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Communications Officer – Ghana

JOB SUMMARY
Company	International...
Industry	NGO/IGO/INGO
Category	Journalism/Co...
Location	Accra
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	GH¢
Education	Bachelor̵...
Experience	3 years
Job Expires	Jan 31, 2022
Contact	...

Company Profile

International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) (www.cocoainitiative.org) is a multi-stakeholder organization, uniting the forces of civil society, certifiers, the cocoa and chocolate industry, and international institutions, and working with governments to address child and forced labour in the cocoa sector.

ICI has developed a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) that allows industry partners to manage responsibly the risk of child labour in their cocoa supply chain. In line with the Ghana Child Labor Monitoring System (GCLMS), the system is based on the presence of Community Facilitators (CF) within cocoa-growing communities who raise awareness on the issue of child labour; identify cases and implement remediation activities. (www.cocoainitiative.org)

Job Description

ICI is seeking trecruit a Communications Officer for its Ghana Office.

About the position

We are looking for a Communications Officer tjoin our Communications team, based in ICI’s Ghana office in Accra. The Communications Officer will develop content for the organization’s website and social media channels, will maintain and develop strong relationships with national media, will engage with a wide network of national partners and stakeholders, in order tsupport ICI tell its story in a compelling and inspirational way and drive the achievement of the organization’s objectives.

Main tasks and responsibilities

Developing content for the ICI website and social media channels. This includes:
- Working with ICI’s project teams tidentify interesting projects, stories and events, organizing field visits tmeet and interview members of cocoa-growing communities and producing articles, videos and social media content that bring our work in Ghana’s cocoa-growing communities ta wider audience, and
- Producing articles, videos and social media content that communicate our research and activities tkey stakeholders.
Strengthen relations with national media. This includes:
- Building and strengthening a network of trusted media contacts,
- Proactively targeting trusted contacts with relevant ICI news,
- Coordinating responses tmedia requests,
- Providing support tGhana based staff on dealing with media, and
- Organizing trips for target media.
Supporting the Country Director with participation in events including speech writing and presentation development
Support the implementation of the organization’s visual brand guidelines and the overall respect of the visual identity
Building partnerships with key national stakeholders including relevant government departments through the organization of events, communication campaigns and meetings.
- Reporting tthe Country Director (based in Accra, Ghana) and the Communications Director (based in Geneva, Switzerland), you will work closely with the communications staff based in Côte d’Ivoire and Switzerland, in addition tstaff in other departments across all locations.

Required Skills or Experience

3 to 5 years of experience in non-profit communications, corporate communications or journalism
University degree or equivalent in communications or another relevant field
Experience in non-profit outreach and advocacy
Ability to turn technical information into compelling stories, with outstanding writing skills and attention to detail
Strong content strategy and content development skills
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and adjust to changing priorities
Strong IT skills including video/photo editing software, graphic design software and web content management systems
A commitment to continuous learning with good knowledge of new developments in the communications field and a willingness to learn from others and constantly improve
Curiosity and passion for communications and improving the life of children and their families in cocoa-growing communities
Knowledge of French would be beneficial

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