Program Associate, Surge X Media at Surge Africa Organisation

Surge X Media:

Through Surge X Media, Surge Africa bridges the gaps in movement building and creative capacity between storytellers, activists, and environmental defenders within the global southern movement building space by developing a Global Majority network that connects struggles of South-South frontliners as an avenue to convene, connect and create powerful strategies and change narratives around our shared goals of freedom, justice and equality to dismantle oppressive neocolonial systems that undermine our right to fight corporate and political impunity.

Role Overview:

As the Program Associate for Surge X Media, you will be responsible for initiating and managing programs under Surge X Media. The role will entail stakeholder engagement and management.

Responsibilities:

• Develop program strategy and operational plan for the project, and ensure operational strategy aligns with organizational goals
• Develop budget for programs and events
• Prepare status and project reports
• Establish effective project communication plans and ensure their execution
• Coordinate the development of toolkits, training materials, and other documents as needed.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience with building effective media/communications campaigns
• A strong working knowledge of project management, design and brand development, and marketing.
•  Ability to transforming rough ideas and general concepts into actions, projects, and completed products or messages.
• Ability to anticipate climate trends using both research and own insight, and brings the project into the fore of that trajectory.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and public speaking skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team