Communication Officer
2025-05-22T20:10:03+00:00
Promoting Equity in Africa (PEAS)
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FULL_TIME
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Media, Communications & Writing
2025-06-05T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
8
PEAS is an international education not-for-profit with the mission to ‘expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa’. Since 2008, PEAS has built and operated high quality low-cost not-for-profit secondary schools in close partnership with government in communities where there is urgent unmet demand for secondary education. We currently run 30 secondary schools in Uganda and 6 in Zambia serving over 19,000 students. After a number of rigorous external studies in recent years, we know that our school model works. In Uganda, PEAS students are from the poorest communities and have worse primary school exam results than average. However, once they enrol in a PEAS school they go on to make faster academic progress than their more privileged peers. Importantly, this is achieved at a lower cost per student than in other school types
Measuring impact As an organisation and individuals, we all have key performance indicators to keep us focussed on our overall objectives. We track these throughout the year and review them annually to make sure they align with what we want to achieve. The Communication Officer’s impact will be measured against the following:
• Gather and document human interest stories from the field, based on programme deliverables or implementation, that demonstrate the organisation’s impact
• Effectively set up and manage social media platforms, keeping external audiences abreast with current stories and impact
• Develop communication strategy, and annually generate implementation plans, and ensure alignment with overall organisation strategy and key priorities
• Effective coordination of media and other branding events throughout the year, where peas visibility is critical.
• Represent peas in external meeting related to communication or branding and liaise with strategic partners, donors and other like minded organisation on issues related to communication.
Lead on all media facing events, ensure identification of media channels for peas communications, mindful of the intended beneficiaries • Lead in generating human interest stories, based on field activities and package them for local media channels • Working with the Business Development Team and local Programme staff, provide support in acquisition of on line and off line tools for business development. • Working with the Business Development team and local Programme staff, provide support in acquisition of website material required to managing or updating the website. • Work with Business development team and school network staff in obtaining, assembling, coordinating, materials and events • Where necessary, act as a representative of PEAS to communicate the work of the organisation in line with corporate guidelines • Tapping into the national and local media to increase Peas’ visibility in Uganda using the most appropriate and targeted approaches. • Production of communication materials (brochures, leaflets, stickers, etc) to profile Peas’ work in Uganda. • Responsible for the development and implementation of the Activity’s communication strategy to support project goals. • Lead on ensuring branding, marking, and accessibility consistency and compliance across events, messages, and products. • Improves, creates, and maintains knowledge about management systems and sharing of templates, processes/procedures, resources, and best practices in an easily accessible manner for Workforce Development of staff • Where necessary, generate stories for news production and balanced and cutting-edge television stories and a regular education news features • Events Management of both small and high-level events • Coordinated media management, media field trips and media coverage • Digital media content development for different social media platforms
Bachelor’s degree in mass communication or related qualification from a recognised university. • Four years experience in similar or related roles will be required. • Good communication skills. • Adheres to peas’ Child Protection Policy • Ability to take good photos and video shoots • Willing to speak up and proactively raise issues • Good creative writing and computer skills. • Good mobilization skills. • A good team player. • Creativity and innovation. • Ability to work with minimum supervision. • Analytical
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Vacancy title:
Communication Officer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Media, Communications & Writing]
Jobs at:
Promoting Equity in Africa (PEAS)
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, June 5 2025
Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 22 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
PEAS is an international education not-for-profit with the mission to ‘expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa’. Since 2008, PEAS has built and operated high quality low-cost not-for-profit secondary schools in close partnership with government in communities where there is urgent unmet demand for secondary education. We currently run 30 secondary schools in Uganda and 6 in Zambia serving over 19,000 students. After a number of rigorous external studies in recent years, we know that our school model works. In Uganda, PEAS students are from the poorest communities and have worse primary school exam results than average. However, once they enrol in a PEAS school they go on to make faster academic progress than their more privileged peers. Importantly, this is achieved at a lower cost per student than in other school types
Measuring impact As an organisation and individuals, we all have key performance indicators to keep us focussed on our overall objectives. We track these throughout the year and review them annually to make sure they align with what we want to achieve. The Communication Officer’s impact will be measured against the following:
• Gather and document human interest stories from the field, based on programme deliverables or implementation, that demonstrate the organisation’s impact
• Effectively set up and manage social media platforms, keeping external audiences abreast with current stories and impact
• Develop communication strategy, and annually generate implementation plans, and ensure alignment with overall organisation strategy and key priorities
• Effective coordination of media and other branding events throughout the year, where peas visibility is critical.
• Represent peas in external meeting related to communication or branding and liaise with strategic partners, donors and other like minded organisation on issues related to communication.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 48
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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