Communications Intern at Sustainable Growers Rwanda

Sustainable Growers Rwanda (SGR) is a non-profit organization that supports women coffee farmers and their families to become more professionalized and market- based skilled to increase their family incomes through professional training approach to growing and trading specialty coffee, so they can form direct, productive relationships with coffee processors, importers and roasters. Established in 2014, Sustainable Growers has a strong track record for connecting actors along the value chain, to facilitate deep and global partnerships between small holder producers and their customers.

POSITION: Communications Intern

REPORTS TO: SGR Director

SUPERVISES: None

LOCATION: Kigali

STATUS: Fixed Term Contract

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

We are searching for communication Intern who can contribute to building a strong online community, through stories of the NGO work. The candidate will also be required to collect and review social media data to develop more effective campaigns.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The responsibilities are but not limited to:

• Be able to understand our beneficiaries’ stories and create contents for publishing and reports.
• Create blogs about the program story and beneficiaries’ stories
• Create content that can be posted on various channels- Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
• Develop and post impactful, fun, eye-catching posts, and engaging content
• Monitor company’s social media accounts and offer constructive interaction with users.
• Research other appropriate and relevant social media accounts and incorporate ideas
• Keep up with technologies used in social media
• Work with graphic designer to create social media content
• With Brand Team, develop email campaigns and/or newsletter Additional responsibilities may be added based on company need and competency.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in communications, Business, Marketing, Public Relations, or related discipline
• 1-2 years’ experience with a variety of social media platforms
• Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda. French is an added advantage
• Experience with Hootsuite or other social media management software.
• Strong copywriting and copy-editing skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, fluent in English
• Impeccable time management and ability to multitask

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Monthly quotes and stories from women coffee farmers
• Monthly social media content calendar, with approved photos/content
• Monthly reports on social media analytics
• On- time, accurate social media posts

KEY Indicators

• Engagement- using business suite
• Consistent, on brand content

Application

Interested qualified candidates are invited to submit their application documents (motivation letter, CV, education

certificates, 3 references) electronically via: recruitment@sustainablegrowers.org not later than 20th September 2024

at 5:00 PM local time. Late submissions will be automatically rejected.

Done at Kigali, on 10th September 2024 

Christine Condo, Executive Director