SNV Tanzania Communications Officer

SNV is an international not-for-profit development organisation, working in 38 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. SNV specializes in supporting the resourcefulness of development actors by developing local capacities, improve performance and services, strengthen govemance systems, help create access for excluded groups and make markets work for the poor. Our global team of advisors uses their specialist sector and change expertise in Agriculture, Renewable Energy and Water Sanitation and Hygiene to facilitate sustainable change in the livelihoods of millions of people living in poverty.

SNV Tanzania is looking for a Communications Officer who will be partly responsible for communication, public relations and visibility of the overall programme, and will furthermore take up similar roles for a youth development project, that SNV will start up in Tanzania, Rwanda and Mozambique.

Project Summary

The project focuses on creating Youth Opportunities in Agribusiness and Sustainable Energy (YOASE) in Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania and is funded by the MasterCard Foundation. It aims to sustainably increase youth employment and income by skills and capacity development (PUSH) and subsequently link these youth to market opportunities for employment (MATCH) and enterprise development (PULL) in growth sectors that have concrete potential for employment creation.

Overall outreach of the project is 20,500 disadvantaged rural young people, of which at least 40 will be young women. The project aims to achieve access to direct employment and business opportunities in agriculture and renewable energy sectors. The objective is to create employment opportunities and improved incomes through employment creation and new youth-led agri-businesses.

Tasks and responsibilities:

Support SNV Tanzania and the YOASE project team in the development of communications products, including field and case studies, publications, etc.

Produce professional web features with stories from the field Produce inputs for networking and leaning events.

Engage in contracting for specific communication services (graphic design, translation, printing, photographs, etc.). Promote SNV Tanzania and YOASE through traditional media and social media channels.

Contribute to liaison with SNV partners and stakeholders.

Contribute to SNV partnerships and resource mobilization.

Produce and disseminate a YOASE e-newsletter to the main partners. Maintain the communications files of SNV Tanzania and YOASE office.

Profile

Experience and Capacities

At least 4 years of relevant experience in communications and public relations.

Affinity and preferably experience with youth development, and youth focused communication. Demonstrated experience in handling written and electronic publications, social and new media. Experience in audio-visual production will be considered as an asset.

Experience in content production and editing of materials for written and web publications.

Languages and other skills required:

Excellent command of verbal and written English, with editing skills for publishing

Basic knowledge of other languages (Portuguese, Swahili, Kinyarwanda) will be considered an asset Strong interpersonal, negotiation and diplomacy skills

Sensitivity to work with rural youth

Creativity and willingness to think "out of the box"

Ability to plan on work schedules, prioritize activities, adapt and deliver high-quality results on tight deadlines 

Willingness to work in a multicultural environment and in a changing organization and the applicant must be a Tanzanian national

Vacancy Type: Full-time, starting on the 1 st of October 2013. Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Deadline: Please submit your CV and all the details requested below by 15^th, September, 2013 Salary: The salary will be based on the SNV salary scheme, depending on the candidate's skills and experience. All applicants are requested to include salary expectations in their cover letter.