Senior Brand and Communication Officer – Hargeisa, Somaliland

VACANCIES ANNOUNCEMENT

Position: Senior Brand and Communication Officer

Number: 1 position

Closing Date: 7^th March 2020

Location: Hargeisa Somaliland

SOS Children’s Villages International is the umbrella organization to which all SOS Children’s Villages including SOS Children’s Villages Somaliland Association is affiliated. We are committed to the welfare of children – often throughout the whole of their childhood, and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect. With the SOS Children’s Village concept, the organization pioneered a family approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. SOS Children’s Villages upholds child protection policy and our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children and youth from abuse.

SOS Children’s Villages Somaliland is seeking to recruit Senior Brand and Communication

Officer. Subject to availability of funds,

Priority tasks & responsibilities

• To implement the internal communications strategy to increase staff knowledge and awareness of policies, decisions and events.
• To plan, monitor, evaluate and analyses the external communication environment and inform the Project Director
• To document and report SOS Children’s Villages success stories from the community.
• Identify key Media and foster relationship with them to proactively position the organizations’ topics and messages in the national news agenda.
• Reviewing and producing SOS CV Somaliland publicity materials including but not limited to, Organizational informational brochure, banners and bill boards for better visibility of the organization.
• Provide Public Relations expertise to the Organization.
• Ensure Community Responsibility Relationships that benefit SOS Somaliland in line with its mission.
• Assist IPD manager with expertise for external communications and adaptation of content for all channels, online and offline.

• Providing support in coordinating media involvement in the activities of SOS CV Somaliland activities including press releases and coverage and airing of the MA’s events in print and electronic media; especially those activities that require media coverage.
• Supported by the ICT coordinator updates SOS SX web site on monthly bases.
• In times of CRISIS; Assist crisis communications in close cooperation with the IPD Manager and the Project Director
• Act as an information hub to SOS NO Office.
• Closely cooperate with the Institutional Partnership development manager, Project Director, to pursue a consistent message about the organization and its mission and activities.
• Maintain on-going brand integrity via consistent application of the brand guidelines.
• Facilitates constant orientation of staff on the brand.
• Plan and execute National events for the organization.

Job Profile

Must criteria

• Education: BA in Public relation, Journalism and communication, international studies or any other related field of study
• Work experience: Minimum of three years’ experience working with NGO/civil society sector or public donor organization.

Competencies – knowledge, skills, abilities

(Must-have all of the below or show capability to develop within 6 months at most)

• Good communication skills – must be able to explain the SOS brand concept to others in a convincing and inspiring way
• Fluency in Somali and English languages

• Leadership skills
• Aware of government regulation on communication
• Team player
• Good analytical, decision making and problem solving skills
• Well-developed facilitation and presentation skill
• Computer Proficiency and preferably trained on graphic design.
• Integrity, objectivity, confidence, self-motivation and the ability to gate respect of peer and supervisors,
• Ability to relate the background, philosophy, principles and values of SOS Children’s Villages.

• Basic understanding of marketing.
• Any other similar task assigned by the supervisor

How to apply: 

How to apply: 

Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to: hr@sos-somaliland.org. Closing date is 7^th March 2020. SOS is an equal employer; female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, it is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somaliland understand his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe.

A loving home for every child