ActionAid Tanzania
ActionAid Tanzania (AATZ) is a
development agency that is committed for social justice, gender equality
and ending poverty. It is an Associate member of the ActionAid
International (AAI) Federation which is a global justice organization
working to achieve social justice, gender equality and eradication of
poverty.
New Job Opportunity at ActionAid Tanzania (AATZ) : The organization is looking for a qualified, experienced and self-motivated person to fill in the following position below:
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COMMUNICATION ADVISOR – WITH FOCUS ON POLITICAL STORYTELLING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
MS
Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MS TCDC) located in Usa
River, Arusha, Tanzania, is part of AADK. The Centre employs more than
over 100 full time staff and associates/consultants and provides high
quality transformative development training and consultancy services to
ActionAid International (AAI) and other civil society organisations and
their partners. The Centre also offers Swahili language and African
culture orientation courses, academic programs, rental of conference,
lodging and boarding facilities.
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ActionAid
Denmark (AADK) fights poverty by promoting the political empowerment of
the world’s poor. AADK supports long-term development work, education
programs and campaigns as well as cross border exchange of experience
and knowledge between people.
Global Platforms (GP) are youth-led
spaces for building collective power. Through capacity development and
support to youth-led initiatives, we seek to inspire young people to
organise and act on social injustice and to connect people,
organisations, and movements all over the world.
Youth Community
of Interest (YCOI) is a community for Youth Practitioners in ActionAid.
YCOIs approaches are 1) CONNECT the Youth Constituency, 2) SHARE
KNOWLEDGE about how to support youth-led action, and 3) support ACTION
for youth-led change.
MS TCDC wishes to secure the services of a self-motivated and creative Communication Advisor
The
purpose of the advisor position is to take our local and global work
with communication and storytelling to the next level. We need our
communication to be more than classic promotion and marketing of
activities. We want our communication to be dynamic, engaging, and have a
focus on sharing political values as well as being a place for
discussion, reflection, and collective action. To do so we want to
improve our focus on political storytelling and community building be it
developing engaging content for our newsletters, blogs, social media
pages, and websites and by strengthening the storytelling skills of
relevant people within TCDC and ActionAid Denmar
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As the Communication Advisor, your main areas of responsibility will be (but not limited to):
- Strengthening
the storytelling skills of people contributing with content for the GP
BLOG and newsletter concepts through mentoring and curation. - Run online storytelling workshops for GP, YCOI, and TCDC staff.
- Advise
on and engage in strengthening the online day-to-day storytelling on
social media, website, and alumni network of GP, YCOI, and TCDC. - Advise
on mini video and documentary scripts and production for social media
pages to strengthen the skills of interns and volunteers. - Co-facilitate TCDC training on journalism/storytelling.
The Advisor will additionally:
- Support in-country and cross-country learning processes.
- Participate in professional learning networks, including the Advisor network.
- Participate
in and support relevant cross-country working groups. Where relevant,
the Advisor will play a facilitating role for Inspirators in-country:
hold intro meetings with Inspirators, coordinate learning meetings and
support relational linkages.
The ideal candidate is expected to have:
Desired skills
- Profound understanding and hands-on experience with online storytelling and content creation for websites, blog, and SoMe.
- Ability to find stories where other people cannot.
- Expertise with transforming comprehensive and often complex information into short inspiring stories.
- Exceptional written and verbal skills in English. Other AU official languages will be an added advantage.
- Good Interpersonal and facilitation/training skills.
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2021 (1,319 POSTS)Professional experience
- A minimum of three (3) years working experience in media.
- Experience with communication/storytelling related to people fighting for social justice.
- Journalistic
experience and good storytelling skills. Ability to write short catchy
texts taking our various target groups into account. - Some
experience with competence development within journalism/storytelling
and with leading the execution of communications strategies. - Familiar with producing text for online newsletters (such as Mailchimp).
- Basic video and photo editing skills.
Formal education
- A degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
- Training
in professional writing, i.e., media reporting, media article, case
study/story, press release, content writing, etc. and added advantage. - Training or experience in photography and videography will be an added advantage.
Personal qualification
- Ability to work in diverse settings and juggle between different time zones.
- Patience and diplomacy to navigate hierarchical structures.
- Ability to manage different stakeholders and lines of communications.
- Ability to support and help other people to grow.
- Cultural sensitivity and ability to adjust and be patient.
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Basic Term offers:
The position is offered under MS TCDC’s employment policy with a fixed term contract for one year.
A vibrant work environment with highly committed and professional people.
OTHER INFORMATION
AADK/MS
TCDC is an inclusive workplace which welcomes a diversity of people and
ideas. As an equal opportunity employer, AADK invite everybody with
relevant qualifications, independently of any identity markers (such as
race, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, physical or
mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
expression, pregnancy, marital status, social or economic status or any
other), to apply. AADK/MS TCDC does not tolerate harassment or
discrimination of any kind. Any transgression in this regard should be
addressed to complaints@ms.dk
The deadline for submitting the application is 05th February, 2021.
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