Communications Lead at Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)

Contract Period: 3 years
Probation period: 3 months
Reporting line: Chief Executive officer

Primary Responsibility

• To develop, coordinate and oversee the administration of a cohesive organizational communications strategy in accordance with the organization’s mission, vision and objectives.
• The CL will also be responsible for planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of PPDC programmes in accordance with the organization’s mandate.

Responsibilities

• Developing a comprehensive and cohesive communications strategy incorporating the diverse departmental visions into a holistic organizational strategy.
• Overseeing a diversely skilled communications team.
• Planning and managing the design, content, and production of all marketing materials including the creation of informative, interesting and compelling press releases, press kits, newsletters, and related marketing materials.
• Work with different departments to generate new ideas and strategies relevant to communication.
• Develop, in collaboration with department staff, and share with CEO a communication department fundraising plan.
• Supervising projects to guarantee all content is publication-ready.
• Creating communication and marketing strategies for new products, launches, events, and promotions.
• Responding to communication-related issues in a timely manner.
• Managing media relations through the development and maintenance of a media contact list and a positive professional relationship with various members of the media across various types of media and at different levels.
• Managing a communications budget.
• Ensuring quality control of all information released.
• Preparing detailed media activity reports.
• Maintaining an awareness of organizational risks and threats and developing strategies for responding to any negative or damaging information about the organization in the media.
• Projecting a positive organizational image to the public.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or an advanced Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations or a relevant field.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role. Proven experience creating content for target audiences is advantageous
• An extensive list of media contacts.
• Awareness of and proficiency with communications technologies.
• Experience in stakeholder/community engagement.
• Ability to maintain clear and concise communication with team members and senior management.
• Strong and confident leadership abilities
• Strong knowledge of communication policies, practices and techniques (online and offline).
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to multitask and work well under pressure.

Key Performance Indicators:

• An organization-wide communication plan that fits PPDC’s mission and advances its goals.
• Actions plans that meet the objectives and framework of the communication plan.
• Departmental fundraising plan.