Wanted: Digital Engagement Manager, Cape Town, South Africa

Would you like to use your social media skills to help grow Africa’s largest network of digital democracy labs and data journalism initiatives?

The Digital Engagement Manager is responsible for planning and implementing Code for Africa’s product-specific social media campaigns across a variety of platforms, and for ensuring maximum engagement for those products. These include journalism packages, tools and events. He or she will also manage engagement for Code for Africa’s projects, planning and executing engagement strategies in accordance with the deliverables of the project. The job requires much more than producing social media: we need you to be integrally involved at the beginning of our projects, advising on how to achieve maximum benefit.

The Digital Engagement Manager must be active on social media, and up to date with research into emerging platforms and evolving social media strategies.

The position is full-time and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

The successful candidate will be available to start by no later than 1 April 2018.

Key Responsibilities

• Create a comprehensive engagement and social media strategy to increase visibility, engagement and amplification of Code for Africa products and editorial launches.
• Experiment with new and alternative ways to leverage social media activities.
• Monitor trends in social media tools, trends and applications, and appropriately apply that knowledge.
• Manage social media platforms (this includes writing, editing, and planning of content).
• Schedule and upload posts on relevant social media platforms.
• Respond to queries and comments on all social media platforms.
• Report on social media activity on a weekly basis, and maintain records of social media analytics.
• Create and manage social media calendars and implement changes, and ensure all content goes live as per the scheduled date.

About Code for Africa

Code for Africa is registered as an NPO in South Africa and serves as coordinator for the continent’s largest federation of civic technology laboratories that help the media, civil society organisations, and governments digitise information and build tools to inform and empower citizens. Code for Africa currently has active projects in 24 African countries, with affiliate labs, of varying size, capacity and maturity in: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. You can find more information at: https://codeforafrica.org/

Code for Africa’s fiscal agent, based in the USA, is the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Code for Africa is supported by donors that include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google NewsLab, Google Jigsaw, the Knight Foundation, Omidyar Networks, Open Society Foundations, the World Bank and a number of smaller philanthropies.

To apply: Applicants should submit a CV, a cover letter, and salary history to join@codeforafrica.org

Applications close at 12 noon on Monday 26th February.

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