Job description: Marketing Communications Specialist
Description
The Shamba Centre for Food & Climate is seeking a Marketing Communications Specialist to help advance the organization’s communications and branding strategy, specifically for the Hesat2030, Zero Hunger Coalition and Private Sector Pledge. The selected candidate will assist in promoting and building awareness on behalf of the Shamba Centre and several international coalitions. This is a full-time position that can be remote or based in either Geneva, Switzerland or Kigali, Rwanda.
Duties & responsibilities
The selected candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Develop communications and outreach strategies, in coordination with the Communications Manager and coordinators of the Zero Hunger Coalition and Private Sector Pledge, to improve visibility and drive more community engagement and mobilization.
- Create and publish compelling and timely content for use across different digital platforms and targeting different audiences for the Hesat2030, Zero Hunger Coalition and Private Sector Pledge. This will include, for example, social media assets, audiovisual stories, and event promotion material.
- Help build awareness and drive growth among target audiences, including governments, donors and the private sector.
- Help organize events and speaking engagements to promote the work of Hesat2030, Zero Hunger Coalition and Private Sector Pledge.
- Managing the day-to-day handling of all social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube, adapting content as necessary.
- Assist with monitoring traffic, optimizing campaigns, and producing reports on the growth and analytics of campaigns.
- Develop and maintain the website, in coordination with the Communications Manager and project coordinators.
Qualifications & work experience
- Multi-media storyteller with proven experience using text, audio and video.
- Experience in crafting and editing compelling visual content, optimized for social media layouts.
- At least three years of professional experience in marketing and communication, preferably with B2B companies, inter-governmental agencies, or online media agencies with regional/global coverage.
- Proficiency with digital and social media platforms (LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
- Team player with the ability to build good relationships.
- Self-starter who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment as part of a small team.
- Creativity, curiosity, interest in innovative ways to communicate
Languages
English is essential, French is desirable.
Assessment
Evaluation of qualified candidates may include a written assessment and a competency-based interview.
Application
Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV, cover letter, portfolio – e.g., samples of previous work, links to social media campaigns you have managed and relevant supporting documents no later than 31 October 2023 via the apply button below.
About the Shamba Centre
The Shamba Centre for Food & Climate seeks to achieve zero hunger sustainably, by disrupting food systems in their entirety. Only then can we empower small farmers and enterprises and transition food value chains towards more income equitable, gender equal, nature positive and low carbon business models. Our core strength is that we use systems thinking to identify the most impactful points to remove barriers and thus trigger system wide change.
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