ARC Communications Consultant

City/location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Organization:

The African Risk Capacity(ARC) Specialised Agency of the African Union provides African sovereigns with capacity building services for early warning, contingency planning and risk finance.
ARC is in the process of implementing its Communication and Advocacy strategy, therefore is looking for a Consultant who will help

Contribute to effective organisational / internal communications through good research, analysis of assigned area of work and timely preparation and distribution of information products;
Manage and ensure that the ARC website is up-to-date in line with organisation’sactivities;
Support the social media plan by developing social media content, and utilising platforms, networks and partners to enhance coverage and support of ARC's activities;
Support the production of the ARC Annual Report and ARC Newsletter, including content collection, editing / writing, design, and dissemination of the progress made towards achieving ARC’s vision and mission;
Support ARC knowledge management and ARC client database management, including the development of effective instruments and tools to ensure appropriate up-to-date information for internal and external use;
Support the production of reports, briefs, concept notes, and correspondences from relevant units, including copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading donor reports and strategy documents;
Produce and maintain standardized factsheets and key messages on ARC and its work areas for internal use and external distribution;
Support the development of ARC’s contributions to publications and relevant fora, including but not limited to InsuResilience, RiskTalk and Zilient.org;
Generate donor specific visibility content including, text, photos, videos and audio for use across a range of integrated online platforms, in order to support ARC donor-funded activities, ensuring consistency with corporate messages;
Monitor and analyse traditional and social media to inform the development and/or evaluation of communication activities and strategies;
Guide and backstop communication-related functions of other ARC staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries;
Collate outreach data, contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reports
Support communications activities that enable informed decision making and ensures consistency of information presented to the media and other stakeholders;