Communications Intern at mothers2mothers

General Communications Support 

• Digital content: assist with collecting, editing, and preparing content for social media, website, email newsletters and other digital channels. 
• Digital analytics: researching and preparing reports on performance of digital channels, making suggestions for improvements. 
• Knowledge management: assist with keeping m2m’s communications sharepoint up to date and well organised. 
• Event support: assist with planning and executing physical and virtual events, working on items such as invitations, presentations, guest list research and management. 
• Media relations: opportunity research and support for interview preparation. 
• Research: Assist with researching and summarising key trends in areas including communications and public health, and make recommendations on including the findings into the work of the department. 
• Administrative support: Partner with Communications Assistant to provide ongoing administrative duties to the South Africa communications team (Invoice payment/travel requests etc);

Country Communications Support 

• Working closely with the Regional Communications Manager, support m2m’s country communications initiatives. This will include: 
• Liaising with colleagues based in m2m operating countries to understand their communications needs, and working with other members of the team to plan and meet them
• Collecting and editing case studies from our frontline team and clients for internal and external use. 
• Researching and preparing communications materials such as fact sheets, talking points, and presentations for colleagues

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Grade 12/equivalent school leaving certificate
•  A diploma or degree in marketing, journalism, communications or similar field is strongly preferred. We will consider applications from those without tertiary qualifications if they have exceptional and relevant experience.