Communications Coordinator

Description de l'offre

Communications Coordinator

Program: USAID Feed the Future Senegal Youth Development Activity

Location: Dakar, Senegal

Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) is a leading U.S. nonprofit organization that catalyzes private sector growth and creates economic opportunity for people and communities across the economically developing world. Since our founding in 1964, we have delivered lasting solutions across 139 countries.

IESC is a valued partner to people and communities. We share proven business skills and experience with entrepreneurs, jobseekers, businesses, farmers, cooperatives, and governments. We also offer resources—human, technological, financial—that sustainably build capacity and empower communities. Our long legacy of strengthening economies is matched by our vision for the next generation: a world with economic opportunity for all, where people and communities thrive. Our major funders today are the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), among others.

IESC is implementing the USAID Youth Development Activity in Senegal. The objective of the program is to provide both technical and social solutions to youth un- and underemployment, ultimately leading to youth’s greater access to productive economic resources and improved livelihoods. The program will achieve this by (1) linking youth to the skills, assistance, and resources needed to pursue employment or entrepreneurship (via self-employment) in agriculture, and (2) strengthening the capacity of local training and service providers so that they can sustainably and effectively deliver improved youth training and support programs. The program prioritizes interventions under two intermediate results:

Sub IR 1: Enhance capacity and increase access to incubators and training centers

Sub IR 2: Increase youth awareness of economic opportunities

The Communications Coordinator will work full-time and be based in Dakar. The Communications Coordinator will support the implementation of the Program’s communications and outreach efforts, leveraging innovative communications channels to bridge the gap between employment and training opportunities for local out-of-school youth, while ensuring compliance with USAID branding and marking guidelines.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to and support the implementation of the program’s overall communications and outreach efforts;
• Implement and support the program team to implement the approved program branding and marking plan in compliance with USAID regulations;
• Lead the annual update of the Branding Strategy and Marketing Plan;
• Lead the development, implementation, monitoring, and adjustment as needed of the annual communications and outreach strategy as set forth in the Branding Strategy and Marketing Plan.
• In collaboration with the Chief of Party and technical staff, lead the development of biweekly updates to include: links to social media coverage, content for social media, forecast press events, and others as requested by USAID.
• Draft success stories and select photos to include in quarterly and annual reports- incorporating USAID feedback.
• Lead biannual communications products with the full involvement of USAID.
• Create project social media accounts and build our audience from scratch
• Draft engaging and relevant social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) posts for the Program’s social media channels, communicating Program information and successes in a timely manner and in accordance with USAID approval requirement and branding requirements.
• Engage young people and their communities to increase youth awareness of opportunities for skills development and livelihoods creation
• Use traditional and digital media, social media, and online communities to share engaging content that resonates with and inspires diverse youth segments.
• Work with and through local system actors and local communication channels to deliver targeted communications.
• Support the development of success stories;
• Lead the writing and editing of internal and external communication products (e.g., fact sheets, presentations, briefing papers, and social media posts);
• Maintain a contact list of stakeholders, including partners, governmental organizations, and media outlets for external programmatic communications and collaboration;
• Track Program presence, views, shared stories, etc. across traditional and social media platforms;
• Lead media event implementation, interview and press coordination, and liaise with local vendors and venues to assist with event execution;
• Support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) efforts and data collection related to events and communications as needed;

Perform any other task assigned by the supervisor to meet program objectives.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, media, journalism, or other related degree;
• Minimum of seven years of relevant work experience, including two years’ experience managing at least one to two direct reports;
• Demonstrated expertise in donor project communications and outreach utilizing social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, etc.) and videos to communicate information and success;
• Demonstrated creativity on outreach campaign materials;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, particularly with regard to presentations and preparation of publications;
• Experience in gender inclusive communications is seen as advantageous;
• Fluency in English and French is required.