BRAC TANZANIA FINANCE LIMITED (BTFL) is the largest Microfinance organization in Tanzania with a mission to responsibly provide a range of financial services to people at the bottom of the pyramid. We particularly focus on women living in poverty in rural and hard-to-reach areas to create self-employment opportunities, build financial resilience, and harness women’s entrepreneurial spirit by empowering them economically.
BRAC Tanzania Finance LTD is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individual to fill up the following position.
Job Location: Dar es Salaam
Job Title: Communication Manager
Job Responsibilities:
- Support BRAC internationals’ transformation strategy with appropriate internal and external communication interventions
- Develop Country Communications strategy for Tanzania
- Support in developing communications strategy for key program
- Correspond with employees and external stakeholders to keep them informed of organizational developments.
- Collaborate with media on various levels and initiate ideas to preserve and promote Organizational
- Schedule interviews and media events and help in preparing reports and seeking approval for use of media extracts.
- Act as spoke person for BRAC Tanzania Finance LTD.
- Developing relationships with key media to secure and grow media coverage online and offline.
- Increase brand equity and support reputation management
- Support BRAC Tanzania Finance LTD’s mission and program priorities
- Capacity building of Country Focal for Crisis Communication and Brand Building
- Collating and analyzing current communications and messages and ensuring consistency
- Other duties may include issuing press releases, arranging interviews, case stories and compiling press kits.
Safeguarding
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Master’s or bachelor’s degree in journalism, Mass communication, Public relation and marketing.
- Minimum Five (5) years’ experience working in an International Organization
- Strong writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, professional printing/publishing skills are essential, including ability to present concepts verbally
- Strong knowledge and understanding of current trends in digital/social media
- Photographic skills
- Must possess excellent organizational skills
- Must have a good network with local media
How to apply:
If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please apply by sending your CV and cover letter through email to: [email protected] with a subject “Communications Manager”.
The application deadline is 31.01.2025
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
***BRAC Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer and is against all forms of Exploitation, discrimination and harassment at workplace.
