Communications Manager at Family Empowerment Media (FEM)

Family Empowerment Media (FEM) is an evidence-driven non-profit that enables informed contraceptive decisions through clear, compelling, and accurate radio-based communication. Enabling couples to access modern contraceptives is one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent maternal deaths. It also provides a host of other benefits. Numerous studies have demonstrated that radio-based social and behavioural change campaigns can empower women and men to use effective contraceptive methods to avoid unintended pregnancies. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Communications Manager

Location: Abuja (Remote)
Hours: Full time/Part time
Duration: Long term
Starting Date: 21st of April 2023

About the Role

• We seek a skilled writer and strong generalist to support our communications and operations work.
• We expect the Communications Manager to spend around 50% of their time on communications and 50% on operations.

Responsibilities
Communications - 50%:

• Create communication materials for FEM, such as newsletters, one-pagers, blog posts, videos, and social media posts.
• Copy-edit various written materials created by others, such as reports and blog posts.
• Improve and update the website as needed.
• Lead and support other communications-related tasks.

Operations - 50%:

• Support FEM’s financial management, including assisting with budgeting and accounting tasks.
• Support FEM’s Human Resources (HR), including assisting with team management tasks and payroll.
• Help ensure FEM’s legal compliance by assisting with taxes and other regulatory matters for the countries in which FEM has operations (including Nigeria and the US).

Qualifications

• We’re looking for a candidate with strong writing skills who can create engaging and informative content for the public. We are also looking for someone with strong generalist qualities.
• The successful candidate will be inspired by our mission and demonstrate a commitment to our core values of ambitious altruism, evidence-based decision-making, cultural sensitivity, humility, and transparency.

The Communications Manager will possess some or most of the following qualities:

• Strong generalist: a fast learner who enjoys a challenge and is able to independently progress on important projects throughout our organisation.
• Skilled written communicator: creates powerful, professional, and compelling written content that concisely conveys complex ideas.
• Team player: enjoys working collaboratively on projects and is able to both give and receive constructive feedback.
• Process-oriented leader: follows organisational processes and has an interest in finding ways to improve them.
• Detail-oriented: an analytical thinker who enjoys searching for errors within specific projects and systems.
• Please apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria. We would love to see your application.

Benefits of Working at FEM

• High impact: Enabling our model's successful scaling can improve thousands of lives. Our intervention was chosen for its high cost-effectiveness and strong evidence base from 188 ideas evaluated by Charity Entrepreneurship [1].
• Community: You will have the opportunity to become a part of the Charity Entrepreneurship community and connect with experts in the field.
• Flexibility: You will experience a high level of freedom and autonomy as we offer both remote and office-based working environments.
• Personal growth: You are guaranteed to be challenged with a variety of tasks and receive rapid and implementable feedback.  
• Entrepreneurial experience: You will work with a scale-up and gain insights into the entrepreneurial process.

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2023.