African Alliance seeks to appoint a Project Coordinator – Consultant Engagement to be based in South Africa and be Virtual & Flexitime.
Start Date : 3rd August 2020
Employment Type: Initial 12 months subject to funding and monthly deliverables being met.
The purpose of this position is find a person to strengthen the project coordination capacity on one of its current projects focused on COVID-19 Research and Advocacy.
Responsibilities:
Director Support:
Oversee efficient daily operations of the project in partnership with the Director
Ensure the production and updating of an online calendar that captures key and strategic upcoming events, opportunities and platforms to advance the work of the platform – including ensuring project team participation in those events
Coordinate all high level partnership engagements with the Director
Coordinate, document and archive all weekly/monthly team meetings
Serve as main operational liaison with project financial management team to ensure regular submission of any reporting or compliance documentation
Collate monthly team reports
Oversee all project admin
Pursue existing and identify new and strategic partners in partnership with Director
Generate first drafts of a wide range of documents on an ongoing basis
Maintenance (and establishment) of all key wordpress sites
Any other support required
Social Media & Other Content Production :
General:
Schedule, confirm and support the weekly webinar series
Work with TA providers and sector partners to rapidly produce high quality, editorial content for all media platforms
Ensure that this content is linked to the Social Media team to maintain uniformity and cross cutting coverage of content
Logic check all project websites and social media platforms on an ad hoc basis to ensure relevance and functionality
Ensure the growth of the online global platform and the whatsapp based national platform through strategic partnerships and alliances
Podcast & Newsletter:
Provide first line of QA for all audio visual and editorial content in partnership with Director
Oversee the production and dissemination of the monthly newsletters and podcast series
Scheduling and prep of host and speakers for monthly podcast for podcast producer
First and second cut of podcast content
Facilitate and record monthly newsletter brainstorm session with team and podcast consultant
Resume, cover letter, references, wordpress and writing samples can be submitted to [email protected].