Communications Officer

at Seaowl Group
Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted August 5, 2022
Category Communication
Management
Job Type Contract
Currency TZS

Description

JOB DETAILS:
Responsible for delivering planned, consistent internal communications plans and campaigns about the Project making good use of existing internal communications channels while being innovative on new communications channels.

Responsibilities
• Ensure innovative internal communication tools in place and updated.

• Coordinate documentation of internal activities in multimedia formats and oversee the whole process of content production and lead contractors in the process.
• Managing internal media platforms.
• Coordinate the implementation of internal events and activities.
• Create engaging multimedia content to inform, motivate and inspire employees i.e. news articles, posts, blogs, and announcements for various internal communications channels
• Participate in the design and delivery of campaigns, implementing and measuring their effectiveness.
• Participate in departmental communications planning, working with other teams to ensure messages to staff are well planned and timely.

• Plan and manage internal events, activities and campaigns.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Internal Communication performance and budget evaluation.
• Ensure internal messages are communicated to employees in a clear, timely and effective manner, using a highly engaging writing style and format.
• Review and edit content drafted by internal stakeholders and make recommendations to ensure messaging is consistent with internal strategy and tone.
• Manage communication and design agencies to produce deliverables on time and on budget.
• Create and execute strategic internal communications plans for technical teams.
• Experience working with creative teams do develop content and internal campaigns.
• Work with key internal technical team focal persons to support internal communication messaging.
• Work closely with other communications team members, to ensure a cohesive communications approach.
• context and environment
• EACOP is a major and complex pipeline project, with a growing and diverse portfolio of internal stakeholders based at the Dar es Salaam office and in the field along the pipeline route regions.
• EACOP is a newly created company for which internal communications plans, tools and calendars have to be developed.
• accountabilities
• Ensure that the Company Policies, rules, guidelines and procedure are followed.
• Provide continuous, reliable and relevant reporting to the management.
• Coordinate documentation of internal activities in multimedia formats and oversee the whole process of content production and lead contractors in the process.

Qualifications And Required Experience
• Professional experience:
• BA. degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field.
• Professional experience: minimum 4 years of relevant experience in corporate communications.
• Experience in internal communication management.
• Ability to translate complex business information into engaging content.
• Outstanding communications skills, both written and oral.
• Strong knowledge of communication practices and techniques.
• Capable of working independently with strong prioritizing.
• Multimedia Content writing and production experience.
• Multitasker and capable of simultaneously managing multiple projects with different deadlines.
• Strong team player.
• Self-starter, able to work with general direction and exercise independent judgment.
• Familiarity with information technology such as intranet management and other digital tool.
• Preferably be of Swahili mother tongue with excellent fluency in English (speaking and writing).
• Ability to work with staff at all levels to understand activities and advise on communication policies, processes and procedures.
• Swahili to English and English to Swahili translations