Communications Officer
Listed on 2026-03-01
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
PR / Communications -
Marketing / Advertising / PR
Digital Marketing, PR / Communications, Marketing Communications
About Corps Africa:
Founded in 2011, Corps Africa provides the opportunity for Africans to serve as volunteers in their own countries, along the lines of the Peace Corps model.
We train university educated young Africans and send them to live for up to one year in rural, high-poverty communities to facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects that are identified by local people.
Corps Africa aims to promote a culture of public service in Africa by giving participants the opportunity to apply their education, skills, and energy toward helping their fellow citizens overcome extreme poverty.
www.corpsafrica.org Corps Africa has steadily expanded operations from Morocco to Senegal, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa and the Gambia.
Having successfully proven the power and effectiveness of the model, Corps Africa has begun to receive significant funding from large donors.
As we reach a point of significant inflection leading to future expansion, we seek to add motivated, capable, and highly effective staff to our team.
The Communications Officer is a full-time staff position with the primary responsibility of demonstrating and communicating Corps Africa’s efforts related to project impact, fundraising, marketing, and other areas as needed.
This person will have a significant opportunity to help build the organization’s image brand and there is ample room for professional advancement.
Classification:
Full time
Location:
Johannesburg
Reports to:
Country Director Specific Responsibilities: 1.
External Communications Facilitate the development and implementation of communications strategies that raise awareness, drive engagement, build support and have measurable impact with target audiences.
Create compelling content that is optimized to reach target audiences across a range of platforms and channels.
Draft and produce communications products, such as press releases, press statements, web stories, reports, and infographics.
Utilize programmatic tools to build support, which include Volunteer logs/reports and Monitoring and Evaluation. Serve as focal point and promote Corps Africa/SA with media, donors, and government authorities with clear messaging and communication materials.
Maintain confidentiality, integrity, and discreet handling of sensitive information in compliance with the Corps Africa/SA data privacy, security requirements, and standards.
Contribute to advising on public narratives to support decision-making and to steer the communications strategy.
Provide insights and analysis based on the monitoring of traditional, social, and digital media, including on risks to information integrity such as trends in mis and disinformation. 2.
Digital Communications Participate in the creation and management of compelling and relevant content for websites and social media channels, including live content, tailored for digital platforms to advance digital communications priorities and Corps Africa/SA work.
Participate in the development of approaches to analyse, monitor, and report social media, web, and other digital content to measure results, inform content creation, and adjust ongoing initiatives.
Develop strategic partnerships with social media influencers to elicit support for and maximize impact of digital campaigns, Corps Africa/SA brand visibility and promotion.
Oversee development and maintenance of the organization’s website, ensuring it remains up-to-date, user-friendly, and accessible.
Provide training and support to team members and Volunteers on communications measurement, digital media analytics tools, techniques, and best practices.
Internal Communication Support Prepare communications plans for keeping staff informed and engaged in Corps Africa objectives and initiatives, including change management and business continuity processes.
In-collaboration with Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer, help establish and maintain a consistent organization image through events and fundraising activities. Participate in organizing regular meetings and events, in cooperation with internal and Global Support Team, to keep staff informed and engaged with internal…
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