Assist project management and facilitate timely and regular information dissemination and sharing among stakeholders and beneficiaries on project implementation issues such as best practice & success stories and to ensure effective stakeholder participation, strong communication mechanisms and efficient service delivery.

Roles and responsibilities

• Refine/develop and supervise the implementation of the project Communication Strategy in line   with the Project Development Objective;

• Monitor and evaluate of communication strategy

• Assess information needs of the stakeholders, beneficiaries and development partners and prepare targeted messages on project issues.

• Promote best practice, lessons and success story in collaboration with Public Relation Directorate of MoA on project implementation

• Work in close coordination with communities being funded under the project in determining information needs/rights of access to community assets established or support provided to the community.

• Liaise with print/electronic media on promotion of the project activities and success stories.

• Work with local media groups to disseminate project messages through songs, drama and theatre.

• Establish and maintain a website for the project in liaison with the IT Directorate of MoA

• Review the information on the Project website and provide content development support and ensure website promotion on social and local media in the regular basis.

• Organize media events such as press conferences, talk-shows, interviews of key project staff and stakeholders on public and private media with the collaboration of public relation Directorate.

• Supervise the development of printed, multimedia and/or web-based publications (case studies, research reports, project updates, newsletters etc.) and provide quality control in line with the project corporate identity and standards.

• Generate specific outputs (deliverables) as determined from time to time in the respective projected work plans for each quarter.

• Prepare promotional materials, brochures, leaflets, photo gallery, videos etc

• Perform any other duties assigned from project manager

Job Requirement

Qualifications:   B.A or M.A or PhD degree in Communication/Journalism, Public Relation and other related field of study

Work Experience and competence

• 12, 10 and 8 years of experience for B.A, M.A and PhD degree respectively.

• Experience in communication and media relations, media campaigns and promotional material development, information management system application,

• Experience in using a wide range of communication tools in print, broadcasting, electronic and local media

• Experience in working with grass roots communities, non-governmental organizations multilateral and bilateral development agencies and government.

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

• Work with minimum supervision and deliver under pressure

• Exhibit high level of integrity and ethical code of conduct

• Excellent computer application skills

Contract duration: The duration of the assignment will be for one year but extendable depending on the satisfactory performance of the employee.

Duty station: Addis Ababa with occasional travel to project Regions, Woredas, and Kebeles

Salary: As per the standard of salaries set by the project

How To Apply

Submit your CV and Supportive document in person to the Ministry of Agriculture, around Gurd shoal Behind the Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration Block A 4th Floor, Human Resource Executive