Communication Intern at Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT)

Job Description

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The overall objective of the Micro-Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) is to promote economic growth, employment creation and poverty alleviation through support to enterprises. MESPT works with intermediaries that provide financial or business development services to improve the performance of enterprises. The aim is to strengthen financial intermediaries in order to establish a strong, stable, market-based micro-finance sector in Kenya. What is MESPT? Micro-Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) was established in November by the Government of Kenya, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the European Union to assume and continue with the activities of the Micro-Enterprises Support Programme (MESP), previously implemented also by the Government of Kenya and the European Union between and . MESPT began operations in January and started by offering wholesale loans to financial organisations, including microfinance institutions, savings and credit cooperative societies and financial services associations, for onward lending to micro-enterprises. In , the European Union relinquished its rights as a founder and passed those rights to the Danish Representation in Nairobi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (DANIDA), represented by the Head of the Danish Mission in the Republic of Kenya.

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Responsibilities and duties

Assist in implementing and executing communications strategies, campaigns, events, and other initiatives in support of MESPT and the programme activities. Support content development for stories, talking points, press releases, speeches and production of key publications. Support the creation and uploading of content for the related online platforms. Support in preparing presentations, decks, pitches, toolkits, and processing various documents. Assist the Corporate Communications Officer in the curation and coordination of key events and communication opportunities. Support in creating high quality content for updating MESPT social media, especially LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and other platforms. Coordinate with Programmes teams to ensure donor communications and visibility requirements are met. Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time

Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communication, Journalism/Media, Public Relations, or related field.

Skills & Competencies

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English Excellent PowerPoint, Word and graphic design skills Basic understanding of usability, optimizing content for the web and search. Good organizational skills and the ability to multi-task. Positive, energetic self-starter with a high level of personal drive and resilience

Terms:  3-month contract