Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
We are looking for a Project Communications Specialist to support strategic communication efforts across Axum’s client-facing projects. This role will ensure that project-level communications are well-coordinated, strategically aligned, and effectively documented, while contributing to impactful storytelling and content development.
The ideal candidate is a proactive and creative storyteller who thrives in a cross-functional, collaborative environment and is passionate about social impact in Africa. You will work closely with the Communications Partner, External Communications and Content Strategist, Operations team, senior leadership, and Axum’s project teams to ensure communications drive engagement, visibility, and knowledge dissemination.

Key Responsibilities
Project Communications & Stakeholder Engagement
• Develop and execute communication plans for Axum’s client projects, ensuring messaging is clear, strategic, and aligned with project objectives.
• Serve as a liaison between project teams and the communications function, ensuring project insights and outcomes are well-documented and effectively communicated.
• Support stakeholder engagement by crafting key messages, reports, and briefing materials tailored for funders, government partners, and other key audiences.
• Assist in client-facing communication efforts, such as presentation decks, proposal materials, and project reports.
• Coordinate project-specific knowledge-sharing initiatives, such as webinars, learning sessions, or community updates.

Content Strategy & Storytelling
• Source impactful stories from Axum’s project teams to document and showcase Axum’s expertise, mission, and impact.
• Collaborate with external communications to repackage these stories for publications, digital content, and external campaigns.
• Support thought leadership initiatives by helping senior leaders develop podcasts, insights, blogs, and key messaging materials.
• Assist with the coordination and creation of newsletters for both internal and external audiences.

Coordination & Execution
• Ensure seamless execution of communication activities across multiple projects by coordinating with project leads, clients, and Axum’s communications team.
• Manage timelines, deliverables, and resource allocation for project-specific communication outputs.
• Support branding consistency across internal and external project communications.
• Assist with communication tools and templates, including PowerPoint decks, proposal templates, and internal branding materials.

What We are Looking For
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in project communications, content development, or corporate communications, preferably in the social impact, development, or consulting sectors.
• Strong ability to develop and execute communication plans in a project-based environment.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives that resonate with diverse audiences.
• Ability to liaise with project teams and senior management, ensuring communication priorities are met.
• Strong project management and coordination skills.
• Proficiency in content creation tools (e.g., Canva, Microsoft Office Suite) and general social media management & analytics knowledge.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience developing client-facing materials (reports, presentations, proposals).
• Familiarity with stakeholder engagement strategies in a development or consulting context.
• Ability to develop visual storytelling assets, such as infographics or visual reports, and familiarity with podcast recording and editing tools.
• Passionate about social impact storytelling in Africa

Why Join Axum
• Be part of a mission-driven, Afrocentric firm shaping the future of social and economic advancement in the Global South.
• Work in a high-impact environment, collaborating with thought leaders and change- makers across Africa and the Middle East.
• Opportunity to develop and lead innovative internal communications strategies in a growing, dynamic organization.
• Join a team that values authentic storytelling, local expertise, and sustainable development solutions.

How to Apply
If this role excites you and aligns with your skills and experience, please send your resume and a cover letter highlighting your experience in project communications and content strategy by March 7, 2025.
This is a fixed term position with possibility of extension and will be based in one of our offices in either Dar es Salaam, Kigali or Nairobi and applicants should be eligible to work and live in either Tanzania, Rwanda or Kenya.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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