Latest Vacancies at ActionAid Nigeria

The Role

• As a F2F Fundraiser, you will be central to ActionAid’s alternative solution to National and global problems. It is crucial to note that this is not a role for someone looking for a normal daily routine work. There are no specific hours of work in this role. Innovation, creativity, surprise, agility and an ear to the ground are the norm. There are no desks and no walls in your work environment.
• In ActionAid, we’re an energised team, the days are not the same especially with our recent extensive brand and movement building, fundraising and efficiency drive.
• You will be a key part of our “fun team” facilitating our interventions in excluded communities through the building of a strong force of supporters. This position is target driven and motivated by bonus where this is met.

Specifically, the role includes:

• Generating funds through the face to face fundraising technique using the prescribed products by ActionAid
• Communicating effectively to prospects the activities of the organisation as trained periodically. Participating  in all fundraising, public engagement and other ActionAid activity as required
• Achieve agreed upon targets for acquisition
• Identify potential locations for running fundraising activities for the team
• Playing  an active role in the overall target achievement of the team
• Ensuring that every field generated information is properly entered in the appropriate forms or database
• Ensuring confidentiality of information pertaining to ActionAid and personal data in the course of this role
• Taking responsibility for all equipment allocated or used in the role
• Representing ActionAid in a responsible manner as per the values and norms.
• Compliance and adherence to all policies, guidelines and codes of conduct required for this role
• Managing and updating databases to record supporter contact and preference information
• Any other responsibility as may be assigned

Job Requirements
Who you are:

• You are an energetic, friendly, honest individual who thrives in a very diverse dynamic environment.
• You are willing to be right on the shop floor, talking to people across background or cultures or raising funds and contributing to lifting the poor and the excluded out of poverty.
• You will have the intelligence to learn new things within a short period, multi-task and ready to imbibe our values and adapt to our culture.
• You will be someone who doesn’t believe in giving excuses for let-downs; who can bounce back without batting an eyelid after a rebuff remaining upbeat, positive and passionate.
• A hard worker, you are self-motivated, self-managed, independent but a team player, and adventurous with persuasive skills; and passionate about quelling injustice and eradicating poverty. Most important, you inspire support.

Requisites:

• Experience in marketing and sales
• Understanding of the psyche of Nigerians- young and old, male or female, north, south, east or west or middle
• Minimum Qualification: Diploma
• Skills in use of Microsoft office suites
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work with minimum supervision
• Able to take rejection as part of the job
• Reside in Lagos

Our Offerings:

• Basic allowance plus performance related commission and incentive
• Supportive team
• Fun and learning environment in an ethical way
• Income limited only by your ability and passion

If you think you love challenges and you are willing to learn, then we will like to talk to you!

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Reporting to: Communicatons Coordinator
Line Management: None

Description

• The Communication Intern position is an opportunity offered by ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) for young graduates to earn a post NYSC experience.
• It is therefore both a learning and value-adding relationship between interns and AAN.
• The intern is expected to take advantage of the space offered for experience gathering, self-development, while providing quality service to ActionAid Nigeria.

Summary

• The Communication Intern’s positionis an opportunity offered by ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) for young graduates to earn a post NYSC experience
• It is therefore both a learning and value-adding relationship between interns and AAN. The intern is expected to take advantage of the space offered for experience gathering, self-development, while providing quality service to ActionAid Nigeria.

Job Purpose

• The Communication Intern is responsible for assigned communications roles including supporting and executing the organisation’s social media strategy, managing organisation’sprioritised social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and LinkedIn
• The intern will work directly with the Communication’s Coordinator and closely with team leaders, project leads, partner organisations and our target communities.

Specific Responsibilities
Support Campaigns and Communications activities:

• Provide support and participate in campaign activities directly handled in the unit
• Provide support and participate in all inter-thematic policy advocacy and campaign initiatives
• Provide support and participate in Monitoring, documentation, dissemination and encouragement of critical debate, and mainstreaming of public policy advocacy.
• Support case study collections related to policy and campaigns works

Social Media Community Management:

• Work on the organisation’s social media platforms
• Work with the Communications Coordinator on all of AAN online activities
• Work on seamless linkages of the organisation’s social media accounts (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube LinkedIn and other social media platforms), ensuring uniform content and tone of voice for landing pages, graphics, and other elements.
• Increase the number of followers we have on Twitter.
• Monitoring and replying to communications on the platforms under the guidance of Communications Coordinator.
• Posting information, uploading photos and videos on the platforms on a daily basis or as is directed by Communications Coordinator.
• Make use of relevant tools like Tweet Deck to plan for weekends and holidays; LinkedIn polls and surveys to build our social media footprint and reputation; and other tools likeSlideShare, You Tube, Paper.Li, Scribd, Reddit, Digg and StumbleUpon.
• Work with relevant teams and projects’ leads to implement other channel-specific campaigns (e.g. uploading photos to Flickr, videos to YouTube, etc)
• Perform any other assigned responsibilities as it relates to the Communications hub and implementation of AAN Communications Strategy

Key Relationships:

• Internal Relationships:Entire AAN staff
• External Relationships: Media, Communications Consultants/service providers, CSOs, relevant Government agencies and partners

Education/Qualifications

• First Degree in Mass Communication or any relevant field
• Membership of relevant professional Institute.

Experience:

• Relevant NYSC experience
• Knowledge of the social media platforms
• Experience working in Digital Media sector.

Skill Abilities:

• Strong communication and writing skills
• Good computer skills especially in the use of publishing tools
• Multi-tasking skills
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Content production/Photography skills.

Personal Qualities:

• A personof integrity
• Creative and takes initiative.
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• Effectively promote the AAN’s mission, values and objectives.