Position: Communications Consultant in ActionAid Nigeria
Reporting to: Policy, Advocacy, Campaigns & Communications Manager
About
ActionAid Nigeria
ActionAid
is a Non-Governmental organisation working with the poor and excluded;
promoting values and commitment in civil society, institutions and governments
with the aim of achieving structural changes in order to eradicate injustices
and poverty in the world. Registered with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs
Commission as a national organisation, ActionAid Nigeria is also an affiliate
of ActionAid International with its international headquarters in Johannesburg
South Africa.
ActionAid
commenced operations in Nigeria in 1999, while the programmatic operations
commenced in January 2000 through a Country Agreement signed with the National
Planning Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
ActionAid Nigeria as part of efforts at achieving sets
objectives has in place a Communications Desk which is responsible for
implementing AAN’s Communication Strategy; plan and carry out public affairs,
community relations and publicity in order to influence and inform AAN’s
Stakeholders, Staff, Partners and Donors in the organisation’s thematic areas.
ActionAid
Nigeria is seeking the services of a Communications Consultant for a
non-renewable fixed period of four months. The person so recruited is to
perform functions listed in the Job Description listed below.
Responsibilities
The following are expectations from the Communications Consultant:
- Oversee printing of
pending ActionAid’s publications, support advocacy and campaigns communications
activities, and other documentation works
- The consultant shall
meet with the Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager upon the award of
contract to have better grasp of expectation of AAN from the contract
- The Consultant will
be responsible for editorial works on all materials provided. S/he will
ensure clarity of structure and internal consistency, both analytical and
stylistic. S/he will also ensure general readability and accessibility to
a broad readership irrespective of literacy level in English language.
- The Consultant will
provide relevant technical support to the Local Rights Programme (LRP),
especially in documentation, skill enhancement, media relations and the
social media.
- The Consultant in
consultation with the Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager will
identify relevant resource persons with relevant skills and
qualifications to carry out the tasks in (b) above and other tasks that
may be identified.
- Oversee technical
editing and copy-editing of reports and other publications for readability
and consistency
- The Consultant will oversee
the technical editing and copy-editing of materials before they are
printed i.e. appropriate use of boxes, graphics and tables; sequencing,
consistency, especially between text and tables and figures and
integration of text and boxes; ensure that statistical data used and
referenced in the text are consistent with the data in the respective
tables, figures, charts and maps, as well as with the indicator tables flow
and clarity of argument, content errors, style and punctuation, spelling
and grammar.
- The Consultant shall
be responsible for the sourcing of competent graphic designer to develop
templates for AAN publication.
- The Consultant shall
be responsible for the proof-reading or procurement of competent proof
reader (s) for all materials after the layout/graphic works of the
document(s) must have been concluded.
- The Consultant will
oversee the graphic design of the final document and ensure this is
consistent with the ActionAid branding as given by the international
communications team and as modified by the country programme.
- Support development of
advocacy and campaigns materials
- The Consultant will provide
relevant support to Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager in the unit’s liaisons
with programmes and projects in the development of relevant policy,
advocacy and campaigns materials.
- The Consultant shall
examine all campaigns and advocacy materials for articulation of AAN
positions, appropriate use of language, compliance with AAI branding and
use of graphic words before they go to press.
- Shall from time to
time examine the need for relevant communications intervention and
introduction of new strategy and make recommendation for such.
- Lead in the
organisation’s web activities
- The Consultant will
manage the organisation’s website and make recommendations on changes as
appropriate.
- The Consultant will
take the lead on the organisation’s use of ICT and social forums.
- The Consultant will
handle the organisation’s e-newsletter.
- Capturing and
projection of success stories.
- The Consultant will
work with the programmes and projects staffs to ensure regular capture of
success stories and stories of change.
- The Consultant will
support and provide appropriate guides to the the LRP partners to capture
stories of change.
- The consultant will
be responsible for ensuring appropriate use of such stories of change and
success stories in all available outlet within and without ActionAid
International.
- The Consultant will
be responsible for the syndication of such stories in the mass media.
Education: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree desirable
Experience: At least five years of relevant experience as a communications specialist working in the development sector.
- Proven experience in editing and writing
- Experience in development works
- High competence in web management
- Verifiable evidence of activeness on social networks i.e. facebook,
twitter, personal blog etc
- Experience in publication requirements
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Experience in working with statistical data and statistical indicators,
and familiarity with the logic and structure of complex statistical tables and
concepts.
