CIVICUS Digital Communications Internship Jobs in SouthAfrica

CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, is looking for an energetic, digital communications savvy, self-starter who is passionate about communications to work with our globally-focused communications team for a 6-month internship.


The successful candidate will be excited by CIVICUS mission to strengthen civil society and citizen action around the world and be committed to protecting the fundamental civic freedoms that allow us to speak out, organize and take action.

The intern will help to implement digital communications for CIVICUS’s programmes, working with the communications team to promote and disseminate information about progressive activist movements, while also building their own technical skills and knowledge around civic space.

Responsibilities

  • Media and media related tasks. media monitoring of CIVICS media hits and OpEd placement, helping to draft press releases for key moments, production of media fact sheets, drafting of media placements.
  • Website: Upload articles for CIVICUS’ websites, fix non-technical issues related to CIVICUS’ website, use web analytics to contribute to understanding of how audiences engage with content.
  • Social media: identify social media opportunities, produce social media graphics and short videos using no experience needed online tools
  • Newsletters: Draft e-newsletters, help to curate email list servs

    Knowledge and Skills]

  • Holding or in pursuit of a degree/qualification related to communications
  • A portfolio of previous work related to digital communications
  • Interest and knowledge related to civil society, activism and global issues.

    How to apply

  • Send your CV/Resume to jobs@civicus.org before close of business on the 10th August 2018. Applicants are encouraged to also share examples of previous of examples of work related to digital communications. In your email, please indicate your availability for the internship. Feel free to email us with any questions you may have about the internship.

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