Communications Specialist at the Solidarity Center

The Solidarity Center is the largest U.S.-based international worker rights organization helping workers attain safe and healthy workplaces, family-supporting wages, dignity on the job, widespread democracy and greater equity at work and in their community. Allied with the AFL-CIO, the Solidarity Center assists workers across the globe as, together, they fight discrimination, exploitation and the systems that entrench poverty to achieve shared prosperity in the global economy.

We are recruiting qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Communications Specialist

Location: Abuja

Background

• The Solidarity Center seeks a Communications Specialist in Abuja. The Solidarity Center is an international worker rights organization helping workers attain safe and healthy workplaces, dignity on the job, and greater equity at work and in their community. Position is contingent upon funding

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, develop, write, edit, ensure accuracy, and incorporate reviews of stories and information for the web site, outreach materials and other media and publications
• Maximize social media channels for greater outreach
• Coordinate development of materials
• Research, select, commission (when necessary), and manage rights to use photos/videos and maintain a photo library
• Assist with production of reports and other documents as needed
• Work with program staff to develop flow of interesting information from the held to the SC headquarters and other vehicles for dissemination of information about the Nigeria programs.
• Write articles, reports and do page layout and design for organizational brochures
• Edit outgoing correspondence as requested. Select information from field reporting and synthesize website or publication for
• Exercise quality control function to ensure that all outgoing documents are well written, free of errors, and presented in a professional manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Political Science, International Relations, Labor Relations or a related field and/or ten years of related work experience, Advanced word processing skills and basic spreadsheet and database skills.
• Experienced in writing material for the web. Experienced in page layout and design
• Photographic and/or video skills are a plus
• Familiarity with graphic design, photo editing, and publishing software is a plus
• Technical skills in Drupal and/or WordPress to oversee the Solidarity Center's website Experience with social media (facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, etc)
• Excellent communications skills, including writing, editing all proofreading.

Application Closing Date
10th September, 2022.