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AWAC Vacancy 2023 – Communication Associate / Volunteer

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AWAC Vacancy 2023 – Communication Associate / Volunteer

The Alliance of Women Advocating for Change (AWAC) is an umbrella network of grass root emerging female sex worker (FSW) led organizations. AWAC was established in 2015 by champions of the female sex worker movement. We exist to promote the voices and work of grassroot FSWs led organizations based in rural and peri-urban settings.

  • Job Title: Communication Associate / Volunteer
  • Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
  • Position(s): Fresher Jobs
  • Applications Closing Date: 15th April 2023
  • Vacancy Type: Permanent/Temporary.
  • Organisation: Alliance of Women Advocating for Change (AWAC)
  • Reports to: Programmes Manager

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AWAC’s strategic plan, and Sex Workers’ Advocacy Agenda was developed to facilitate effective intersectional advocacy and service delivery related work to a broad range of Female Sex Workers and other audiences in Uganda through the strategic and timely flow of accurate information.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with the programmes team to develop monthly communication action plans and reports.
  • Develop the communications strategy.
  • Develop weekly and monthly advocacy content calendars for running activities, projects, and campaigns.
  • Work with and support the program team to identify and document project-specific impact/ success stories and ensure these are profiled through AWAC’s various communication channels and donor reports.
  • Understand and support the execution of AWAC’s brand strategy and visibility.
  • Write activity blogs and compile content for a monthly newsletter.
  • Write and edit activity blogs/articles, op-eds, etc
  • Support in the development annual reports.
  • Design activity and campaign: graphic posters, fliers, and brochures.
  • Produce infographics, comics, and promotional videos
  • Working with the programme officers to take photos, capture interview videos and produce them into short, summary videos, especially during public events and outreach meetings.
  • Work with the program team to support planning and organizing internal and public events as well as community outreaches and meetings in line with AWAC’s advocacy priorities.
  • Support live streaming of AWAC events under the guidance of the programmes manager.
  • Work closely with the programmes manager to create activity and project/campaign-based social media engagement plans on a weekly and monthly basis.
  • Create daily social media posts in line with project goals and share them on all the AWAC social media platforms.
  • Work with the advocacy team to develop and publish monthly comic series on various given topics.
  • Work with the programme officers to prepare and share a monthly newsletter with key donors and partners detailing the month’s key highlights at AWAC.
  • Produce and share monthly podcasts on various topics
  • Work with the programme officers to arrange for media coverage at all AWAC events.
  • Develop creative content scripts in line with SRH-R that can be translated into short films.
  • and any other duty as assigned by the programmes’ manager.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Highly passionate, goal-focused person who is fervent about communication in intersectional SRH-R advocacy
  • Capability of creating attractive and branding communication messages, real time interaction on social media platforms and social media influencing
  • Good understanding of different audience’s message needs, producing strong messages, coming up with brilliant advocacy campaign Ideas
  • The applicant must be skilled in doing photography, graphic design, creative writing, animations, videography, and production

How to Apply to Alliance of Women Advocating for Change Vacancy:

All candidates should send a motivation letter (one page), updated CV (3 pages max), one reference/recommendation letter to info@awacuganda.org and copy in mugiddej@awacuganda.org and ssemakulam@awacuganda.org

All candidates should send their updated CVs and application letters via Email to: Dan.Kitamirike@jubileeuganda.com

Tel: +256754900901/ +256784701294 for any inquiries

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the very heart of everything that AWAC stands for.
  • AWAC values the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
  • We foster an organizational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights, and inclusion. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with AWAC’s Human Resource manual and Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.
  • It is important to note that Associates/volunteers are not paid monthly salaries, but rather a monthly stipend and there are quite a several field activities that are facilitated and, in the case of any internal opportunities, volunteers are given priority.

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