Communications Officer at Spaces for Change (S4C)

Spaces for Change (S4C) is a non-profit organization working to infuse human rights into social and economic governance processes in Nigeria. Through digital crowd-sourcing, research, policy analysis, advocacy, youth engagement, public interest litigation and community action, we aim to increase the participation of Nigerian youth, women and communities in the development of social and economic policy, and also help public authorities and corporate entities to put a human rights approach at the heart of their decision-making.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Communications Officer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Coordinate all the organization's advocacy activities: community outreaches, public hearings, workshops, conferences and social media etc.
• Provide quality assurance on all external communications, ensuring consistency of message, and rapid response to stakeholder inquiries and information requests.
• Draft and vet all advocacy materials including reports, fact sheets, press statements, newsletters, blog posts and talking points.
• Play a key coordination role in coalition efforts, including managing coalition membership and relationships, meeting agenda, logistics, facilitation, and coalition communications.
• Drive engagement and retention of coalition members.
• Represent the organisational public and private events locally and internationallY.
• Regularly update the organisation’s websites, social media portals, while ensuring streamlined and coherent messaging between web-based and non-web content.

Minimum Qualifications

• University Degree (Master) in Law, Political Science, Social Science, Economics, Business Management or other related social science field is required.
• At least four (4) years of professional experience in the area of social sciences, economics, or development in a private organisation.
• Ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style / content to different audiences.
• Experience in graphic design is a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: spacesforchange.s4c@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.