Communications Officer at One Mara Carbon Project
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Job Description
ABOUT THE ONE MARA CARBON PROJECT (OMCP)'
The One Mara Carbon Project is a landscape-scale initiative that supports sustainable rangeland management, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and improved livelihoods for local communities within the Greater Maasai Mara ecosystem. The project works closely with conservancies, landowners, county governments, and other stakeholders to implement regenerative grazing practices, strengthen ecosystem resilience, and generate high-integrity carbon credits under internationally recognized carbon standards.
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The Communication Officer will:
- Develop and implement the OMCP communication and visibility strategy.
- Prepare communication materials including newsletters, brochures, factsheets, presentations, success stories, press releases, and social media content.
- Document project activities, community experiences, field events, achievements, lessons learned, and impacts through high-quality stories, photography, and video.
- Manage and regularly update OMCP's website and social media platforms.
- Develop compelling human-interest stories highlighting the benefits of improved rangeland management and carbon project activities to communities and conservancies.
- Support communication and engagement with conservancy managers, community representatives, partners, government agencies, donors, VVBs, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate media engagement and respond to requests for project information.
- Ensure consistent branding and visibility of OMCP across project materials and events.
- Support preparation of communication materials for meetings, workshops, conferences, community events and stakeholder forums.
- Develop communication products that translate technical carbon, climate and rangelandmanagement information into accessible language for different audiences.
- Maintain a well-organized digital archive of project photographs, videos, publications and communication materials.
- Support documentation of project monitoring, community engagement and implementation activities for reporting and verification purposes.
- Identify opportunities to promote OMCP's achievements through local, national and international media and relevant professional platforms.
- Ensure that communication activities respect community rights, consent, cultural sensitivitiesand appropriate safeguarding standards.
- Perform any other communication and visibility duties relevant to the project.
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Application Process
Application requirements
- A cover letter.
- A Curriculum Vitae (CV) detailing relevant experience.
- Contact details of at least three professional referees.
- Copies of academic and professional certificates.
Submit to:
Email: hr@onemaracarbon.org
Subject: Communications Officer Application