Community / Communication Manager

Context : 

Tanga grapples with various socioeconomic challenges. These challenges include elevated poverty rates, insufficient access to education and healthcare, and limited job opportunities, especially for women and youth. Despite these obstacles, Tanga boasts significant potential for growth across multiple sectors such as tourism, agriculture, fishing, and technology. However, it is crucial to address the underlying impediments to economic development in the region. 

Nevertheless, Tanga has a wealth of untapped potential for entrepreneurship. These entrepreneurial opportunities span diverse industries, including technology startups, agriculture, and tourism, all of which are primed for innovation and investment. By investing in the local community, INCO can facilitate access to the resources and networks entrepreneurs need to succeed, from funding to business development guidance. 

The general objective targeted by INCO is to boost the growth of Tanga’s entrepreneurship ecosystem by supporting local organizations. To reach this global objective, INCO has devised a comprehensive strategy consisting of three primary phases :

1. Empowering local organizations: INCO will collaborate with local organizations to help them create incubation and/or accelerator programs. This will be achieved through our capacity-building program, enhancing their capabilities and expertise.
2. Supporting and funding startups and entrepreneurs: INCO will establish a new incubator program with the local organizations to support and fund startups and entrepreneurs operating in Tanga.
3. Strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Tanga by connecting it to national and international stakeholders. This collaborative approach will further bolster the region's entrepreneurial endeavors, fostering connections that facilitate sustainable growth and development.

Job description : 

The community/communication manager will be based in Tanga and work closely with the program manager to implement this new project. Subsequently, he will mainly focus on community mobilization through the following activities

“ Community Animation - 50%“

The community / communication manager supports the program manager in developing and animating communities (networks of stakeholders and entrepreneurs). 

• Organization of events such as workshops, focus groups, launching & closing events, capacity-building activities, and more. 
• Animation of a network of local organizations and entrepreneurs.
• Identification of relevant potential stakeholders & entrepreneurs profiles. 
• Representing INCO & taking part in some networking events.

“ Communication  Management - 30%

The community/communication manager supports the program manager in the design and implementation of communication strategies for the different phases of the program. 

• Creation of communication materials (posters, presentations and more). 
• Social media management (elaboration of social media campaigns, publication of content and more) 
• Drafting communication reports.
• Translation into Swahili if needed. 

“ Program support & monitoring - 20% “

In parallel, the community/communication manager supports the program manager in ensuring the monitoring and evaluation aspects and the proper implementation of activities in the field.

• Support in deploying a consultation and information campaign to identify and select business support organizations for participation in a capacity-building and incubation program.
• Support the implementation of a capacity-building program for the selected organizations.
• Drafting reports of the different activities.
• Support in deploying a consultation and information campaign to identify and select local entrepreneurs / startups. 
• Support the implementation of an incubation/acceleration program for the selected entrepreneurs/startups.
• Supporting the disbursement of grants to allow organizations to prototype their own incubation programs.

Preferred experience 

• You have completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business/engineering school/university.
• You have previous experience in an organization supporting entrepreneurship (incubator and/or accelerator) or in innovation on the African continent.
• You are adept at working independently, with dynamism, rigor, and organization. You are reliable, show initiative and creativity.
• You are socially and interpersonally comfortable and possess the ability to manage partnerships in a complex environment.
• You have a strong desire to join a young, dynamic, and international team to contribute to the development of its activities.
• You speak and write professional English & Swahili.
• You are available for a one-year period starting from mid January 2024.
• The proposed contract will be a local or consultant contract, or ISV (International Solidarity Volunteering) contract, depending on the profile.