Communications Lead Job Africa No Filter

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Key Responsibilities

Communications, PR & Narrative Leadership

• Lead ANF’s overall communications and PR strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and campaigns.
• Develop and place media releases, opinion pieces, and thought leadership in targeted African and international publications.
• Maintain and leverage strong media relationships across Africa.
• Design and execute PR and communications campaigns that generate measurable visibility, engagement, and narrative impact.
• Negotiate and manage media partnerships in line with ANF’s mission and positioning.

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Digital Strategy & Execution

• Own ANF’s digital strategy, ensuring a clear, coherent, and effective presence across social, web, and email channels.
• Oversee digital campaigns with clear objectives, audiences, timelines, and success metrics.
• Ensure digital activity is insight-led, well coordinated, and focused on quality, relevance, and impact rather than volume.
• Use AI and digital tools to improve content planning, workflow efficiency, audience insight, performance tracking, and reporting.

Content, Social & Influencer Oversight

• Oversee content development across platforms, ensuring consistency of voice, quality, and narrative intent.
• Guide social media strategy and performance, working closely with the team responsible for day-to-day execution.
• Manage influencer and creator engagement in collaboration with internal teams, ensuring relevance and strategic fit.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, manage, and develop a small communications / digital team.
• Set clear priorities, workflows, and deliverables, ensuring responsiveness and accountability whilst building a team spirit
• Work closely with project teams to support campaigns, partnerships, and organisational objectives.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• 10+ years’ experience in communications, PR, or digital strategy, with strong agency background.
• Proven track record delivering campaigns and PR solutions that achieved visible, measurable results.
• Excellent media relationships across Africa.
• Strong understanding of digital strategy and the intersection between traditional media, social, and advocacy.
• Experience leading teams and managing complex workflows.
• Excellent writing, editorial judgment, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working across multiple African countries or regions.
• Familiarity with narrative change, advocacy, or mission-driven organisations.

Technology & AI

• Highly comfortable working with digital platforms and tools.
• Curious, confident, and proactive in exploring AI-enabled solutions to improve workflows, insight, content development, monitoring, and delivery.
• Able to translate technology into practical, usable systems rather than complexity.

Personal Attributes

• Entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and solutions-focused
• Highly responsive and delivery-driven
• Strategic thinker who executes decisively
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Calm under pressure and comfortable with ambiguity
• Aligned with Africa No Filter’s mission and values

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How to Apply

Applications should be sent to executivedirector@africanofilter.org with “Communications Lead” as the email subject. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date: 1st February 2026