Job Vacancies at SHIPO Tanzania - Communications and Public Relations Officer

Job Title: Communications and Public Relations Officer
Employer: SHIPO
Location: Njombe

SHIPO a Tanzanian NGO based in Njombe is recruiting a Communications and Public Relations Officer

Duties:
• Creating and supervising different SMS sensitization campaigns and surveys using a massive mobile messaging platform (Telerivet). The communications officer will design SMS messages and questions for the campaign and will manage the responses and the queries of the target audience through the system. The officer will collaborate with experts in the specific topics campaigns to ensure the quality and the accuracy of the key messages. Some of the planned campaign topics for 2017 are in HIV, children rights and gender.
• Compiling and editing all kinds of reports, including SHIPO annual report.
• Writing and edit official messages to authorities, beneficiaries and current or potential partners and donors.
• Supervise the contents of SHIPO’s website and manage SHIPO’s profile in Visible Impact online platform and in any approvedsocial networks. The officer will be in charge of posting news, interviews, links, videos, pictures and other updates in a weekly basis. In order to do this, the communication officer will be also responsible for writing articles and reports, conducting interviews with authorities, partners and beneficiaries and to publish in different communication and outreach platforms.

Education: Adegree in Journalism, Mass Communication, Public Relations and Publicity, Linguistics (specialities in English and Kiswahili) or other related degrees.

Experience: Three years of experience working in the same or related field is preferred.
Also, the right candidate must demonstrate:

Job Requirements: Excellent command in English and Kiswahili and solid translation skills between both languages.


How to Apply:
To participate in the selection process all interested candidates must send their curriculum vitae long with the transcript of records of their university studies and a maximum of 10 attachments or links that show your best pieces of communication work (articles, campaign dossiers, blogs and websites, publicity materials, academic assignments, videos,etc.) If the size ofyour attachments is over 10 MB please use www.wetransfer.com to send the information. . Send your application to the following e-mail address: info@shipo-tz.org

Deadline: 9th January 2016
Pre-selected applicants will be invited to a first interview via skype in January 2017.