The Communication Officer will lead outreach to IITA\u2019s strategic consortium partners\/stakeholders to ensure our activities are properly promoted and communicated. He\/She will be responsible for the
\nmanagement and implementation of the communication strategy of the Cocoa soils programme in IITA and its partners among others.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Communication Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n Primary Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The Communication Officer will coordinate the promotion of public IMAGE of activities under the\u00a0Cocoa soils, which may include the publication of news and press releases, brochures and\/or related Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 University Degree required Master\u2019s Degree preferred Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Applicants should send a covering letter and CV (4 pages maximum) explaining their interest in the position, relevant documents and testimonials and the names and addresses (telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. Applications should be addressed to: Dr. Richard Asare, Cocoa Scientist, IITA-Ghana, PMB LG 56, Accra-Ghana Or submit by email to: iitaghana@gmail.com<\/p>\n Closing Date: 31 January, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Communication Officer will lead outreach to IITA\u2019s strategic consortium partners\/stakeholders to ensure our activities are properly promoted and communicated. He\/She will be responsible for the management and implementation of…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-7sp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nmaterials and other communications materials
\n\u2022 Manage sponsor reporting, including project proposals, interim updates and final reports
\n\u2022 Manage the production of regular reporting, including the annual report, newsletters, updates, as well as any ad hoc report as required
\n\u2022 Implement our communications strategic plan
\n\u2022 Design fliers, brochure, profiles, infographics, advertisement, calendar, logos and any other graphics as needed
\n\u2022 Review and refine existing communication channels and strategies and implement new channels and marketing campaigns to broaden our support network and effectiveness
\n\u2022 Manage social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the website blog
\n\u2022 Update website content on WordPress<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in communications, Journalism, Community Outreach, Public relations, International Studies and\/or a related field<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Experience working with government of Ghana officials, Civil society organisations and community-based organisations
\n\u2022 Experience working with funding partners if any and\/or its development partners
\n\u2022 Experience utilizing social media tools and managing online content
\n\u2022 Ability to communicate well in local language preferred
\n\u2022 Must work well under pressure and generally outgoing and comfortable meeting new people. Due to the nature of the work he\/she must be accurate, flexible, enthusiastic and responsible
\nLocation: Accra<\/p>\n