Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Website updates, maintenance and analytics- write, produce and liaise with the rest of the communications and IT team to agree, maintain and develop content on the website ensuring that it is engaging, up-to-date, and correctly branded
• Provide mailing outreach and related support
• Track, maintain and compel our web and digital communication records
• Contribute to a web and digital communications strategy including social media plans, policy and service management
• Collaborate with web designers on specific projects
• Establish new ways to encourage people to visit, interact with and join our web channels
• Contribute to a digital communications strategy including social media plans
• Working with the communications, IT and Program team to develop and deliver engaging digital public campaigns related to refugees and asylum seekers
• Provide digital content production and management- develop and  maintain our visual content library (images, video, animation, info-graphics) using a range of software tools
• Report on the performance of our website and social media channels using appropriate tools to establish relevant key performance indicators
• Identify patterns, suggest and make improvements to effectiveness of digital communications, where appropriate
• Provide time lined progress reports to the Head of Communications, IT and Program teams
• Keep up to date and inform the team of emerging platforms and trends and the uses of it for engagement activities

Job Requirement

Education/ Qualification Essentials:BSC  degree or post-graduate qualification in Computer Science/Engineering, Media and Communication Science or directly related and relevant qualification

Minimum  Years of Experience:4 years’ experience in IT, Web and Digital Media Communication Officer.

Technical Skill

• Research skills with the ability to produce a range of engaging content on topics of interest to audiences
• Excellent writing skills, with the ability to adapt copy to different audiences, e.g. high impact blogging or copy-writing experience
• Photo editing skills
• A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Effective user of content management systems to create website pages and other content
• Experience of variety of content formats including video/audio, podcasting, wikis, blogs, email, mobile, social networking and user generated content
• Experience of building an online community
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with colleagues and senior management
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to deadlines
• Work successfully to targets, delivering objectives and desired outcomes
• Experience of web and video journalism, including editing
• Ability to use website analytics (Google Analytics and other tool) and interpret the data into meaningful reports.

Personal Qualities

• Confident, articulate and proactive
• Work well under pressure and able to juggle several projects at once
• Client/user focused approach to delivering solutions
• Approachable and adaptable, team player
• Willingness and ability to undertake appropriate training and development as required

Location: Addis Ababa

How to Apply

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual consultant (IC) Selection method set out in the World Bank’s Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 8:30-12:30 AM and 2:00- 5:00 PM local time from Monday to Thursday and from 8.30-5:30 AM and 2:00- 5:00 PM local time on Fridays.

Application/ Expression of Interest along with necessary Documentary Evidences can be sent through the e-mail: [email protected] or can be delivered to the address below marked Expression of Interest for the recruitment of the intended position on or before 10^th March 2020 up to 4:00 P.M local time.

Address:

Ethiopian Investment Commission, Economic Opportunities Program,

Bole Road around Olympia.

Attn: Program Director or Procurement Specialist, 4^th floor, Room No. 405

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.