Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Develop, implement, and monitor advocacy and communications strategy tor the Right2Grow Uganda country programme. Create content for multiple platforms and audiences including traditional media, social media, presentations, communication materials and infographics. Write popular materials/evidence tor nutritional advocacy at national and local government levels.
Community Engagement and Advocacy
· Organize target District leaders’ meetings to normalize IGITHS of collaboration, coordination structure and mechanism for district CSO nutrition platforms.
· Take lead in coordination of lobby and advocacy activities at District and sub county levels.
· Organize project dissemination meetings at the districts and sub county levels.
· Organize capacity building sessions to strengthen DISTRICT NUTRITION COORDINATION COMMITTEESS on issues of advocacy and communications.
· Convene quarterly nutrition multi-stakeholder meetings on progress of preventing undernutrition at district levels and sub county levels
· Generate lobby briefs for engaging stakeholders to align budgets and programmes on nutrition, WASH and sanitation.
· Develop and implement strategies to increase the brand visibility and outreach of the project.
· Liaise with media outlets to ensure that the appropriate information and messages are reaching the public, including preparing press releases.
· Review of reference materials, identification of reference materials tor retention. Maintenance of information database and photo library.
· Prepare promotional material on the project, including pamphlets, newsletters and videos.
· Organize training of THP-U and R2G project staff on effective communications and advocacy.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications & Journalism, Media Studies, Communications Strategy, Development Communication or relevant discipline.
· A minimum of five years of relevant experience in providing communication packages to promote the activities of organization, preferably a development organization.
· Experience in developing, implementing, and monitoring an advocacy and communication strategies.
· Experience developing publications or communication materials for advocacy on nutrition, WASH and sanitation work.

· Experience coordinating projects including managing internal communications, calendars, and meeting notes
· Experience managing social media accounts, website content, and editing an organizational logs.
· Familiar with CSO civic space in Uganda in relation to policy and budget advocacy
· Experience writing for both popular and academic publications
· ln-depth understanding of media industry and knowledge of various media outlets, including preparing press releases on the project
· Experience in graphic design including use of Adobe Creative Suite.
· Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and graphic designing/ web-based management systems.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications, detailed CV and copies of their academic certificates as a single PDF document by email to Uganda.Personnel@thp.org Please indicate the position applied for in the subject line. Hard copies can be delivered to; The Hunger Project Uganda — Plot BA, Nakasero Lane, Kisozi Complex P.0. Box 26393, Kampala. Uganda

Deadline: 9th March, 2021 by 5:00pm