Roles and responsibilities

• The Digital Communications Consultant will report to the Africa Communications Director. This role will be performed on a contract basis, from December 2023 until December 2024, to ensure effective support to countries in execution of the digital and content strategy. This digital strategy is aimed at elevating and amplifying visibility of our work in Africa.

Websites:

• Coordinate the revamp of country websites and ensuring uniformity in design, layout and functionality.
• On a broader scale provide basic training for country teams on website management
• Ensure the proper analytics service is in place, track websites performance and make the necessary adjustments to maximize brand visibility.

Digital content management

• Support execution of a digital content strategy in alignment with the Africa strategic framework objectives and in line with the country strategic plans.
• Training of National Offices communications staff on digital content management including social media platforms, websites, newsletters etc
• Support the Africa Area Office in regular content creation for its various platforms.
• Basic social media training for staff and developing some quick guidelines on social media engagement.
• Regular monitoring of social media campaigns and website performance.
• Developing digital toolkits and content creation for key events in the region.
• Support social media scheduling for the Africa Area Office platforms.
• Support in production of digital collateral including newsletters.
• Support in digital marketing for the Africa housing Forum as will be outlined in the detailed Terms of Reference

Consultancy period: One year

Deliverables:

• Active websites for each of the country offices – all aligned to our HFH branding.
• Active social media platforms for each of the countries
• Simple digital engagement handbook to guide the countries.
• Active shared online scheduling social media management platform for effective collaboration
• Active shared online graphic design tool

Required

• At least 5 years’ experience in website and digital platform development and management
• Extensive experience in producing videos.
• Extensive experience in using multi-media platforms.
• Good writing skills including writing scripts.
• Fluent in English and French.