Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 07 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation (BMF) is a non- profit Trust, established in 2006 with the vision towards healthy lives and well-being for all, in Tanzania and the rest of Africa. Its strategic mission is to innovate sustainable and resilient health and related system solutions for equitable health outcomes. BMF’s Vision and Mission can be achieved through empowered workforce, which is self-motivated, committed to growth and integrity, and the one who seeks excellence in execution. BMF seeks for innovative, self-driven, dynamic, and competent qualified candidates to fill the below five (5) vacancies:

Position Title: Manager Corporate Communication and Partnerships
Reports to: Director of Strategy Performance Management
Department: Strategy and Performance Management
Duty Station: Head Office -Dar es Salaam

Overall Purpose of the Job:
Responsible for implementation of the BMF internal and external communications strategy, respond to enquiries from public and media and shaping the organizations’ response to emerging partnership trends, horizon scanning, developing, and managing partnership and fundraising strategy and participating in fundraising initiatives while maximizing the BMF opportunities for external engagements.

Key Roles and Responsibilities Key Output 1: Corporate Communication
• Implements the BMF Communication strategies, supports communication activities for all programs, and coordinates Public Relations activities of BMF to achieve set objectives.
• Works closely with the Head of Strategy Management to communicate Institutional performance to the public.
• Develops and implements a communication strategy that includes media outreach and social media content creation.
• Researches and writes media reports, press release content for the company website, infographics, blogs, and newsletters.
• Acquires and maintains a detailed knowledge of the company’s policies, principles, and strategies, and keep up to date with relevant developments.
• Arranges and coordinates press conferences, and plan events.
• Facilitates the resolution of disputes with external role-players.
• Adheres to the company’s style guide, ensuring that we produce a high-quality and error-free copy.
• Works with key internal role-players to brainstorm content ideas, in line with the company’s strategy and in support of various brand initiatives.
• Supports and evaluates results of communication campaigns with the team.
• Builds and maintains relationships with journalists and key external role-players.

Key Output 2: Policy Advocacy Strategy
• Leading and managing the process of developing a comprehensive program’s advocacy strategy in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Brainstorming with team members at all stages of advocacy plan formulation.
• Take part into the development of the advocacy components in various proposal write-ups.

Key Output 3: Documentation
• Document various advocacy messages from various Programs/activities reports and facilitate the dissemination.
• Develop, discuss, and implement policy work and activities.
• Provide necessary technical assistance to build the capacities of the program team at both HQ and Field office in the area of advocacy, including developing and orienting on documentation and advocacy guide to be used in various supportive visits.

Key Output 4: Networking
• Represent the Foundation in appropriate government and partners working groups and forums at all levels. • Supervise the work of outsourced consultants and suppliers.

Key Output 5: Policy Advocacy Management
• Leads in the development of relationships and partnerships in agreed priorities.
• Supports senior management in advocacy and external relationships with Senior Government Officials and other stakeholders.
• Set up financial systems and oversee section budgets.
• Prepare and market proposals for fundraising projects.
• Oversee fulfilment of donor-funded advocacy projects.
• Review policies related to advocacy.
• Prepare reports.
• Prepare and market proposals for fundraising projects.
• Performs any other duty as may be assigned.

Qualifications and Experience
a) Bachelor’s degree in mass communications, International Relations, Journalism, Public Relations, or equivalent field, Master’s Degree in related field will be an added advantage.
b) Over 5 years’ experience in media related, partnership management and fundraising roles.
c) Proven experience creating targeted content including websites and social media platforms is an added advantage
d) Fluent in spoken and written English and Swahili.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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