Position: Communication Associate

Organization: Quest Alliance

Location: Gujarat

Apply: https://questalliance.zohorecruit.com/careers

Role and Responsibilities:

Documenting and Communicating Impact

• Capture case studies and success stories of students, trainers, Placement Officers and Institutes in the state/region.
• Provide support to the state/regional team in communicating their work to state DETs with the help of drafting content for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Regularly provide content for social media updates to Communications Coordinator to ensure the state’s/region’s work is highlighted in multiple communication channels.
• Take ownership of the events calendar in states/regions and inform the Communications Coordinator of key events and event-based collateral requirements well in advance.
• Support communications fellow to run campaigns on state-social media pages.
• Maintain a state-level/regional-level database of media contacts & vendors (photographers, designers, and other consultants)
• Support state teams to make internal event reports and document impact.
• Review critical documents that are external facing for brand guidelines, grammar, messaging, and design consistency.

State Communication Strategy

• Work in collaboration with Communications Coordinator to come up with a state/regional communications plan
• Work in collaboration with Communications Coordinator to build a content calendar for state social media pages.
• Be that one single point of contact from the state or region to put forth communication needs and requirements to the Communications Coordinator.
• Work closely with Communications Coordinator to ensure adherence to brand guidelines
• Maintain a database of success stories, photographs, and video testimonials. 

Other Key Skills

• Fluency in using MS office and Google suite
• Impeccable writing skills in English, and Gujarati or Hindi
• Basic knowledge of design tools ( Adobe Suite, Canva or Powtoons) *Not Mandatory

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Candidates with a background in journalism or mass communications
• 1-2 years of experience in journalism, advertising or the social sector
• Ability to build state-level context to social issues
• Awareness of communication trends in the social sector
• Good interpersonal, verbal and visual communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team with the help of the vision provided
• Experience with scheduling multiple projects and managing timeline