Who is the Communications Coordinator at Sistema.bio?
Reporting to the Global Communication Director, you will be responsible for generating high-quality content and media stories, as well as implementing multi-platform communications strategies to ensure Sistema.bio brand positioning in your region.
You’ll be in charge of:
Overseeing Sistema.bio institutional, internal, and marketing communications in your country.
Producing high-quality written storytelling articles.
Briefing and coordinating local creative, design and photo/video agencies and vendors for outreach and marketing material production.
Managing PR & media relations among journalists in your Kenya.
Media tracking to monitor local, regional and global news coverage
Producing written media relations materials such as press releases, talking points, and fact sheets
Creating content for social organic and paid digital campaigns
Ensuring the correct use of our brand guidelines among our staff and stakeholders
Producing newsletters for key internal and external stakeholders.
More about YOU
You have communications, marketing, journalism, or public relations background
You have at least 3-5 years of experience in communication
You have proven experience with media relations
You have strong writing and editing skills in English and local language
You have proven capacity to work in a multidisciplinary or multi-agency setting
You have a solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Dropbox, GSuite and working with Adobe Creative Suite
You have photography experience to document events, happenings, workshops, etc.
You are obsessed with details and aesthetics
What it is like to work at Sistema.bio?
Passion and purpose: working at Sistema.bio, you’ll be able to work with a very passionate team and have a real social and environmental impact every day
A growing team with growing opportunities: bio plans to double in the coming years. This growth is opening new roles, new countries, new departments that can keep offering new opportunities for our team’s careers and aspirations.
Time in the field with the customer: at Sistema.bio, we are passionate about knowing and serving our customers, small and medium-scale farmers. We want you to be able to spend time in the field with them and genuinely understand their problems, their everyday concerns and connect with them.
We care about your career progression: we have a strong culture of training and investing in developing our people. As a Sistema.bio employee, you’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to training programs, and clear tracking of your performance twice a year.
Entrepreneurial culture: Your ideas matter. We believe in people owning their projects and being able to take responsibility for them.
Work-life balance: at Sistema.bio, we know you’re at your best when you’re rested and healthy, therefore we give you unlimited holidays, parental leave, pay for your health protection and give you options to work remotely when needed.
Gender Equality: bio is committed to gender equality in the workplace. Thanks to our Gender policies and efforts women represent 57% of the Global team for example, and 27% of our overall workforce. We have flexible hours and expressing spaces for lactating mothers.
Additional Requirements
We’re excited to hear from you and your expectations for this role. Kindly prepare a one-page motivation letter that answers the following questions (only candidates who have answered these two questions in the motivation letter will be considered in the interview process):
Tell us why your prior experiences make you the perfect fit for this role. Why now?
Tell us how you think your skills will add value to the Global Communications Team at Sistema.bio?
Location & Travel
Based in Nairobi, Office
Traveling 30 % of your time to Central, Mt. Kenya & Rift Valley region
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: using the position as subject of email.
Apply via :
sistemaaccount.bamboohr.com
