Job description

Community Media Trust (CMT) is a South African NGO focusing on communication in the fields of basic human rights. CMT aims to empower individuals and communities, encouraging them to take part in managing and improving their own lives, promoting healthy and health-seeking behaviour and basic human rights. It does this through media and outreach programmes that provide scientific information in a format that is easy to understand.

Please visit our website to find out more about CMT – www.cmt.org.za

CMT is seeking to employ a Communications Coordinator to start immediately. The successful candidate will have demonstrated a professional ability to meet the demanding needs of our industry and be experienced in delivering quality projects on time and within budget.

The position is a fixed term contract until 31 March 2019 at a basic salary of R22,880 per month.

This post requires travel within KZN and the availability to work extra hours or some weekends when required.

Responsibilities include (but is not limited to)

• Stakeholder engagement including regular meetings with provincial government departments, community engagement and local media including print press, radio, social media and television
• Implementation of a communications strategy across 5 districts in KZN
• Ensuring project deliverables are within budget and time allocated
• Writing of press releases and content generation and development for community media and social media
• Assisting with travel logistics and event management where necessary
• Organizing participants for focus group testing
• Assisting with recruitment of staff when necessary
• Meeting all donor requirements
• To complete ad hoc duties as requested from time to time by your supervisor;

To apply

Send your completed CMT Employment Application Form found at http://www.cmt.org.za/about-us/vacancies together with a copy of your detailed updated CV and a motivation letter with an email subject title “COMMSCO-ORDJULY2018” to

az.gro.tmc@tnemtiurcer

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Only online applications with the completed Employment Application Form – using the reference COMMSCO-ORDJULY2018 in the subject line of the email will be accepted.

Closing date: 17 August 2018

Due to the high volume of applications received on a daily basis, please note that correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Please consider your application unsuccessful if you have not received a response by 30 August 2018

CMT reserves the right to amend and/or withdraw adverts at any time without notification.

Requirements

• At least three years’ experience in a supervisory and project management capacity
• Extensive general experience in the field of communications
• Expert proficiency in the MS Office environment and MS Excel
• People management skills
• Based in Durban

 Advantageous

• A communications, journalism or media based qualification would be advantageous
• Previous experience in working in health and or communications industry
• Experience working with broadcasters, donors and government departments will be beneficial

 Personal skills/attributes 

• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must be able to work well within a team
• Must be analytical and methodical
• Must have a flair for administrative work
• Proven report writing skills
• Budgeting and financial reporting skills
• Proposal writing, fundraising and partner liaison skills

Posted on 01 Aug 14:37