Social Media and Communications Officer at Youngstars Foundation

Youngstars Foundation is an African youth NGO that is raising young people and building youth organizations to proactively improve leadership, democratic governance and innovations in the continent.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Social Media and Communications Officer

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description / Responsibilities

Develop creative and engaging social media strategies for the foundation and its projects.
Give a social media angle and expression to all the activities of the foundation.
Manage the day-to-day handling of all social media channels of the foundation and its projects such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tiktok and YouTube, and adapting content to suit different channels
Oversee, plan and deliver content across different platforms using scheduling tools such as Sprinklr, Hootsuite, Asana, and Olapic etc
Create engaging multimedia content (and/or outsource this effectively) across multiple platforms
Develop, launch and manage new competitions and campaigns that promote the organization and brand.
Form key relationships with influencers across the social media platforms.
Manage and facilitate social media communities by responding to social media posts and developing discussions.
Monitor, track, analyze and report on performance on social media platforms using tools such as Google Analytics and Facebook insights.
Research and evaluate the latest trends and techniques in order to find new and better ways of measuring social media activity.
Recommend improvements to increase performance as it regards social media engagement.
Educate other staff on the use of social media and promote its use within your company (in-house roles).
Attend meetings on behalf of the organization.

Communications:

Provide support and lead (where needed) in developing high quality communications content for external and internal use.
Ensure development of high quality content and dissemination of internal and external monthly newsletters.
Work with project leads to produce communiqués and press release as may be required.
Provide editorial support to web-content development.
Set targets to increase brand awareness and increase audience engagement.
Actively work with the Web Officer to expand audience engagement and viewership, mailing lists etc.

Skills / Education / Experience

Possess a good First Degree in the Social Sciences or Communications or any other related field.
Online community management and customer service skills to strike the balance between publicity and stimulating direct discussion with potential and actual customers
An eye for detail and the ability to work accurately
Effective storytelling skills and techniques.
Strong copywriting and editing skills suitable for each platform.
Organizational skills, with the capacity to prioritize and work across multiple projects.
A solid understanding and 2 – 3 years experience of the use of a range of social media platforms and content marketing particularly in relation to audience management.
Project and campaign management skills
The candidate must understand how to design graphics using Canva and any other design tools.
Knowledge and understanding of algorithms and search engine optimization.
Decision making and problem-solving skills
Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction
Work well independently as well as part of a team
Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment.