Vacancy title:
Communications Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Media, Communications & Writing]

Jobs at:
Peek Vision

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, October 6 2025

Duty Station:
Uganda | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 24 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

As Communications Officer at Peek Vision, you will be part of a small, dynamic team responsible for increasing the visibility and impact of our work among global audiences. You’ll plan, create, and publish engaging, high-quality content across a variety of channels, while also supporting colleagues in preparing for external events and presentations. Creative and adaptable, you’ll produce eye-catching visual and video content and craft concise, compelling copy tailored to a range of audiences. You’ll also support the smooth running of the communications function by maintaining and improving internal systems and processes - helping us scale our communications effectively to deliver even greater impact.

In this role you’ll take a strategic approach to aligning our activities with our organisation-wide goals. You'll work closely with the Head of Corporate Communications & PR and the Head of Communications (Partnerships & Digital), as well as colleagues across the organisation and external partners, to source powerful stories, visuals, and content that bring our mission to life.

Peek’s culture promotes individual ownership, accountability and collaboration across and within teams, with team leads playing a supportive role in wellbeing, development and prioritisation.  Peek’s staff are distributed internationally around the globe and our customers and software users operate and deliver programmes in multiple countries. Travel to programmes using Peek in different countries will be part of the role (in line with Peek’s Travel Safety Policy). 

Responsibilities and Attributes

The 5 key responsibilities of the role are:

• Create compelling content to engage key audiences: Plan, create, and publish engaging written, visual, and video content across a range of channels such as social media, website, and newsletter to promote Peek’s work. Our varied audiences include NGOs, eye hospitals, government stakeholders, Peek software users, and high value donors.
• Manage and develop our social media presence: Run our social media channels to build our reputation, deliver engaging content, gather market and sector insights, and help meet our objectives. Our priority channel is currently LinkedIn, and we are also active on Instagram, Facebook, and X.
• Support colleagues attending external events: Provide communications materials and guidance to colleagues participating in events such as conferences, advocacy meetings, and presentations, to ensure strong and consistent representation of Peek.
• Maintain and improve team systems and processes: Manage and develop tools that support the efficiency and impact of the Communications team. This includes maintaining our digital asset management system for photos and brand assets, as well as updating our website and managing some internal compliance and administrative tasks.
• Collaborate to source impactful content and ensure brand consistency: Work with internal teams and external partners to gather compelling stories, images, and content, and help ensure all communications reflect consistent messaging and branding for Peek. 

The 6 key attributes we have identified for the role are:

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, with the ability to create concise, compelling copy for diverse audiences. 
• Experience of managing corporate or other organisational social media accounts with an understanding of tone, strategy, audience engagement, and evaluation.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects and maintain systems and processes to a high standard.
• Creative and adaptable, with the skills to produce impactful visual and multimedia content with a tailored approach for different platforms and audiences.
• Collaborative and proactive, comfortable working across teams to engage and influence at all levels. Also with a good understanding of the communications needs involved in working with external partners.
• Proficient in using a range of digital tools for design, content and campaign evaluation, content management and email, such as Canva, Wordpress, and Mailchimp (or equivalents).  

Desirable attributes for the role are:

• Knowledge of digital analytics and how to use data to improve content performance (such as social media analytics, Google analytics etc).
• Experience working in a global health, international development, social enterprise or not-for-profit context. 
• Insights into how AI tools might be used to enhance the role, ethically and in line with Peek’s data security principles. 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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