East and Southern Communications Officer
Listed on 2025-12-07
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
PR / Communications -
Marketing / Advertising / PR
PR / Communications, Marketing Communications
East and Southern Africa Communications Officer
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya, Lusaka, Zambia or Johannesburg, South Africa*
* Candidates based in Johanessburg need demonstrable experience in Zambia, Malawi and other Southern African countries
The East and Southern Africa Communications officer will be part of the IDinsight Strategic Communications team.
The strategic communications team has four main goals:
Broaden our pool of clients who have high-impact potential. Also, broaden and deepen relationships with funders to support our work.
Influence social sector leaders to – be accountable and responsive to the people they serve; to continually learn and improve; to use data and evidence as a means to those ends.
Contribute to IDinsight’s impact through direct project work and capacity building of team members.
We achieve these goals by undertaking communications activities such as media outreach, external events, managing the IDinsight website and IDeas blog, generating social media content, graphic design, IDinsight newsletters, and leading IDinsight’s digital strategy.
We have a global team that supports IDinsight’s campaigns and brand-building efforts. Our regional communications officers work closely with our client-facing teammates and regional leaders to build IDinsight’s influence and presence where our offices are located.
About IDinsight
We amplify social impact by partnering with leaders to develop tailored solutions. Our mission is to use data and evidence to help leaders combat poverty worldwide.
IDinsight is a mission-driven global advisory, data analytics, and research organization that helps global development leaders maximize their social impact. We tailor a wide range of data and evidence tools, including randomized evaluations and machine learning, to help decision-makers design effective programs and rigorously test what works to support communities. We work with governments, multilateral agencies, foundations, and innovative non-profit organizations in Asia and Africa.
Our work spans a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, education, health, governance, sanitation, financial inclusion, and other areas.
We have expertise in a variety of rigorous approaches and methodologies, which we tailor to each client depending on their needs and constraints. To achieve a positive social impact we:
Our diverse, growing team of roughly 250 outstanding colleagues operates in nearly two dozen countries around the world. Learn more about our mission and values at .
About the East and Southern Africa Communications Officer
IDinsight is seeking a mid-level communications professional with 4-7 years’ experience in strategic communications and/or policy advocacy to join our team, help amplify the impact of our work, and build our influence and visibility with key audiences in East and Southern Africa. The Officer will be based in Nairobi or Zambia and will support our teams in the region.
The Officer will work with regional project teams as well as regional leadership on strategic communications activities to amplify project impact and influence policymakers, research peers, philanthropies, NGOs, and others operating in the region. The Officer will be supported by a centralized Communications team including the Designer, Digital Officer, Strategic Communications Director, Sr. Manager, Sr. Associate, as well as consultants. The Officer will report to the Strategic Communications Director with a dotted line to the Regional Lead, with additional guidance from the Zambia Country Director.
The Communications Officer will be part of the Communications team and will be the point person for communications in the region.
Responsibilities
1. Strategy and…
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