Job description

Overall objectives:

To train and facilitate on Digify Africa’s Boost with Facebook learning programme to entrepreneurs of SME’s across South Africa. Curriculum content will be provided however adequate preparation, skill and applicable knowledge is expected before every session conducted. 

The Boost with Facebook facilitator is expected to: 

• Have an in-depth understanding of the South African entrepreneurship landscape, its opportunities, challenges and how digital knowledge can help build and grow businesses. 
• Have extensive knowledge of the Facebok Family of platforms with Facebook as the primary platform. 
• Have experience in creating, managing and reporting on advertising on Facebook and Instagram (knowledge and experience on other paid advertising platforms advantageous) 
• Facilitate and train sessions online and offline)
• Deliver cutting edge, high-quality training during the Boost with Facebook programme
• Attending all Train The Trainer programmes where applicable and necessary
• Make an effort to continuously sharpen individual digital skills 
• Act professionally throughout the entire learning programme
• Provide feedback on content, participants and areas learning design could be improved to enhance learning
• Assisting on Boost with Facebook modules for an hour after each training session where participants require it
• Adhere to internal processes

Requirements

Qualification and experience 

• Must be an entrepreneur; currently running a business or has at had a business in the past 
• Experience in advertising, media buying and/or media selling is advantageous 

Skills and attributions

• Passionate about entrepreneurship,  youth development, and social impact 

• Fully computer and digital literate 
• Ability to plan, organize and follow-through 
• Attention to detail and accuracy essential 
• Always accountable and show responsibility 
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) 
• Ability to work in a team 
• Ability to make informed decisions 
• Confident and assertive 
• Confidentiality essential 

Facilitators will be required to have a laptop or PC with a working webcam and stable internet connection. Detailed work hours will be referenced in contract.

Posted on 29 May 15:14

Job description

We’re looking for a communications manager to develop communication strategies for the delivery of key reports and products. The communications manager will act as a strategic partner with research colleagues, helping them position research to maximise impact. You’ll work with designers and creatives to ensure finished products are designed with a consistent and compelling brand identity. You’ll be a creative, vivid writer with strong project management skills and impressive attention to detail.

This is a full-time position and the successful candidate can work remotely from any major media hub. This is a one year contract (renewable subject to performance and funding).
 
Key activities:
Strategy and planning

• Manage the timeline of publishing products as appropriate to ensure these are tied to external news hooks where possible, and to ensure smooth workload across the team.
• Develop communications strategies for the delivery of key reports and products and act as a strategic partner with research colleagues, helping them position research to maximise impact.
• Produce project management plans where necessary, liaising closely with all relevant stakeholders.
• Assess and manage production needs for the communications team: brochures, hand-outs, online interactives, etc. that can help achieve the team’s goals.
• Maintain up-to-date communications planning calendar, working across organisation to ensure all key dates are inputted in a timely fashion, and researching externally where necessary to identify opportunities.
• Contribute to overall communications and brand strategy.

Production

• Manage designers and creatives to ensure finished products are designed with a consistent and compelling brand identity. This includes report design, infographics, brochures, pamphlets, website interactives and visuals.
• Manage translations of knowledge products.
• Input WF and A4AI products into design templates and ensure professional production.
• Copyedit and where needed copywrite for knowledge products, using external contractors to deliver this where needed.

Promotion

• Draft blogs, press releases and op-eds where appropriate for knowledge products.
• Update media lists and create new lists for press campaigns.
• Support on creating social media content to promote knowledge product launches, working with the social media channel manager on strategy, timing and ensuring organisation-wide key messages are consistent.
• Draft newsletter content for knowledge product launches,and work with the newsletter manager to agree best timing to engage our supporters.
• Assist with media relations in advance of major knowledge product publication to secure media opportunities that bolster wider communications and branding efforts.

Monitoring and measurement

• Where appropriate, compile social media, website, download and media statistics for each knowledge product launch to feed into quarterly communications reports.

Other

• Lead on production of annual reports, external-facing impact reports and/or financial reports – in close collaboration with the finance and operations director

Requirements

Qualifications:
Education

• Educated to BA level

Essential knowledge and experience

• At least four years’ experience with progressive levels of responsibility in communications, PR, publishing, writing or related field
• Strong project management skills and experience with a variety of project and budget management tools
• Impressive attention to detail a must, with a track record of flawless copy editing
• Creative and entrepreneurial, with demonstrated success in coming up with bold approaches to grab attention and engage audiences
• Vivid writer, able to present difficult concepts in clear, simple English and/or in compelling images
• Track record of working with complex, research-based material to distill key messages and extract facts, quotes and stories that will drive coverage
• Persuasive, assertive and persistent in selling in stories/interviews
• Highly motivated and organised, thriving under pressure, pursuing targets aggressively

Desirable knowledge and experience

• Experience in working with a celebrity patron or founder
• Understanding and experience of more than one global media market
• Knowledge/experience of communications work in a developing country
• Contacts in the tech/development journalism world
• Strong visual/graphic design sensibility
• French or Spanish language skills

Posted on 28 May 14:55