Graphics Designer and Communications Coordinator

Assignment scope

Position specific

• The purpose of this assignment is to hire a Communications Officer/Graphics Designer and Social Media Expert who will assist in promoting Aitebaar and its various projects. The ideal candidate must be duly qualified and experienced in communication strategy, execution and development. The incumbent must also have graphic design experience and be able to conceptualize and devise communication products (brochures, pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, etc.). The candidate must have some experience with social media as well.
• The position requires excellent writing skills, good communication and organization, and the ability to communicate effectively across the board, both with internal and external stakeholders.

• Collect data, design, produce and regularly update (where required) communication products (case studies, press releases, interviews, newsletters, brochures, presentations, reports, marketing collateral, etc.) for internal and external use;
• Devise communication strategies with the team for awareness raising and information sharing purposes;
• Produce public relations materials, edit and layout reports and other materials and work together with other internal teams in planning, publicizing and executing special events;
• Produce and update content onto Aitebaar’s social media platforms, including its website, Facebook and Twitter.
• Act as a Communication Focal Point for media and external inquiries;
• Assist in developing a communications strategy for the programme, which will include a social media strategy;
• Other tasks as specified by the team.

• Adhere to all security advice from National Risk Manager Pakistan and the Coffey International Development HSSE Manager.
• Adhere to Coffey International Policies and Procedures as outlined in the Programme Operations Manual.
• Submit all technical outputs for peer review prior to client submission in accordance with Coffey International Development’s quality assurance procedures.
• Report in advance possible resourcing decisions and/or any procurement to the Programme Manager to ensure all programme costs are properly supported within the PSP budget.
• Engage in the activities of the Programme Management Team and contribute to the progression of the programme, to ensure delivery of project outputs and outcomes in line with the PSP log-frame. This will involve routine whole-of-project meetings (each week) to undertake detailed review of progress against the log-frame, adjusting workplans and resourcing on an ongoing basis to remain on track.
• Undertake other activities reasonably requested by the Team Leader, Programme Management Team, or by the client (DFID) through the Project Director for the successful accomplishment of the programme’s immediate objectives.
• Adhere to Coffey behaviours with Safety at the core: Integrity; Collaboration; Delivery; Ingenuity; Respect; Intelligent Risk

• 4 to 5 years’ experience working in communications on a donor funded project;
• Demonstrated experience in writing text and articles for professional publications;
• Demonstrated experience in designing communication products on specialized software;
• Demonstrated experience in social media management;
• Experience in peacebuilding, knowledge and understanding of: KPK conflict dynamics, political and media landscape, issues related to conflict transformation and good governance;
• Excellent spoken and written English and Urdu;
• Experience working in a multi-cultural environment;
• Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree in relevant field (Journalism or Mass Communication or social sciences from a renowned university) will be preferred.
• Advanced communication skills, including active listening skills and excellent written communication;
• Creative, entrepreneurial and collaborative work style;
• Exceptional interpersonal and skills and an ability to work collegially with team members and stakeholders;
• Ability to think clearly and logically;
• Ability to allocate and review priorities to meet deadlines;
• Flexibility in approach and an ability to adapt to varying demands;
• Proven skills in problem identification and resolution;
• An ability to translate high-level objectives into action planning;
• Proven ability to live and work in conflict affected and/ or hostile environments;
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and graphic design softwares (Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Photoshop, etc.).

• Knowledge of Pashto and/or KP regional experience desirable;
• Previous experience working in Peshawar;
• Specific software skills;
• Previous experience working in DFID/donor funding environments.

• Individuals are ineligible to be engaged for positions on PSP where they have been:
• Engaged, in service or in any manner whatsoever connected with any intelligence agency or regular professional armed forces;
• Refused entry in Pakistan at a port of entry, or
• Deported from or asked to leave Pakistan by any Pakistan governmental authority.

• Poor governance and lack of access to security and justice in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are undermining political stability in Pakistan and hindering progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
• DFID’s 2011 Country Governance Analysis identifies declining governance indicators, including access to justice, as drivers of instability and underdevelopment in Pakistan, but notably in KP and FATA.
• Since the Government of Pakistan (GOP) completed its Post-Crisis Needs Assessment – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Federally Administered Tribal Areas (PCNA) in 2010, Pakistan has remained in a state of crisis. The crisis drivers identified by the PCNA include a systemic failure to protect basic rights, a lack of accountability of the administrative system, minimal avenues for participation of civil society in public affairs and substantial weaknesses in governance and rule of law that created space for militants to claim to deliver speedier justice. There is a fundamental lack of trust in the capacity of existing institutions to deliver services fairly and address needs. Corruption is a further driver of the crisis

• Peacebuilding Support to the PCNA Pakistan (PSP) aims to implement the PCNA in order to improve trust in the state to help counter support for militancy. The programme will improve security, justice and governance service provision and enable citizens to exercise their rights. The PSP aims to lead to increased stability and therefore more progress towards the MDGs.

• Output 2 – Strengthened Rule of Law (Security & Justice) in KP
• Output 3 – Two-way communications between the state and the people

• Strengthens service delivery through institutional development
• Enables citizens to engage with the state and articulate their demands through legal empowerment and improved communication channels
• Supports local community led security and justice provision to increase access
• Uses communication to improve relations between people and the state but also to put pressure on the state to be accountable and transparent.

• To achieve its objectives, the programme will:
• Use a conflict sensitive approach
• Address gender inequality
• Address human rights as a conflict driver
• Use political engagement as an enabler

• Insert output or team overview