Organization
BUWENGE SHARED HOPE MINISTRY LTD

Call for International Volunteers, Partners, Child Sponsors, General Project Sponsors, Supporters, Donors, Well-Wishers, Country Representatives/Coordinators, Sports Coaches, Promoters of Talented Children and Youths, and Advisers your welcome

Duration
Recruiting now
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Location
Jinja, Eastern Region

Opportunity Details

Ongoing

In-Person

Recruiting now

Kamuli Road, Jinja, Eastern Region, UG

About this Opportunity

We are seeking a multi-talented Communications & Development Associate to support communications across the world. The Communications & Development Associate will have demonstrated succession using written and visual communications to help an organization/business meet its strategic goals. Candidates should have experience in communications, familiarity with industry trends, and using analytics to measure goals so they can hit the ground running. This position is based in East Africa.

In recent years, BSHM has expanded into new schools and districts, as well as growing its community programming and events. The Communications & Development Associate will join the Operations & Communications Manager, Development Manager, and Executive Director to form an Advancement Team that makes our mission sustainable and irresistible. The Communications & Development Associate will significantly increase organizational capacity to align our communications and fundraising work into a cohesive whole.

To grow our capacity for messaging strategy and content development, the Communications & Development Associate will create effective written and visual communications for BSHM multiple audiences across platforms, whether on social media, email newsletters, or mailed fundraising appeals. In addition to original content creation, the Communications & Development Associate will take on essential administrative tasks such as scheduling content, monitoring analytics, and entering donations in the donor database. The Communications and Development Associate will also support communications and logistics for fundraising and signature programming events.

Job Responsibilities include:

  • Support organizational communications efforts including website, email, and social media
  • 60%
  • Coordinate Buwenge Shared Hope Ministry Uganda s social media efforts and email newsletters, from assisting

    • with drafting copy to scheduling posts. Engage with followers and relevant organizations across platforms to increase audience engagement.

  • Create digital and print graphics as well as some video to support communications efforts across the organization.
  • Maintain and update organizational website including blog posts, events, news, and edits as directed.
  • Designs materials such as factsheets, one-pagers, event invitations, annual reports and other supporting materials
  • Create quarterly communications reports noting trends, successes, challenges, and adjustments.
  • Conduct research directed to execute platform and workflow improvements and offer feedback for further growth (e.g. social Mediatrends, ad placement) and content development.
  • Work with other YCWL staff to insure coordinated, unified communications on behalf of the organization
  • Support fundraising communications efforts including donor communications, appeals, and sponsorship as directed by Program Manager - 20%
  • In coordination with Development Manager, plan, draft, and execute bi-monthly

    • donor e-newsletter.

  • Support fundraising appeals, donor campaigns, and solicitation materials, including designing materials and managing logistics for online and mailed appeals.
  • Support funder communications from solicitation through recognition and impact reports. Plan and track all corporate and funder recognition throughout grant/sponsorship periods.
  • Collaborate with Development Manager to explore current and possible new initiatives that honour donors as a unique audience.
    • Support fundraising administration and donor database management
  • 15%
  • Manage donation tracking in donor database to ensure clean, accurate and updated donor records. Prepare and send donor tax acknowledgements.
  • Prepare donor database reports and execute data update projects as directed by Development Manager.
    • Support fundraising and programming events
  • 5%
  • With Development Manager and Operations & Communications Manager assist with planning for fundraising events, including attendee communications, event logistics (reserving event space, catering, run of show, etc.) and event reporting.
  • Solicit in-kind donations for fundraising and/or other events.
  • Support signature programming event logistics such as volunteer recruitment and on-site staffing (3-6 annually).

    • Skills/Interests

    • Administrative

    Issue area

    • Children & Youth

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