Information and Communication Officer

Information and Communication Officer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF) is seeking a creative, proactive, and detail-oriented Information and Communication Officer to support the organization’s communication, information management, visibility, documentation, and knowledge-sharing activities across its humanitarian and development programmes.

The successful candidate will support the development and dissemination of communication materials that highlight programme achievements, document organizational impact, promote accountability, and strengthen LPF’s visibility among communities, donors, partners, and other stakeholders. The role will involve collecting and organizing programme information, producing clear and engaging content, supporting digital communication platforms, and ensuring that communication products are accurate, consistent, and aligned with organizational standards and donor visibility requirements.

The Information and Communication Officer will work closely with programme teams, the MEAL unit, field personnel, and management to capture programme results, success stories, lessons learned, and human-interest stories while ensuring that all communication activities uphold safeguarding principles, informed consent, confidentiality, and the dignity of programme participants.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communication Planning and Content Development

• Support the development and implementation of LPF’s communication plans, content calendars, and visibility activities.

• Develop clear, engaging, and audience-appropriate communication materials, including articles, newsletters, human-interest stories, programme updates, press releases, case studies, and organizational profiles.

• Translate technical programme information into accessible content for donors, partners, communities, staff, and the general public.

• Collect and organize information on programme activities, achievements, challenges, and results for communication and reporting purposes.

• Review and edit communication materials to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, appropriate language, and alignment with LPF’s communication standards.

• Support the development of key messages, talking points, presentations, and other materials for organizational events and stakeholder engagements.

• Programme Documentation and Storytelling

• Work with programme teams and field personnel to document project activities, milestones, outcomes, success stories, and lessons learned.

• Identify opportunities to develop human-interest stories and case studies that demonstrate the impact of LPF’s humanitarian and development interventions.

• Conduct interviews with programme staff, community representatives, beneficiaries, and other relevant stakeholders, subject to informed consent and safeguarding requirements.

• Capture and organize photographs, videos, quotations, testimonials, and other approved multimedia content to support programme communication.

• Ensure that stories and communication materials accurately represent programme activities and reflect the experiences and perspectives of affected populations respectfully.

• Maintain an organized repository of approved photographs, videos, stories, publications, reports, and other communication assets.

• Coordinate with the MEAL team to ensure that programme achievements, statistics, and reported results used in communication materials are verified and properly attributed.

• Organizational Visibility and Branding

• Support the implementation of LPF’s organizational branding and visibility standards across communication materials and programme activities.

• Ensure the appropriate use of organizational logos, templates, visual identity, and approved messaging in publications, presentations, banners, reports, and other materials.

• Support compliance with donor visibility and acknowledgement requirements in line with approved project agreements and communication guidelines.

• Develop and update organizational communication materials, including brochures, fact sheets, organizational profiles, programme summaries, and information briefs.

• Support the preparation of visibility materials for community events, stakeholder meetings, workshops, trainings, and programme launch.

• Review communication products for accuracy, branding consistency, and compliance with relevant organizational and donor requirements before publication or distribution.

• Maintain records of visibility materials produced and support documentation of communication and visibility activities.

• Digital Communication and Online Platforms

• Support the management and updating of LPF’s approved digital communication platforms, including the organizational website and social media channels, where applicable.

• Prepare and publish approved content to communicate programme activities, organizational updates, achievements, events, and relevant announcements.

• Develop engaging digital content using appropriate formats, including graphics, short videos, photographs, captions, and information cards.

• Monitor audience engagement and feedback on organizational communication platforms and share relevant observations with management.

• Ensure that pub