The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) is a not-for-profit West African media innovation and development think (and do) tank. We are a technology and knowledge-producing think tank that supports & empowers the media.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Communications Officer

The Communications Officer will join the Media and Communications team and lead the execution of strategic communications of projects’ and programmes’ activities, impact and knowledge products. The Communications Officer will be responsible for communications on a range of projects, mostly to a diverse external audience, and will ensure consistency of messaging across board. 

Location: Abuja

Requirements

• Educated to a Bachelor's Degree level.
• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Proven experience in a communications role in a large organisation with multiple projects and stakeholder groups.
• Ability to use a variety of communications channels to disseminate information, including WordPress and Mailchimp.
• Skillful at gathering and processing information quickly and making it understandable to a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to think strategically about how to communicate multiple project outcomes while maintaining CJID’s core objectives and mission in the messaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic communications plans for each project’s implementation, making reference to CJID Communications Strategy
• Provide strategic communications support to the project and programme teams to ensure alignment with CJID's goals and mission.
• Daily promote projects visibility through digital communications channels, by developing relevant and interesting content
• Manage, where needed, projects’ social media platforms.
• Maintain records of media coverage and collate analytics and metrics.
• Undertake other duties to meet the needs of the department and the organisation.

Technical Skills:

• Proven experience in a communications role in a large organisation with multiple projects and stakeholder groups.
• Ability to use a variety of communications channels to disseminate information, including WordPress and Mailchimp.
• Excellent written skills with the ability to develop high-quality, accurate and consistent communications materials, newsletters, press releases, and so on.
• A track record of managing and creating content for social media and websites using a content management system.

  Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication (written and oral) skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills                  
• Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information.
• Ability to work independently in a busy team environment, taking initiative when necessary and prioritising effectively to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• High sense of integrity, responsibility, accountability and dependability

CJID is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.