Communications Officer: Mott MacDonald

JOB DETAILS

Mott MacDonald - DEEPEN is a UK government-funded programme designed to improve the quality of education in private schools in Nigeria.

The programme will support low-cost schools in particular and is initially focused on the private school market in Lagos.

Job Description
Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• All aspects of the programme’s communications activities and strategy, working across the Results and Learning and technical teams as required.
• Work with the senior management team to develop and implement an effective communications strategy for the programme,
• Proactively engage with all members of the technical team on a regular basis to understand their current/planned activities in detail and identify their communication needs
• Identify and highlight any political and/or commercial sensitivities arising from programme interventions and/or communications
• Consider and promote the sustainability of communications
• Willingness to be flexible and prepared to contribute to the programme on other duties as required;

Desirable:

• Degree in Strategic Mass Communications (particularly in the context of behavioural change and/or social development) or the media;
• Relevant professional qualification in journalism, public relations or communications (i.e. CIPR, ACCA, CIM, etc.);
• Experience working on education and/or international development projects or programmes, specifically those concerned with private education and/or low-cost private schools;
• Experience of working within an M4P framework;
• Experience of working in project capacity with the Ministry of Education;
• Proven track record of using innovative communications where conventional approaches have not offered adequate solutions;
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams in projects or programmes with components of social development and/or poverty reduction; and
• Experience working with donor agencies (specifically DFID).