EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Position: Communication
Officer – with Stipend
REF: SOSJ/HR/004/2/15
Duty Station: Arusha, Tanzania
The
School of St Jude is a charity funded school that provides a FREE, high-quality
education to over 1,850 primary and secondary children from the poorest
communities in Arusha.
We are seeking a creative energetic individual to fill the position above based in Arusha,
Tanzania at the School of St Jude.
Job Purpose:
Responsible for communicating and
updating both current supporters of the school as well as potential supporters
Key Responsibilities:
- Setting up communication plans so that sponsors and donors are updated.
·
Maintaining accurate database
records in respect to what has been communicated with supporters
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Constantly reviewing
communication and investigate ways to improve quality and supporter engagement
potential.
·
Update all business and
academic leaders on any post form 6 initiatives and write brief reports for the
boards of the school.
·
Work with other staff within
the office also working towards raising funds for the near 1900 students within
the school currently receiving a free education due to fundraising efforts
within the office
- Ability to prepare documents that could be used as templates for many recipients.
·
To perform
any other duties as requested by Manager/Founder
Skills and Competence:
- Strong creative writing skills
- Great team player
- Energetic, consistent and dedicated personality
- Good Publisher, Adobe and Word skills
- Excellent written English skills
- Must have a good grasp of written English and able to write in a friendly, informal, warm and engaging house style
- Detail orientated
- Flexible and able to adapt to diverse briefs.
- Organisational skills
A minimum commitment of 24 months
is expected.
Living allowance:
International applicants receive a comfortable
monthly living allowance, which is enough to live on but not enough to fund
travel around Africa. For further information regarding volunteering at The
School of St Jude please visit our website http://www.schoolofstjude.org/join-us/volunteer.html
There is a monthly stipend given of $ 450 USD plus
basic accommodation onsite.
Interested Candidates for this job are kindly
requested to send their CV accompanied by a cover letter to recruitment@schoolofstjude.co.tz. THE SUBJECT LINE MUST BE THE JOB REFERENCE NUMBER.
ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL
BE CONTACTED!