Communications Officer at Surge Africa Organisation

Job Description

• We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and creative Communications Officer to join our team. As a communications officer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing our Communications strategy to robustly shape the reach of our activities & social impact.

Communications Officer duties and responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic communication plans, managing both internal and external communication channels
• Coordinate media relations, oversee social media, and act as a spokesperson for the organization
• Define most important communications KPIs, and be on trend in using multiple media touch points to communicate our programs and initiatives.
• Develop, design, proofread and edit reports, newsletters, blog posts, press releases and other statements
• Be creative and cross-cutting in defining communications and media content for project, be open to adapting very quickly to new creative patterns of delivering comms work
• Develop and maintain relationship with diverse stakeholders working in the media and communications space
• Support development and dissemination of public and online campaigns
• Measure the success of every communication and social media campaign.
• Collaborate with related team/personnel to design tailored content for programs and event, and ensure ontent is informative and appealing
• Monitor SEO, user engagement and suggest content optimization.

Communcations Officer requirements and qualifications

• 3 years or more of experience as a communications officer, with reasonable knowledge of developing comms strategies and comms campaigns
• First-hand experience developing or monitoring public or virtual communications campaigns
• Skillful in using comms strategy and media for brand awareness and impressions.
• A good understanding of the climate landscape
• Agile and multi-tasker, a creative thinker with excellent eyes for details
• A curator and critical thinker with keen interest in delivering narratives that attune to audience interest
• Intermediate picture and video editing skills
• Excellent project and time-management skills.
• Great interpersonal, presentation and digital communication skills.
• Must know how to edit/create content using:
  • Canva
  •  Adobe Express (Spark) or others