Ike Foundation for Autism Vacancy for a Mass Communication/Social Science Graduate
Ike Foundation for Autism is a Nigerian foundation dedicated to bringing attention to autism in Nigeria and helping Nigerians affected by autism.
We are committed to raising awareness and improving lives through
several means: an assessment program for people who may be living with
autism, a resource centre for learning about what autism is, and
outreach programs in schools.
Job Title: Mass Communication/Social Science Graduate
This
is an extensive role and the candidate will be involved in the planning
and implementation of all media across all of IFA’s programs.
The candidate should be
creative and develop innovative ideas for our media awareness
campaigns.
She should be able to work with minimal supervision,
creativity and proactivity being the watch words.
· Liase with key staff on all projects
· She/he
will be responsible for gathering information and stories from various
groups within the healthcare and education sector. She will build on
and develop advocacy materials and work on filming and scripts for
radio.
· She will develop, design and edit materials into
local context and work with focus groups to gather information to aid in
the planning of IFA training and awareness programs.
· Develop innovative strategies to Promote autism to both Urban and rural areas.
· Cover all autism related events and post on the IFA web site and social media platforms.
· Build up links to other website to improve IFA’s SEO
· Work on film and audio interview for the IFA’s in house series.
· Gather information from other service providers
· Develop a photo library for use on all our platforms.
· Source and organise PR and other free media coverage.
· Prepare budgets for the implementation of the programs.
·
The candidate will create, upload and update content on all our social
media platforms and liaise with all media houses keeping abreast with
all autism related events.
· Working with the Director the
candidate will work on materials for workshops and parent and children’s
training programs and provide monthly updates.
Needless to say the candidate
will have a strong grasp of all be Social media platforms and use them
effectively for marketing. Must have an excellent speaking voice, be
confident, well presented and pleasant personality. The candidate must
have the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Experience
- 2 years’ experience in a known media house
- Excellent verbal and written English with knowledge of at least 1 local language
Qualifications
- University Degree in Mass Communications or Social science
Proficiency in the use of computers for:
- Word processing
- Photo Shop and other design package
- Power Point
- Video editing
- E-mail
- Internet
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send CVs to
[email protected]