I. Background

Nepal strives to graduate from LDC to middle-income country status by 2030.  The excessive focus of Nepal’s development paradigm on socio-political empowerment, however, has not yielded the desired economic transformation.  In fact, the dismal domestic youth employment has heightened foreign migration, lowered domestic productivity, and increased economic dependence on foreign nations.  Daayitwa, with a focus on economic empowerment, envisions an enterprising Nepal where every youth has opportunities for a prosperous future and aims to:

1. Promote inclusive and enterprise-led economic growth
2. Strengthen governance of inclusive enterprise ecosystem
3. Bolster community engagement for enhanced livelihoods

Towards these goals, Daayitwa executes three programs.  The Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program (REAP) supports rural high-growth entrepreneurs to accelerate their businesses, create jobs and incubate other local entrepreneurs.  Leveraging the grassroots enterprise learning, the Public Service Fellowship Program (PSFP) supports policy entrepreneurs to collaborate with the government, conduct economic policy research and promote evidence-based policy decisions.  In linking the grassroots and government level engagements, the Civic Engagement Program (CEP) supports civic innovators to promote domestic youth employment through evidence-based policy advocacy.  REAP has supported 45 business entrepreneurs in 4 districts of Province 3 and Province 5 to accelerate their enterprises.  PSFP has supported 99 policy entrepreneurs from 28 countries to collaborate with 28 ministries and public agencies as well as 24 parliamentarians and conduct 99 research projects.  CEP has supported 50 civic entrepreneurs to organize 6 policy campaigns at federal, provincial and local levels on promoting domestic youth employment.

Daayitwa, registered as an NGO in Nepal, is part of the Daayitwa Abhiyaan.  The Abhiyaan also comprises of three other institutions:

●        Nepal Leadership Academy, a Nepal-based profit not-distributing company, that conducts leadership research, develops curriculum and offers leadership training.

●        Governance Lab, a Nepal-based for-profit research firm, that conducts economic policy research and influence government to make evidence-based policy decisions

●        Daayitwa-US, a US-based 501c3 non-profit that connects and builds leadership capacity of US diaspora for strengthened diasporic communities to contribute to Nepal’s growth

The Communications and Partnership Coordinator, working directly with the Executive Chairperson, will promote organizational visibility, document institutional learning and building strategic partnerships.  Specific  responsibilities will include the following communications and partnership functions:

Communications

• Design and implement communications and branding strategy and action plan for promoting Daayitwa’s vision

• Coordinate and provide guidance to team members responsible for various communications functions

• Collaborate with program teams to customize communication strategies for individual initiatives

• Create and manage processes to generate knowledge products and promote effective public outreach in collaboration with Daayitwa program teams

• Create and share stories of impact to national and international audiences

• Coordinate and prepare content for social media, newsletters, press releases, website and blogs

• Devise and implement social media campaigns for different components of Daayitwa projects

• Strengthen Daayitwa’s branding through various interventions, including but not limited to events, videos, website, and social media.

• Strengthen internal communication mechanism, including knowledge-sharing activities and project management procedures

Partnership

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to youth groups, government, private sector, banks, NGOs, universities and development partners.

• Coordinate fundraising through partnership development, grant writing and report writing

• Create and manage documentation and database related to partnership development and external relations

• Create and implement strategy to build partnerships with media outfits at local, national and international levels

• Coordinate learning and networking sessions, including but not limited to webinars, panel discussions, and talk series

• Masters in Communications, Journalism, Organizational Psychology, Social Sciences or relevant field with high academic achievement

• Minimum of 3-4 years of relevant professional experience, or equal combination of education and experience in communications and campaign coordination

• Understanding of social issues related to economic prosperity, income generation and community-driven development

• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a diverse, team-oriented environment

• Independence in working on complex problems in the field of specialization consistently applying creativity and independent judgment

• Strong motivation and time management skills

• Excellent oral and written communications skills in Nepali and English

• Excellent computer literacy, including proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and website content management

• Working knowledge of Photoshop or other Graphical software is desirable

• Self-starter and team-player with enthusiasm for continuous learning

Apply Before: 5th February 2020

Extended Deadline: 5th March 2020

Daayitwa will provide compensation to the PCC on a monthly rate basis.  The rate will be mutually agreed upon, commensurate with the level of the required deliverables, the qualifications and experience of the candidate.

To learn more about Daayitwa and our work, do visit our facebook page or our website. 
Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/daayitwa/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYX-0_rlCuvASwYuqzpCOw
Website    :  www.daayitwa.org

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