Vacancy title:
Internal Communications Officer (part-time)

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

Jobs at:
Climate Action Network (CAN)

Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, August 6 2025

Duty Station:
Uganda | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Working within the CAN-I Communications team, the responsibilities of the CAN-I Internal Communications Officer include:

• Co-develop and execute an internal communications strategy for the CANI secretariat
• Co-create and design communications content, including email updates, newsletters and presentations for the CAN network
• Co-create, write and design flagship reports for CANI, including the annual report
• Co-create, write and design pitch-decks for fundraising purposes
• Co-create, write and design presentations for internal and external webinars, and clip up key interventions for use on social media 
• Create digital promotional content for webinars across the network and for social media
• Create and publish LinkedIn posts for 
• Populate and manage the governance and people sections of the CANI website
• Basic capturing and editing of videos and photos at key internal events, particularly the Annual Strategy Meeting, and their timely distribution to the network
• Work with CANI teams to ensure internal communication is clear, consistent, and aligned with goals, values, tone and style
• Work with CANI secretariat team to ensure the CAN logo is being consistently and coherently used for network communications
• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of internal communications, and make recommendations for improvement based on feedback and data analysis
• Develop and maintain a content calendar to ensure that internal communications are timely and relevant
• Together with the CAN-I Communications team, provide support to address additional needs of the CAN-I Secretariat, such as the design and distribution of the ECO newsletter 

Education and professional qualifications: 

At least three years’ experience – and no more than five years – in internal communications, with a focus on design and content creation rather than strategy, working in an organisation – not necessarily not-for-profit, or equivalent academic/vocational experience in communications.

• Proven internal communications and design expertise.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of newsletter writing and of email marketing tools, for example, MailChimp.
• Proficient English writing skills
• Design and photo editing skills, for example, Photoshop, Adobe and Canva for enhancing reports.
• Proven track record of communicating complex, sensitive or technical issues in creative, simple terms. 
• Great communication and coordination skills with strong attention to detail.
• Understanding of civil society priorities working in the climate justice movement.
• Basic image capturing and editing skills for videos and photos.
• Basic website uploading experience.

Skills and abilities

• Comfortable and confident in taking initiative, and working independently and proactively.
• Organised and able to work to manage tasks and meet deadlines. 
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and ability to work effectively in different socio-cultural contexts.
• Experienced in working remotely and using IT tools, as part of a diverse and international team.
• Strong identification with CAN’s values including but not limited to transparency, honesty,  inclusiveness, empathy, solidarity and respect. 

Language ability

• Fluency in spoken and written English required. 
• Any additional language will be an advantage.  

IT skills and requirements 

• Computer skills: advanced competence in MS Office, Google Suite, and Zoom, and project management tools, e.g. Slack.
• Knowledge of communication tools like Mailchimp, WordPress and social media tools.
• Comfortable editing content – text, video, photo – quickly and on brand.
• Ability to coordinate and/or lead meetings and work plans in a virtual environment. 

Travel

• Ability to travel internationally up to 15% of the time, incl. ability and availability to travel for 1-2 weeks, once or twice yearly.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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