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We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Intern
Location: Abuja
Grade: Internship
Type of Position: Intern
Job Category: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Policy & Political roles)
Job Subcategory: Communications, Press and Media
Start Date: 3 April 2018
Main Purpose of Job
- Provide video production, graphic design and campaign support to the Press and Public Affairs team for the delivery of communications objectives
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Essential:
Essential:
- Be a recent graduate in Media, Communications field (graduated within the last 3 years) with excellent organisational skills and the ability to multitask
- Be computer literate with a high degree of proficiency in the use of MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint
- Video editing, graphics design and photography skills
- Ability to transform ideas, statistics and concepts into clear visuals and infographics
Desirable:
- Experience with social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- Experience with creating content for the web such as blogging or video blogging would be an added advantage.
Required Competencies:
- Changing and Improving, Leading and Communicating, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace.
Language Requirements:
- Language – English
Level of Language Required:
- Advanced level proficiency in English Language (ability to understand, write and speak English language without any difficulty)
Roles and Responsibilities
- Working with the Press Team for the planning and promotion of content
- Creation and management of an organised data base of photo and video files.
- Uploading social media posts and answering basic enquiries on social media
- Supporting campaign management and optimisation across multiple channels
- Designing graphic materials and producing short videos for use on digital channels
- Any other tasks reasonably requested by the Head of Communications/ Press Officer
Stipend / Allowance
- NGN136,722
Other Benefits and Conditions of Employment
- Learning and Development Opportunities:
- Online e-learning
- Communications training
- Website training
- On the job learning, job shadowing and mentoring
- Various development workshops
- Social media training
- The intern will work for six hours a day, four days (Monday to Thursday) for a fixed term period of 3 months.
Language Requirements:
- Language: English
Level of Language Required:
- Advanced level proficiency in English Language (ability to understand, write and speak English language without any difficulty).
Application Deadline 19th March 2018
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