The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrenโs rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And itโs girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.
We support childrenโs rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for โ and respond to โ crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.
Role PURPOSE
The USAID Workers Wellness Alliance (WWA) activity presents an agile and measurable platform for the worker, community, government, and private-sector engagement that aligns and supports Ethiopia in its โJourney to Self-reliance.โ WWA works with key stakeholders on outside-the-park initiatives aimed at fostering stable, resilient, and prosperous communities. Targeting populations of newly recruited female factory workers and host community members, WWA introduces a set of interventions with the goals of supporting the arrival and integration of workers into the intervention Industrial Parks (IPs) Cities/Towns and increasing the ability of host communities to benefit from the growing population and expanding industrial base.
The Communications Specialist will plan, develop, and implement an appropriate communications strategy for the Worker's Wellness Alliance Project. He/she will coordinate and communicate with other development networks with key decision makers and serves as a high-level spokesperson of the project with donors and national stakeholders. He/she is required to develop quarterly newsletters of the project and share with donors and national organizations
Accountabilities and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES
- Plan, develop and implement an appropriate communication and advocacy strategies for the project
- Act as a spokesperson for the WWA project with key stakeholders, donors, development networks and others, both national and international.
- Develop and share frequent communication materials to the donor: take photographs, and capture project highlights to share with the donor frequently (for example suitable for social media, as PowerPoints and written reports).
- Support the planning and implementation of the projectโs Year-five workplan and branding works
- Gather success stories, photographs, film footages and interviews from the field as input for communications works at the country office in Addis Ababa
- Work closely with the M&E team on communication campaigns, quarterly and annual reports, and other communications activities
- Collaborate with the WWA team members and project technical teams to develop and produce accurate and engaging web, print, and audiovisual materials for internal and external, technical and general audiences
- Proofread all publications and communications materials
- Assist technical staff in the production and proper branding of various publications as well as project deliverables
- Work with the operations team to develop and maintain a pool of communications professionals to outsource graphics design, illustrations, animation, video recording and documentation works
- Assist in coordinating and following up outsourced tasks including editing, graphics designing, translations, writing proceedings (taking minutes), video documentation and print and audiovisual productions
- Establish and maintain contacts with the media and assist in developing speeches, press releases and organizing media coverage, as necessary based on USAID approval
- Take part in press conferences and briefings, develop fact sheets and talking points, line up interviews and media related interviews in consultation with the Country Office;
- Network with existing and new partners of Industrial Workers related interventions and coordinate with them to build capacity for advocacy
- Share relevant information with country office (CO) and National Office (NO) networks for learning and scaling up best practices
- Coordinate and communicate with other development networks with key decision makers, and liaison with national media
- Implements development strategies to raise the awareness of the public and relevant bodies about Plan and the Alliance (WWA) for gaining support to work together for the causes of high attritions
Other Responsibilities
- Within the scope of the role, there will be additional assignments as needed.
- Seek and promote innovative ideas, approach to ensure quality of work
- Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)
- Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan Internationalโs Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
- Ensures that Plan Internationalโs global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
- Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan Internationalโs global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.
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