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Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Communications
• Under the guidance of the Donor Engagement Lead and Uganda Leadership Team, define the intentional Communications strategy for Alight Uganda, lead strategy implementation in the field and advise and support colleagues in implementing the strategy.
• Produce high quality internal communication materials, including regular updates, presentations, newsletters, one/two-pagers, brochures, and pamphlets, to increase collaborations across field sites and sectors
• Promote a principled approach to communications on Uganda among relevant internal stakeholders and ensure that external messaging is evidence-based and driven by field realities
• Provide trainings on communications to field staff and develop the capacity of national staff to document impactful interventions for internal and external sharing.
• Provide other communications support to the program as needed
• 2 . Branding and Visibility of Alight Uganda
• Manage Alight Uganda monthly Newsletters, Social Media handles, Creating social media content such as documentaries, live videos, infographics, Articles etc
• Oversee the production of high-quality written and visual content, ensuring consistency in showcasing work done on Global platforms and adherence to brand guidelines.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including media outlets, government agencies, partner organizations, and community leaders, to enhance the organization's visibility and influence
• Manage special events, campaigns, and contribute to fundraising activities, as needed.
• Contribute to the overall success of Alight Uganda Enterprises by actively participating in team meetings, sharing insights and ideas, and supporting cross-functional initiatives.
• Support graphic design requests, video editing, create event content and organize an ALIGHT photobank on SharePoint.
• Follow up on power points and briefs being developed at the field level and provide timely feedback on the quality and presentation of data by teams.
• Work closely with the MEL team on creation of briefs and external facing reports/ documents to ensure that these are to the quality expected for external dissemination i.e., assessment/ evaluation reports, research briefs, data visualization for briefs, fact sheets, evidence/ impact for pitch decks etc
• 3. Fundraising
• Providing administrative support to bids when required e.g., gathering contributions for staff, partners and associates, preparing CVs, compiling due diligence documents etc.
• Continuously gathering and assimilating knowledge on funders who have funded Alight work into Project briefs and fact sheets for existing donors.
• Coordinate fundraising campaigns at the country level to raise funds under corporate social responsibility
• Support the DEL in organizing Pitch decks for donors.
• Conduct a robust stakeholder mapping and maintain an updated contact list of key target donors and partners in-country, including media and private sector.