Communications Interns
Job Start Date: June 2012
Commitment required: 3 Months
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Job Summary
Communications Intern will work with a team of youths to progress the aims of information dissemination to refugees.
We need someone who is extremely creative to create a very user friendly, interactive and extremely informative website.
Job Responsibility
(1) Manage Word Press Blog with the Dadaab Youth Groups around the Camps
(1a) Edit/Prepare/Publish Blog Entries
Receive blog entries from Youths umbrella team members in Dadaab Refugee Camps
Read and edit entries so they communicate the desired message. This includes grammar, punctuation, spelling and ensuring the message fits in an international context.
Publish entries to word press blog as frequent as possible
(1b) Suggest material/content for blog
Maintain an overall idea of the effectiveness of the blog/and website
Suggest desired content to the youth umbrellas
(2a) Create schedule for reporting from the Youth Umbrella Members
(2b) Support the youths in submission of Face book posts – ensure work is done properly
(3) Support the youths in Dadaab Camps in managing the website and update material as needed
Weekly updates of blog links, news or photos to show newest activity
(4) Support the dadaab youths manage You tube Account and assist the youth capture take weekly videos on camp events and post onto You tube account
Use You tube network to recruit new viewers to the youths site
Read and edit (grammar/punctuation/spelling) all material that is included in monthly newsletters
Required Skills:
Exceptional communication and organizational skills
Good knowledge of HTML and experience with social media tools, specifically: twitter, you tube, face book, word press, google docs, dropbox you tube
Basic Adobe Photoshop skills (preferred) Strong knowledge of CMS systems (JOOMLA, WORDPRESS, PHOTOSTORE)
Passionate about blogging and writing
Friendly and conversational
Technologically savvy
In addition the skills you will need are:
Knowledge of humanitarian contexts
The right candidate will have a passion for all things digital and have an active digital life through different social media platforms.
Are you interested?
If you are this person, please send us an email to: hr-dadaab@lwfkenya.org introducing yourself and telling us why you are the right person for this exciting opportunity.
Attach also your CV before 16th June 2012.