Communication and Knowledge Management Specialist

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The Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) (the Recipient) has received financing grant from its State Parties towards the cost of the Preparation of the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project (L-BWT) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount to payments under the contracts for management staff positions of the Project Management Office (PMO) of the L-BWT. The PMO will be based in Maseru, Lesotho.  

VACANCIES   ORASECOM is looking for a suitable candidate for the following position: –   

COMMUNICATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST  

Responsibility: 

Ensure a timely, efficient, effective & robust communication, as well as appropriate management of information and knowledge being generated by the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project (L-BWT), through: –

(i) leadership in Project’s communications and liaison with stakeholders e.g. being responsible for the overall day-to-day communications function of the project; having oversight and maintaining communications output standards and quality to adequately represent the project, ORASECOM and the riparian countries in terms of best international practice in all forms of digital and print media;

(ii) media liaison e.g. ensuring day-to-day maintenance of regular communications including the web site and social media; ensuring project level interaction related to media resources with external media and communications consultants and agencies; preparing internal and external communications outputs;

(iii) stakeholder Liaison e.g. mapping of stakeholders, interested and affected parties for all stages and project related activities; liaising with all project related consultants, contractors, international development partners and other parties; preparing regular news bulletins/sheets on the project, targeted at stakeholders and interested parties; and

(iv) knowledge Management e.g. documentation of successes, challenges and lessons being learnt during the implementation of the project; and monitoring and evaluation of the knowledge sharing, including external benchmarking, with projects of the same nature and complexity.   

Requirements:

(i) At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism/Mass Communication, Business, Social Sciences and any Other Relevant Field;

(ii) At least 7 years’ experience with an organisation’s operations and business tools addressing communication aspects;

(iii) Work Experience in water resources management or natural resources management with focus on information systems;

(iii) Knowledge of information management infrastructure;

(iv) Communications: ability to explain complex concepts in layman’s language;

(v) Stakeholder Orientation: understands stakeholder needs and concerns, responds promptly and effectively;

(vi) Ability of Working in a Team;

(vii) Prior experience in a similar role and familiarity with the Orange-Senqu River Basin will be an added advantage.  

Reporting: The successful candidate will report to the Project Coordinator, at the PMO.  

FOR EACH POSITION  

A. Term: One-year contract, renewable based on performance and possibility of extension of the project (tentatively estimated to cover the period February 2021 to March 2022).  

B. Payment: A cost-to-the-company monthly remuneration will be negotiated with the successful candidate based on budget and experience.   

C. Duty Station: The position will be based at the PMO office, to be established in Maseru, Lesotho. The ORASECOM Secretariat will help with obtaining of a work permit for a successful candidate, if required. The successful candidate will therefore be required to reside in Maseru at his or her own cost.   

D. Interested candidates should submit their applications and comprehensive CVs to: [email protected]; copy: [email protected] not later than 29th January 2021. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. For more details please check on the ORASECOM website www.orasecom.org

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