Media & Communication Officer at GOALPrime Organization Nigeria (GPON)

GOALPrime Organization Nigeria (GPON) is a policy-driven humanitarian, non-governmental organization that implements her program through a revitalized partnership. It is a non-profit organization with a mandate of making the lives of vulnerable people better, those affected by disaster or crisis. GPON is presently operating in the Northeastern regional part of Nigeria where we have reached over 100,000 lives with relief materials, child protection services. GBV mitigation services, livelihood skill-building, health services, and Education support services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Media & Communication Officer

Location: Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Contract duration: 6 months (1 months as probation contract) with option to extend.

Position Summary

• The Advocacy and Communications Officer will play a lead role in coordinating GOALPrime’s advocacy and communications initiatives, plans and activities.  

Specific responsibilities

• Support the provision of high quality analysis on the humanitarian situation in Northeast Nigeria, pertaining to displacement-affected, contributing to improved GPON programmatic response and informing internal and external advocacy products;
• Visit field programmes on a regular basis to collect quality, videos, testimonies and write stories about IDPs in Camps and Host communities, for external and internal use
• Build a database of high-quality activity videos for GPON archives.
• Support programme staff in incorporating and integrating advocacy into all aspects of GPON’s programme activities, strategy and budgeting;
• Actively network with peers from other likeminded organizations involved in the response, and lead on development of joint field-based advocacy towards target audiences;
• Draft and deliver necessary reporting documents related to the advocacy, communication & media strategy/strategies, including Advocacy and media Key Messages;
• Participate in relevant fundraising opportunities for advocacy and contribute to the development of quality proposals, ensuring inclusion of advocacy activities on specific humanitarian and protection issues affecting displacement-affected where appropriate;
• Develop and maintain a media network with international and local journalists and advise on media engagement ;
• Write a summary of weekly activities
• Perform any other duties assigned by Supervisor.

Experience and skills required for the role

• Degree or certificate in photography, film production, fine arts, visual communications, journalism, or other relevant fields. If no degree held, candidate should be able to demonstrate a wealth of relevant experience.
• A minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience in photography, Journalism, film production or visual communications.
• Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa and kanuri is desirable.
• Experience working in the field in Northeast Nigeria or other high security field locations.
• Knowledge of concepts in the field of resilience, humanitarian assistance.

Application Closing Date
25th August, 2023.