Actionaid International Digital Campaign Coordinator Job in Johannesburg or Nairobi

Actionaid International

Directorate: Campaigns and Policy

Position: Digital Campaign Coordinator

Location: Johannesburg, Nairobi, or AA Country in the Global South

Duration: 6 months Fixed Term Contract, initially

Salary: Competitive

(Will be on the Local Country’sTerms and Conditions and benefits)

Have you experience of digital campaigning in a supporter based organisation? 

Are you looking to develop your skills at the cutting edge of digital campaigning? 

If the answer is yes join ActionAid International as Digital Campaign Coordinator and help create engaging work and deliver against objectives..

 

At ActionAid International we help people use their own power to fight poverty and injustice. Because that’s how real change happens – for families, for communities, for whole societies. 

As Digital Campaign Coordinator you will develop our digital campaigning strategy, plans and projects across the federation as well as provide advice on development and use of digital tools for campaigning.

Working closely with Campaign Project Teams and stakeholders across member countries you will drive innovation and ensure the effectiveness of multi country digital campaign projects to deliver objectives, recruit supporters and retain people.

You will implement ideas for globally-coordinated campaign pushes, assisting in content production and identifying appropriate digital channels. 

You will also pinpoint capacity gaps and suggest ways to improve. In addition, you will commission and manage external agencies where necessary. 

We will look to you to provide research based strategic advice on the development and use of new tools for digital campaigning and supporter engagement as well as monitor and evaluate effectiveness.

Substantial experience of digital campaigning in a supporter based organisation should mean you have an excellent knowledge of digital engagement and using the internet as a campaigning tool. 

You must know how to use social networks, blogging and other social media effectively, and how to write successful online content for a mixed range of audiences. 

You will also have experience of administering open source CMS systems (preferably Drupal). Strategically, you need to be able to develop plans for supporter engagement and development. 

This will involve working closely with colleagues across the organisation, so you have to be adept at working collaboratively with people from other disciplines.

Your work will create emotional connections, mobilise supporters and make a real difference.

Are you the right person for the job? Please read this carefully before you apply:

Please address the person specification in your application point by point and in detail as it enables us to identify the skills, knowledge and experience you have to be able to do the job effectively.

Please check your application and make sure you meet all the essential criteria listed in the person specification, in addition your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria. 

If you do not meet at least all the essential criteria, please don’t apply as we only invite candidates for an interview if they meet the essential criteria listed on the job description. Thank you for your understanding.

Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach ActionAid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered.

ActionAid International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity.

CLICK HERE for a detailed job description

Application Procedures

Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 7th May 2015. 

You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role.  Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for.

Internal Applications send to: applications.jhb@actionaid.org

External Applications send to: programmes.jhb@actionaid.org

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants.  

Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.