About the Organization

Development for Peace Organization (DPO) is an Ethiopian National Organization, established in Addis Ababa 2020. The organization is officially registered in accordance with legislation on Agency for Civil Society Organization by the registration number of 5164 with mission to improve the lives of disadvantaged people through increasing their access to Health and Education services, supporting Income Generation and improving the natural environment, WaSH, one to one sponsorship, Humanitarian Response program and Peace and Reconciliation by applying a holistic and participatory approach.Duties and Responsibilities 

Job Summary

Under the guidance of the Director General the PR officer is mainly responsible for drafting, editing and updating the articles, press releases, project descriptions for various communication channels.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the consistency of DPO, Donner and Partner design, logo and style guide usage by technical staff within the project for all publications;

• Drafting, editing and/ or updating articles, press releases, project descriptions for various communication channels, including social media and fact sheets;

• Liaising with DPO team in the implementation of the project Communication and Visibility Plan;

• Coordinating and establishing press contacts for the project;

• Monitoring of media reports on project in channels;

• Drafting and editing of project impact story telling;

• Updating and maintaining the DPO communication platforms such as Community, Intranet;

• Development of communication products, incl. graphic design;

• Liaising with external service providers (printing companies, graphic designers, photographers etc.) and managing contracts with suppliers and contractors;

• Performs any additional activities which may assigned by the Director General.       

Job Requirements

Qualifications

Education

• BA/MA in PR/communication/ journalism/marketing/similar

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years for BA and 3 years for MA in similar role

Preferred Skills

• Strategic thinking

• Good IT skills

• Excellent communication skill both orally and in writing

• Presentation skill

• Initiative and creativity

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates shall fill out this form CLICK HERE   and submit their motivation letter along with their non- returnable recent resume (Word or PDF) through recruitment@devforpeace.org until Sep 21, 2022.

Qualified women are highly appreciated to apply!

Note: Use " Public Relation Officer " as the subject line of your email !