Communications Intern

I.  Background  

WWF Tanzania is part of WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature), an international nongovernmental organization that deals with conservation of nature through a number of environmental management programmes. Our mission is to stop the degradation of the Planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.  WWF Tanzania seeks to recruit a communications intern who will work closely with the communications team in implementing the Country Office’s Communication strategy. WWF Tanzania Communication priorities include increasing awareness of the WWF’s programmes to its target audience to trigger actions towards sustainable utilization of resources, encouraging participation of the communities involved in the projects and CSOs to support the conservation objectives, influencing policies or policy makers to support the WWF initiatives and programmes objectives and secure commitment of selected private sector companies to the programmes’ conservation objectives.

The Ruvuma Transboundary Landscape is an area of approximately 370,000 km² spanning southern Tanzania (Ruvuma, Mtwara, Lindi and Morogoro regions) and northern Mozambique (Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces). Named after the Ruvuma River (also known as the Rio Rovuma in Mozambique) that separates the two countries, the landscape is arguably one of the last remaining wilderness areas in the world. It is defined by the UNESCO World Heritage Site formerly Selous GR (of 48,000 km²) – most of which (30,893 km²) is now the Nyerere NP in Tanzania, the largest park in Africa – and the Niassa Special Reserve (42,000 km²) the largest conservation area in Mozambique. 

The Ruvuma Transboundary Landscape is a priority for WWF offices in Tanzania and Mozambique. With the mix of habitats from miombo woodlands to coastal forests, wetlands and rivers, the area supports the African elephant, African wild dog and lion – all of which are priority species for WWF. These iconic species and habitats must not be lost. 

With this important value it remains significant that the landscape has an effective communication that will help in amplifying the landscape, derive support from stakeholders and facilitate the accomplishment of its goals and priorities. WWF is seeking a Communications Intern to be based in the Tanzania component of the Ruvuma landscape programme and to assist in a variety of tasks related to profile, awareness and communications for the portfolio of projects in the landscape.

II. Main Function

Provide support to the Ruvuma Landscape communication priorities for the purpose of establishing a regular and quality presence of the landscape both online and on the ground so as to strengthen conservation awareness among communities, policy makers, donors and partners.

III. Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist to generate ideas and put together content that will include write, produce and liaise with head of communications and the Ruvuma Landscape team to develop content for the website and other social media platforms ensuring that it is engaging, up-to-date, and correctly branded
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• Collect and share web articles/stories for consumption within WWF network audiences.
• Utilize digital marketing tools and analytics to increase visitors and data capture from our website and social media.
• Work with the Ruvuma team members under the Head of Communications to organize and facilitate the execution of conservation activities such as the relevant commemoration of special conservation days and landscape-oriented activities.
• Design and publish communication materials that will help increase the Ruvuma landscape visibility and communicate conservation education to targeted audiences.
• From the field activities and events, the intern will collect, organize, select and make use of powerful images for social media and documentation.
• Create simple but effective photo quotes and info-graphics for social media and other uses. With guidance from the head of communications, the intern will engage the media (Local and national) for the purpose of increasing Ruvuma Landscape and the Tanzania Country Office (TCO)’s presence in traditional media (Radio, Television and Newspapers)
• Facilitate documentation of lessons and best practices from programme interventions in the Ruvuma Landscape to share with partners and to support and influence development of appropriate policies and mechanisms that will ensure long-term sustainability of TCO Programmes.
• Participate in relevant meetings and workshops for learning purpose and develop reports and presentations if necessary.
• Map and report the performance of TCO’s website and social media channels using appropriate tools and record TCO presence on the media.
• Perform other activities relating to communications as defined by WWF Tanzania Country Office
• Maintain a good image of the organization to ensure that WWF remains among the most respected in the country and beyond,
• Produce performance report at the end of the internship period for assessment.

Supervisor Role:

• Introduce and orient intern to staff, stakeholders and overall work environment,
• Provide guidance, coaching and counseling to the intern on the job role and competencies to be demonstrated.
• Produce intern performance assessment report at the end of the internship period.

IV . Profile

Required Qualifications

• University-level education in Communications, Journalism or related field with experience in a similar position.
• Proven experience and track records in writing for development/conservation
• Designing using applications like Adobe etc Writing for and efficient use of social media.
• Nature conservation will be an added advantage

Required Skills and Competencies

• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and Kiswahili
• Interest and ability in video production and/or photography as well as in graphic design; · Computer literacy;
• Keen interest and passion for conservation/environmental issues;
• Cultural adaptability and sensitivity;
• Working knowledge of conservation work especially in Tanzania.

How to Apply:

Applications must include a complete Cover Letter & CV with full contact details of three referees and should be addressed to the Head of People & Culture, via email to: hresources@wwftz.org by Tuesday, 19^th February at 1700hrs. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female applicants are encouraged to apply. 

WWF is an equal opportunity employer and committed to having a diverse workforce WWF has a principle of zero tolerance to fraud and corruption, if you encounter such an incident, then report by sending an email to fcci@wwftz.org