About Trócaire:
Trócaire is an Irish development organisation with over 40 years’ experience that works through local partners to implement programmes in the organisation’s priority areas of Building Sustainable Livelihoods, Governance & Human Rights and Gender. Trócaire’s programmes in Uganda are managed by a small country team based in the office in Kampala with regular travel to Northern Uganda. Trócaire works through a partnership approach and is a member of worldwide networks such as Caritas and CIDSE. This is an exciting time in the history of the organisation as we embark on our new strategic plan for 2016-2020. In Uganda, Trócaire is working to deliver the new strategic plan focusing on resource rights and gender based violence.
About DGF Project:
The Trócaire Uganda office recently secured a grant extension Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) to implement additional activities for 12 months. The project will be implemented in partnership with the Joint Acholi Sub Region Leaders Forum (JASLF) who will provide technical guidance and support to the project through the Technical Committee and the JASLF Secretariat. The goal of the project is: To strengthen the security of customary and communal land tenure in Acholiland through piloting new approaches based on research, consultation and advocacy. The project will research how Acholi customary and communal land is controlled, managed and administered, by and for whom, it will investigate legal mechanisms to secure customary land rights and will create awareness of the findings and implications of the research. The project implementation period is for 18 months ending December 2017.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Internal Communications:
Roll-out communications and dissemination Strategy for the project in collaboration with the project coordinator
Develop and distribute, in conjunction with the Project Coordinator and the M&E officer, monthly updates for key internal stakeholders on project activities.
Review and copy-edit research and other publications from the project.
Copy-edit key work from project staff within the office. This might include, for example, reports to back-donors like the European Union or DFID or to government institutions.
Provide support and advice to the Project Coordinator to ensure that we meet the Code of Conduct and standards expected in all our communications.
The jobholder will travel to the field to gain first-hand knowledge of project work, in order to be able to communicate it accurately.
External Communications:
Establish and maintain a database of stakeholders that would require information on the project and ensure they receive regular briefings on the project
Produce and distribute a quarterly newsletter for key internal and external stakeholders setting out the key activities in the project and wider land issues in Uganda. This will involve engagement with a range of stakeholders.
Produce leaflets, briefings and brochures for existing and potential donors, setting out the nature of our project work.
Suggest story ideas and produce well-written stories of change on the impact of project for specific, pre-agreed/designed purposes
Produce good quality photographs/footage of the impact of project work to be used by Trócaire for specific, pre-agreed/designed purposes including social media
Organising media interviews in coordination with the Project Coordinator.
Assess attitudes and perceptions of target audience on key issues, publications etc. related to the project.
Events Organisation:
Organisation of external meetings especially those set out in the project document including Trócaire-GNPF meetings, VVGT-CSO meetings and JASLF plenary meetings, with support from the administration officer.
Support the Policy Officer – Natural Resources and the Programme Officer – Resource Rights to organise the NULP meetings.
Record minutes of key internal and external meetings especially those outlined in the project documents.
Work in liaison with the project coordinator to organise media events to publicise the activities and achievements of the project.
Assist in the organisation of field visits of supporters, HQ staff, and donors; in particular producing briefing materials on project work they will visit. Potentially accompany such trips to encourage high quality materials coming out of the trip for use in media and communications work.
Other:
Keep abreast of the context in Uganda especially Acholi as it relates to the land issues.
Keep abreast and inform the Country CMT and Project Coordinator of key media news events as they relate to land.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate should hold a degree-level qualification in media, communications or related field.
At least three years of working in communications field.
Possession of post-graduate qualification in a relevant area is desirable
Prior experience of working with CBO/NGO
Experience of working on land issues in Uganda.
Previous exposure and experience of organising NGO and/or government events/meetings
Ability to write in perfect, clear, accessible, English
An excellent communicator with strong social/representation skills
Ability to demonstrate sound experience of communications and media work, including seeking out stories proactively
Ability to produce high standard photographs and video footage
Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Word-processing and desktop publishing software skills to layout work to a very high standard
Able to identify and write strong, interesting stories / case studies
Excellent analytical skills and ability to summarise complex issues clearly
Highly organised, with excellent planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
Extremely well organised, and able to responding swiftly to requests while maintaining a very high quality of output to deadline
Demonstrated capacity to engage with a wide range of actors
Ability to build good relationships with others quickly, to being a team player
Demonstrate a commitment to gender equality and an ability to influence and engage others to support gender issues.
Capable of working efficiently under tight deadlines.
Commitment to Trócaire’s Vision, Mission and Values and an understanding of a partnership approach to development.
Good understanding of media environment in Uganda
A good understanding of development issues in the region, and able to encapsulate them in clear and simple ways.
Fluent spoken and written Acholi desirable
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to fill this application form, Download Here, and send it to recruitmentuganda@trocaire.org. Please indicate position title as subject of E-mail. Send an application letter and updated CV as one pdf as part of the application.
Deadline: 6th February 2017 by 9:00 am