Communications and Digital Engagement Officer job at ActionAid International Uganda | Apply Now

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively maintain Citizens’ Action Against Corruption activity media relations:

• The Officer will be responsible for building relations with key media houses and personalities, in liaison with the CoP, and USAID

• Coordinate media engagements including press conferences, advocacy initiatives and campaigns in line with the branding and marking plan.

• Conduct field visits with media and undertake daily media monitoring to analyse mentions, and trends, and issues relevant to the Citizens’ Action Against Corruption Activity.

• Build capacity of the target groups on digital campaigns and communications:

• Coordinate structured and tailored training of targeted citizen groups, networks and social movements on digital campaigns, analysis and engagement on anticorruption issues.

• Facilitate the development of training manuals, tools and reference materials for digital engagement by partners and staff

• Conduct mentorship sessions for existing and emerging citizen groups on evidence-based digital advocacy and campaigns on corruption and accountability

• Community mobilisation and social movement building:

• Coordinate and support Citizen structures, networks and coalitions in the documentation of evidence to expose corruption and inform digital advocacy campaigns on contextual structural challenges that perpetuate Corruption and poor state of public services.

• Facilitate and moderate digital citizens’ engagement on corruption, accountability and service delivery

• Support timely and quality publication of “Citizen Chronicles on Corruption” (C3)

• Periodically identify contextually relevant themes to amplify citizens’ voices and lived experiences against corruption

• Support the project team and contributors to gather content, review and ensure stories are professionally edited for publication

• Train staff and contributors in quality writing and analysis of corruption stories and data

• Support Activity Campaign Rollout on Anti-Corruption and Accountability

• Initiate, facilitate and publish citizens’ anticorruption campaign messages and slogans for “Citizen Action Against Corruption Activity” through the Activity, AAIU communication platforms, any other available media in line with the Communication and Coordination Plan

• Draft and disseminate press statements, and media scripts to different media platforms in collaboration with COP and Activity Finance Manager.

• Document the different activities in the anticorruption campaign Activity.

• Promote the Corporate Brand of Citizens’ Action Against Corruption Activity

• Ensure availability of diverse visibility materials in consultation with the USAID AOR and COP

• Disseminate and monitor compliance with Citizens’ Action Against Corruption Branding and Marking plan, as well as  Communication and Coordination plan, and AAIU guidelines by staff and partners in publication, and public engagements