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Social/Digital Media Officer
Country Afghanistan Province Kabul,
Categories Communication, Type Full Time
Post Date 2023-03-29 Close Date 2023-04-07
Vacancy No 28323 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration One Year
Education Having a bachelor’s degree/certificate in a related field is a preference Experience 2-3 years’ experience in running digital/social media campaigns;
Organization Opportunities for you Salary

About Company

About Lapis Afghanistan: Lapis is a leading media, education, research, project management and strategic communications company, operating throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa, South and Central Asia. Lapis supports local and global efforts to bring about positive change in frontier markets and challenging environments. From delivering education projects to strategic communications and project design, for nearly two decades Lapis’ work has framed how individuals, communities and nations see their world. We employ an unparalleled understanding of complex media and sociopolitical environments. We stay on the forefront of changes in audiences’ media and technology consumption and combine this systems-level knowledge with our on-ground expertise to tailor carefully analyzed and creatively engaging products. Our clients include governments, foundations, international organizations, and the private sector.

Job Description

We seek exceptional candidates for the position of Social/Digital Media Officer role who have the passion, intellectual acuity, and business acumen to help with implementation of our education focused projects

ROLE + RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assisting in the development of effective communications strategies and approaches to generate work plans and long-term flow sheets;
  • Liaise with the creative and production teams of the partner organizations in order to plan promotion and social media engagement of the project.
  • Using a range of social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook and Twitter) to promote special campaigns, events, community-outreach efforts, promotions, etc. on a daily basis. This may include both managing online presence and creating or translating creative content for social networking sites;
  • Managing communities effectively – monitoring SM and responding to users and online communities in a way which cultivates engagement;
  • Generating internal/external reports from social media platforms to distill key insights;
  • Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns;
  • Feeding in data required for evaluating performance and effects of campaigns in social media management;
  • Capture key insights from social media;
  • Community management and day-to-day engagement of users;
  • Provide regular and ad hoc updates where necessary at the request of the program management team;
  • Assisting in planning and implementation of the relevant project initiatives where necessary
  • Support the Education Program Team in the development of ideas, production concepts, work plans, budgets and presentations related to social media; 

Job Requirement

CHARACTERISTICS + COMPETENCIES

  • 2-3 years’ experience in running digital/social media campaigns;
  • Displays ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written format in Dari/Pashto;
  • Solid understanding of current social media best practices;
  • Responsible, organized, and calendar-focused; ability to quickly shift plans as needed; connected and available to respond as needed.
  • Computer literate, especially with online platforms, MS. Word, MS PowerPoint, MS
  • Having a bachelor’s degree/certificate in a related field is a preference

Submission Guideline

Send your resume and a brief cover letter to Jobs@lapis-communications.com Please submit all attachments as PDFs, and ensure that the document title includes name your first and last name as well as the position for which you are applying.

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