Role: Project Associate- Communications

Compensation: As per industry standards

Qualification: A bachelor's degree in Mass Communication / Journalism or any related field Experience 1-2 years of work experience in the communications field

Location: Remote

About AFI

Our core customers at Action For India (AFI) are early-stage, tech-enabled, for-profit social entrepreneurs of India. Our mission is to identify these high-potential social entrepreneurs (working in sectors such as Education, Healthcare, Agriculture, Livelihood, Clean-Tech, and Fin-Tech) and connect them with resources to help scale the impact of their work - be it funding, mentors, technology resources, government decision-makers or customers. Since its inception in 2012, AFI has helped more than 1000 social entrepreneurs in their scaling journeys.

AFI is an international impact organization with presence in the USA, UK and India. In India, we are a Section 8 Company (with 80G, 12A and FCRA certifications) and in the US we are a 501-c3 organization. Our two active chapters outside India are in Silicon Valley, USA and London, UK.

Our main initiatives include the AFI Annual Forum, Social Enterprise Advisory Services (SEAS), Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE), AFI i-TIC Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (AISEA), Impact Investment Fund (3i Partners) and the Silicon Valley Challenge (SVC) Trek.

AFI has been supported by several foundations and investors including eBay Foundation, UNGC, IDRF, Guru Krupa Foundation, Deshpande Foundation, Omnivore, Let’s Venture, etc.. We have also been supported by tech giants such as Intel, Cisco, HP, Nokia, etc. to give impetus to our programs.

About the Role

Key Deliverables:

1. Strategize for the digital transformation and brand building of AFI

2. Develop and copy edit communication materials like social media creatives, newsletters, annual reports

3. Provide editorial support to the team

4. Work with the research team to create analytical content for mass distribution.

5. Co-ordinate inbound PR request for the company

6. Creating and implementing marketing and community engagement strategies

7. Building and nurturing media partnerships

8. Researching and developing stories that tie to institutional vision/objectives

9. Monitoring and evaluating impact of call to action;

10. Identifying and onboarding vendors for social media and website management

You’ll excel in this role if you possess the following skills and attributes:

● Basic knowledge of Google Analytics and Google Adwords

● Working knowledge of social media marketing and engagement

● Graphic designing skills will be an added advantage

● Prior experience of handling end to end organization communication responsibilities

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills

● Prior experience of vendor management will be beneficial