Communications and Outreach Officer West Africa Trade and Investment Hub at Creative Associates International

Details:

The objective of the West Africa Trade and Investment Activity is to improve private sector competitiveness with a focus on increasing the agricultural productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers in Nigeria, and promoting West Africa’s regional and international trade. The Activity comprises of three main components: (i) design of a Competitiveness Fund for private sector partnerships; (ii) administration of the Competitiveness Fund to develop private sector partnerships and provide grants; and (iii) technical assistance (TA) that directly supports, coordinates, and organizes qualifying recipients (i.e., partners and grantees) to achieve USAID’s trade and food security objectives. The Trade Hub will contribute to both USAID/Nigeria’s Feed the Future objectives related to increasing the agricultural competitiveness of smallholder farmers in Nigeria as well as USAID/West Africa’s objective to increase broad-based growth and resilience.

Position Summary:

The Communications and Outreach Officer will be responsible for contributing to the writing, editing and outreach activities operations of a USAID-funded rural livelihoods project in West Africa

Reporting & Supervision:

The Communications and Outreach Officer will report directly to the Operations Manager and work closely with the Senior Communications and Outreach Officer.

Primary Responsibilities:

Administration

• Support the development and implementation of the comprehensive annual communications plan that aligns with WAHIT’s workplan that achieves the program’s internal and external communications goals;
• Follow USAID’s Branding and Marking Plan;
• Assist the Senior Communications and Outreach Officer with activities that promote communication between WAHIT and the West Africa-based USAID Missions, including project content suitable for dissemination on USAID channels; 
• Support the writing and/or editing USAID quarterly reports and other major USAID-required project documents;
• Provide administrative support to outside consultants (such as translators, photographers, videographers, etc.);
• Collaborate with HQ Communications team.

Writing & editing

• Identify and propose to the Senior Communications and Outreach Officer suitable stories, photo essays and other content that would appear in the newsletter, website and social media channels;
• Write assigned success stories, features and briefs for publication in WATIH’s website and other channels, including USAID outlets;
• Place content on the program’s website, newsletter and social media channels; and
• Collaborate with HQ Communications to create and disseminate content through Creative’s channels.

Outreach & events

• Work on all communications aspects of events, including promotion, program content for program, registration materials and related items; and
• Setup, staff and pack up WAHIT exhibits at events.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• A minimum of two (2) years of work experience in Communications or other relevant fields, including journalism or public relations;
• Experience in social media content production;
• Language: English required (French helpful); and
• Strong English writing and editing skills

Desired skills and qualification

Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or other graphic design programs