Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Responsibilities of the Content Coordinator – External Relations include:

• Content Collection

• • Owning information gathering and storytelling about our programs 
  • Coordinating video taking, and editing of recipient stories
  • Run live video calls and video development
  • Writing and editing articles and recipient stories, as well as conducting interviews as necessary 
  • Generating, researching, and pitching ideas for content
  • Improving and codifying best content collection practices, setting and maintaining standards of story collection quantity and quality for the content team 
  • Collaborating with the partnerships and growth teams, as well as in-country management team, building buy-in and serving their cross-functional priorities.

• Content Innovation

• • Driving innovation in unique styles and techniques of documenting our work
  • Cultivating a roster of local filmmakers and artists to contract with us on special projects
  • Collaborating with recipients to tell their own stories by connecting them to tech and training

• External Relations

• • Hosting field visits with donors and government partners
  • Representing GiveDirectly in stakeholder meetings at local level
  • Manage GiveDirectly’s contact database and dashboards.
  • Tracking external risks and working to mitigate them.
  • Internal capacity building and training on external relations
  • Develop case studies and feature pieces to share with donors and media partners.
  • Support the development of reports for donors and government.
  • Act as flex support to the field team when required.

Desired qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong writing skills. 
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Self-starter who is able to figure things out and hit deadlines.
• A passion and energy for GiveDirectly’s work
• Relevant experience in communications, media and content development
• A good understanding of the media environment in MozambiqueDemonstrated experience working well across distributed, multi-cultural teams
• Diploma in a related field
• Fluent in English and Portuguese with working proficiency in other local languages such as Sena, Ndau and Makhuwa
• Alignment with GiveDirectly core values and commitment to advancing our mission