Communications Associate

Key Responsibilities We seek a Senior Communications Associate to support strategic communications, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement initiatives. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping narratives, amplifying development-focused regulatory reforms, and enhancing visibility for the organisation's thought leadership and impact across Africa. We seek a Senior Communications Associate to support strategic communications, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement initiatives. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping narratives, amplifying development-focused regulatory reforms, and enhancing visibility for the organisation's thought leadership and impact across Africa. This role requires strong storytelling abilities, a deep understanding of policy and governance issues, and demonstrated experience in both traditional and digital communications within a development, policy, or public affairs context. Design and implement communication strategies that advance the organisation’s mission, amplify policy advocacy efforts, and engage diverse stakeholder groups. Develop high-quality, accessible content for multiple platforms, including policy briefs, reports, case studies, blogs, newsletters, speeches, and social media. Translate complex policy, regulatory, and economic issues into compelling stories for external audiences, including donors, media, policymakers, and the public. Support media relations by preparing press releases, briefing documents, media kits, and coordinating interviews or op-eds. Lead content creation and campaign management for social media, website, and digital outreach, ensuring consistent messaging and brand positioning. Monitor political, regulatory, and development trends across Africa to inform proactive and responsive communications. Coordinate stakeholder communications for events, webinars, policy forums, and high-level meetings. Track and evaluate communications performance through media monitoring, digital analytics, and reporting. Contribute to proposal development and donor reporting by providing communications inputs, success stories, and visibility reports. Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s in Communications, Journalism, Political Science, Development Studies, Public Policy, or a related field. At least 3 - 5 years of professional experience in strategic communications, advocacy communications, development communications, or public affairs. Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to varied audiences. Strong understanding of governance, regulatory systems, public policy, and/or development issues in Africa. Experience managing social media platforms, digital content creation, and communications campaigns. Experience working with donor-funded organisations, development agencies, NGOS, or policy think tanks is highly desirable. Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines. #J-18808-Ljbffr