Reporting to Operations Director the “Public Relations Assistant” is responsible of all in country linkages including coordination of marketing, fundraising and communications activities. He/she uses a wide range of strategies to build and sustain good relationships between the organization and its members, beneficiaries and partners. His/her job is to secure additional funding to enable the continuing work.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Facilitate, coordinate and act as primary point-of-contact for all in country affairs and linkages including:
maintaining the relationships with current partners and
Establishing new relationships with other organizations; individuals; communities and government.
Develop, review, and enhance content for print, electronic, social media platforms and website to communicate information to members, volunteers and other stakeholders.
Develop and execute a fundraising action plan/strategy for ITF projects financing:
Identify potential funding opportunities/sources;
Prepare Grants proposals.
Develop and implement organizational PR strategies including generating news releases and communicate to media as well as handling publicity activities for ITF.
Track, monitor and evaluate PR strategies, Public and media impressions.
Design and implement research data to support program/project.
Organize and evaluate PR and fundraising events as well as representing ITF in such events.
Hire, train/mentor, supervise, and evaluate department (PR) volunteer staffs,
Other responsibilities may be assigned.
Knowledge and Skills:
The Applicant must possess or is passionately eager to learn and the following knowledge/skills and is able to demonstrate, that the essential functions of this position can be performed:
Hold at least a Bachelors Degree in related fields such as Communications, journalism, marketing etc
Have excellent communication skills orally and in writing (minimally in English), excellent interpersonal and presentation skills and the ability to work with diverse individuals or group of individuals.
Ability to come up with creative ideas for communication and promotional materials, fundraising, identify potential opportunities for raising funds and writing grant proposals.
Possess great Social Media skills especially leveraging Facebook and Twitter and other platforms for publicity and engaging a wide range of people.
Have basic Computer skills including Graphic communication and publications.
Have a good Media Relations skills; able to write press releases and involve the media in ITF events and activities.
Able to organize and plan events for ITF including Fundraising and trainings.
Ability to maintain an established work schedule, with or without flexibility.
Strong organizational and management skills- ability to multi task and prioritize.
Motivated to learn and take on new challenges.
Willingness and capacity to volunteer.
Unparallel passion and commitment for youth development.
Compensation: Although ITF Volunteer staffs enjoy limitless opportunities, ITF does NOT provide any kind of compensation. ITF Staffs operates on full time volunteer basis for a minimum of 6 months contract. They are responsible of all basic expenses such as home – office transportation, accommodation etc. ITF ONLY provide direct operational expenses such as Staff’s transportation to a meeting outside office, visit field operations etc
