Are you passionate about working on environmental and social issues? Are you a natural communicator who can work across platforms, create different types of content and help to organise a busy workplace? This is an exciting opportunity to join a global team and use a broad range of skills in a dynamic organisation that is working at the forefront of responsible sourcing and production of agricultural commodities around the world.

You will be based in Accra, Ghana and will lead the internal and external communications activities in our Africa operations, working within a global team. English is our global working language, but a good working knowledge of French is highly beneficial.

Position Summary
Proforest Africa is looking for an organised self-starter with broad communications skills to support the internal and external communications around our technical work, across grant-funded programmes, client consultancy projects, capacity building and training.

Regional Responsibilities
You will be the only communications manager in the region, working closely with colleagues in the technical and operational teams with a range of responsibilities:
Internal comms – supporting knowledge sharing and information flow in the region
Events – supporting regional events (online, in-person, hybrid) including training, and identify opportunities for Proforest to engage at other events
Content creation – helping technical teams with e.g. including PowerPoint, Word, visuals
Editing – editing and proofing written reports or documentation
Translations – coordinating content translations
Stakeholder engagement – identifying and engaging relevant stakeholders (for individual projects or regional Proforest strategy)
Media – liaising with global comms director on proactive or responsive media opportunities
Capacity building – upskilling local staff in basic design (e.g. PPT), writing and other skills
Drafting updates and organising translations for our website or creating photo stories (with the opportunity to take part, of course)
Supporting our technical teams with webinars, publications, photography, presentations etc
Global Responsibilities
You will also be part of a global communications team, with responsibility for projects or platforms used around the world, and joint activities:
Global brand – representing regional requirements and input to global projects, such as a new Proforest video
Communications strategy – feeding into global strategy and planned activity
Website updates – managing regional content updates, including project overviews, new joiners, vacancies
Social media channels – planning and creating regional content for global Twitter and LinkedIn accounts; while exploring regional networks and opportunities to engage, or support reginal directors engagement
Photo library – updating central image repository with relevant photos for the region
Project management – Providing a single point of contact on projects needing global design or other requirements, ensuring effective project management and delivery of work
Project lead – take ownership and strategic lead for one of our global platforms or processes

Salary: Up to 84,000 per annum, depending on experience

At least 5 years experience managing communications and stakeholder engagements in a related field or sector
Experience in media or stakeholder engagement in Ghana
Familiarity with digital platforms and main social media channels
MSOffice skills (working with templates in Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Good editing skills, proof-reading and writing, also working in video and audio
Highly organised with experience managing multiple projects, ideally with global teams