Senior Media & Communication Officer
Fulltime / 40 hours a week
Contract length: 1 Year with the possibility of extension
Location: Hargeisa, with frequent travel to the other area of operations
JOB PURPOSE:
The Media and Communications Officer will work closely with Oxfam Somalia teams and the regional communications teams to promote stories to key audiences via their preferred regional, national and specialist media. As a professional and persuasive writer, the primary goal is to achieve media coverage by crafting stories, arranging interviews, and building relationships with journalists. The incumbent will need to have an excellent understanding of offline and online media and be ready to take advantage of opportunities.
The incumbent will be responsible for enhancing Oxfam’s Somalia/Somaliland project’s visibility with its donor, beneficiaries, partners, and the public by documenting and profiling success stories required for donor reporting. This will require the incumbent to work closely with all field teams and partners (15 to 18) implementing projects on behalf of Oxfam.
. The successful candidate should demonstrate prior experience in multimedia i.e., video filming and editing, graphic design and photography.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
Fluent in written and spoken English and Somali.
Please apply for the position by clicking the Apply button. Application Deadline on 27 May 2024. However, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and assessments might be carried out before the Deadline, Female candidates are highly recommeded to apply.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.
Oxfam aims to attract great talent that not only fits the job but also Oxfam’s high standard of values and principles, who shares and demonstrates Oxfam’s commitment to prevent and eradicate any type of misconduct including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any other type of misuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks, or integrity screenings/references relating to misconduct and disciplinary actions in prior employment.