Communications Associate At WAVE

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Job Title:	Communications Associate At WAVE
Organisation:	WAVE
Location:	Lagos State
Min Work Experience:	No Specified year(s)
Qualification:	No Specified Qualification
Industry:	Project Management
Course:	RELATED DISCIPLINE

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WAVE is solving what is arguably the biggest challenge on the continent: youth unemployment. In West Africa, 40-85% of youth, more than 50 million, are either unemployed or underemployed. Meanwhile, job creation in the region is on the rise. The disconnect between work-ready youth and the employment market must be bridged.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Communications Associate

Location: Lagos

Ready for Work - Project Scope

The Ready for Work movement is a WAVE initiative birthed in 2017. Ready for Work is an advocacy movement for competency-based education and hiring practices by acting as a bridge between educators, employers, and government while engaging with local and global leaders in the education and youth employment space.
Specifically, the movement promotes inclusive hiring for competencies rather than credentials or work experience and collaboration between educators and employers to make the curriculum more industry-relevant and transition work-ready youth into meaningful employment.

Position Summary

The MB Communications Associate is responsible for developing and implementing a communication strategy that will support the Ready For Work Project.
The Communications Associate will work within the Movement Building Unit and closely with the WAVE communications team to deliver desired results.

Position Responsibilities
The MB Communications Associate will support the Ready For Work Project by understanding the project objectives in order to develop and implement a creative and innovative communication strategy that will engage all its stakeholders:

Have a firm grasp of project objectives and create a communication strategy to support the RFW advocacy project.
Implement strategy by creating various communication channels and creating engaging corporate communications content.
Manage various communication platforms to actively engage stakeholders and develop content that will create awareness of the RFW project.
Co-create content to ensure stakeholder alignment with RFW project strategy.
Measure and analyse communication channels vs input
Support project’s team with communication needs as required
Manage relationship with consultants and service providers
Collaborate with the WAVE communication team to deliver results in line with agreed communications strategy
Create a content calendar and editorial content for all RFW social media platforms/channels
Setup and manage all social media platforms, including content creation, posting etc. according to agreed strategy
Create content of success stories about competency-based learning and hiring using existing RFW data on training and employment.
Profile collaborations between education and employment players (educators, employers, government) to promote education-to-employment connectedness.
Develop and maintain digital mailing list for all project stakeholders and produce content/ publications highlighting project achievements and milestones.

Competencies:

Communication - outstanding written and verbal communication skills as well as demonstrated high competency as a writer and editor in English.
Contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.
A self-starter with the ability to work independently and in collaboration with different teams
Commits to results by owning tasks to the very end and demonstrates accountability by assuming responsibility for own actions but asks clarifying questions and for help when required.
Ability to produce and deliver quality results in a service- oriented and timely manner; is action oriented, energetic and committed to achieving agreed outcomes and making an impact.
Detail- oriented; Attention to detail and accuracy
Willing to try something new and is open to working on a novel education-to-employment advocacy project.
Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@waveacademies.org using the "Job Title" as the subject of the email.

0906 809 7513

Communications Associate At WAVE

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