledge management activities.

More specifically, the Communications Junior Consultant is expected to join the communication team and support graphic design tasks while providing support to NEADAP partnership with the following specific activities:

• Co-develop a practical communication strategy for NEADAP
• Newsletter composition and editing
• Creation of posts related to product activities (examples: manure pilots, stakeholder meeting on forage seeds, agri-contracting etc.)
• Promotion of knowledge products from running projects (Solidaridad TZ, SNV TIDE, BRIDGE, ICSIAPL, ISLA, Agriterra) for publishing on social media or Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP) website
• Record short interviews during field visits
• Social media updating
• Assist on reporting of meetings (internally and external summaries)
• Assist product leads with creation of PowerPoints, reports, mainly focusing on the house style of NEADAP
• Development of publications and publicity materials based on SNV and NEADAP brand guidelines

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Graphic Design, Digital media or related field
• Previous appointment in a development organisation with related experience in marketing or communications is a plus
• Additional training in Graphic design is desirable
• Mastery of use of Graphic Design software for production of publications and publicity materials
• Mastery of English language (verbal and written)
• Good proofreading and writing skills
• Extensive knowledge of use and management of social media channels for corporates
• Creative, solutions-oriented and a real team player
• Self-motivated, good organizational skills, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines
• Willing to learn new things or take direction and comes up with new ideas or solutions on how to improve the team