Responsibilities

• Gather all of the communication information from the area and prepare, assist and/or supervise communications outputs such as films, photographs, case studies, blogs and field situation reports and other platforms as required by the project
• Signed off communication products can be used by the program office externally, especially as necessary documentation for reports to donors, partners and stakeholders
• Work closely with external or internal consultants, technical advisers and project teams to ensure quality and effective key messaging of each expected output
• Host media and donor trips and support the production of high-quality reports to document progress of the project
• Programme Support: collate relevant information in the geographical area and translate into up-to-date, holistic and understandable communication products (briefers, area coverage map, program/project information sheets)
• Identify compelling beneficiary stories from the field and put these stories in the official DepEd case study template
• Write blogs that can further engage the public on the different kinds of education response activities in the region
• Identify potential media stories from the field, and pitch to the National Office
• Produce films, editing them to a high standard quality film, for wider audience
• Produce strong photographs, with corresponding captions, to document stories for the response

Requirements

• Graduate of BA Communication/ Journalism/ Broadcasting or any related course
• 3-5 years work experience in a communications or journalistic capacity
• Excellent writing skills (sample works required) and interpersonal communication skills, both in Tagalog and English
• Keen eye for good stories
• Ability to take quality video and photographs
• Proficiency in using MS Word, MS Excel, Photoshop, In Design and Premiere Pro
• Excellent relationship building and coordination skills in order to effectively work with different program/ project teams
• Excellent communications and relationship building skills with children in order to gather good case studies
• Experience in working with the media
• An initiative-taking, proactive, inspiring attitude with the ability to manage and prioritise an unpredictable workload and solve problems quickly with limited support