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Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the umbrella network organisation representing Fairtrade certified producers and workers in Africa. It has four (4) regional networks – Eastern & Central Africa; Southern Africa; Western Africa: and the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Established in 2005, FTA aims to effectively represent producers and workers within the Fairtrade system in Africa and provide services that contribute to the improvement of their livelihoods.

Communications Officer   

Main Purpose of Job: To provide communication support for the organisations marketing, branding and advocacy needs. 

Key Performance Areas:

Includes communication strategy development, planning and budgeting, external and social media management, material development and dissemination, event planning.
knowledge management and reporting.

Minimum Requirements:

  • A University Degree in Communications / Marketing / Public Relations or equivalent
  • Diploma in Journalism / Communications / Marketing / PR.
  • Membership to at least one professional body of the above.
  • At least 5 years’ experience in a busy communications department.

Method of Application

Applications should be saved in me applicants name and the position (Communications Officer), and be e-mailed to [email protected]

Those who applied for this position before should apply again please
FTA is an equal opportunities employer.

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Fairtrade is a global movement which addressees the injustices of conventional trade by supporting smallholder farmers and workers to secure better terms of trade.

Fairtrade Africa, a member of the wider International Fairtrade movement represents Fairtrade certified producers in Africa and the Middle East.

Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa is the independent non-profit umbrella organisation representing all Fairtrade certified producers in Africa. Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organisations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea. Currently, the organisation represents over 1,050,000 producers across 33 countries in Africa.

Fairtrade Africa is a membership-based organisation. The General Assembly (GA) held every two years is the highest decision making body. All members have the right to participate and vote for the election of the Fairtrade Africa Board through their regional representatives at the GA.

We work through primary structures such as product groups, country partnerships and regional networks which enable members to have a strong voice in the governance and management of the organisation. We operate four regional networks: Eastern and Central Africa Network (FTA-ECAN) based in Nairobi, Kenya; West Africa Network (FTA-WAN) based in Accra, Ghana and Southern Africa Network (FTA-SAN) based in Cape Town, South Africa. We also have a new network in Middle East and North Africa  region whose regional office is soon to be established. The Fairtrade Africa secretariat is located in Nairobi, Kenya.. Fairtrade Africa has 50% ownership of the Fairtrade system.

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0 USD Nairobi CF 3201 Abc road Freelance , 40 hours per week Fairtrade Africa (FTA)

Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the umbrella network organisation representing Fairtrade certified producers and workers in Africa. It has four (4) regional networks – Eastern & Central Africa; Southern Africa; Western Africa: and the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Established in 2005, FTA aims to effectively represent producers and workers within the Fairtrade system in Africa and provide services that contribute to the improvement of their livelihoods.

Communications Officer   

Main Purpose of Job: To provide communication support for the organisations marketing, branding and advocacy needs. 

Key Performance Areas:

Includes communication strategy development, planning and budgeting, external and social media management, material development and dissemination, event planning. knowledge management and reporting.

Minimum Requirements:

  • A University Degree in Communications / Marketing / Public Relations or equivalent
  • Diploma in Journalism / Communications / Marketing / PR.
  • Membership to at least one professional body of the above.
  • At least 5 years’ experience in a busy communications department.

Method of Application

Applications should be saved in me applicants name and the position (Communications Officer), and be e-mailed to [email protected]

Those who applied for this position before should apply again please FTA is an equal opportunities employer.

2017-10-26

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