Media Vacancy at International Foundation for Electoral Systems - IFES

Job Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of the Chief of Party, the Communications and Media Advisor will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Undertake an assessment of INEC’s communications and reporting methodologies, systems, and media relationships strategies;
• Support INEC in finalizing its communication policy
• Train INEC officials on strategic communications and develop plan for communications and reporting procedures within headquarters and between state offices;
• Assist INEC to develop and implement communications systems to convey accurate information to voters before, during, and after election days, and address issues effectively through the national media;
• Assist INEC staff with developing communicating plans, procedures and guidelines for liaising with various governmental organizations and security agencies;
• Assist in contingency planning and developing communication crisis strategies with relevant INEC departments;
• Assist INEC in developing strategies and guidelines of effective use of new media;
• Implement strategic communications training and capacity-building activities for INEC staff;
• Assist INEC in developing and incorporating strategic communications guidelines into training of electoral officials, ad-hoc staff and security agents;
• Carry out any other tasks at the request of the IFES COP;
• Provide a consolidated final report.

Qualifications:

• University degree or advanced education / certified training in Communications/Public Relations or related field
• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience in Strategic Communications
• Prior experience in working with Electoral Commission/s on Communications Matters
• Prior experience working in West Africa preferred
• Sensitivity to local political environment and customs
• Proven ability to plan and ensure targets are met
• Experience in organizing off site trainings as well as doing on-the- job trainings;
• Ability and experience in producing evaluation reports and strategic communication plans and documents
• Experience with new media tools