Programme: Culture and Governance
Project Name: Creative Youth for Social Cohesion Across Tanzania (Vijana@Work)
Job Title: Communication Officer
Reports to: Project Manager
Organization: CDEA – Culture and Development East Africa
Term: One year, renewable
Start Date: 1/08/2025
Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) and the Goethe Institut in Tanzania are implementing a four-year project with financial contribution from the European Commission titled: Creative Youth for Social Cohesion Across Tanzania, co-named Vijana@Work.
About CDEA
At CDEA we believe that culture is the context in which development takes place. Culture is defined as “the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional features of society or a social group. In addition to the arts, it encompasses lifestyles, basic human rights, value systems, traditions, and beliefs.” This set of distinctive features that characterize a society or social group falls under what we commonly call cultural identity.
We define development as the expansion of choices not just growth of material production. Therefore, we see culture as the purpose of sustainable development and not just a facilitator or an impediment to economic growth. CDEA has three programmes namely: Culture and Governance, Documentary and Future, and Organization Development.
CDEA’s Vision
An East African Community where culture is at the centre of development
CDEA’s Mission
To support multi-stakeholders’ to use culture, creativity and ICTs as resources to stimulate the creative economy, achieve social justice and environmental balance within the East African Community
Motto
Promoting Creativity and Innovation
CDEA’s Core Values
- Respect for the diversity of cultural expressions
- Social cohesion and African cultural renaissance
- Professional excellence, Innovation, sustainability
- Integrity, credibility, transparency and accountability
- Empowerment, justice, equality and democracy
About Vijana@Work project
The project’s Specific Objectives, are:
- To enhance a cultural-based civic space for dialogue and action between youth-led organizations and local authorities through participatory governance stimulated by cultural-based interactive media and;
- To promote the rights of young people to be able to freely enjoy the arts through cultural spaces and participate in the cultural life of the community;
That will contribute to the overall objective of building social cohesion, constructive dialogue and cooperation with local authorities in Tanzania.
The project’s underpinning approach is the use culture as a facilitation tool and conveyer of social change ideas. The three priority themes (gender, climate change and artistic freedom) will guide the selection of youth-led projects and their cultural productions, their capacity building, the dialogues with local authorities and communities as well as the renewal and maintenance of civic spaces.
The project will have a direct impact on the (i) cultural sector, (ii) youth-led civil society organisations and (iii) local governance, dimensions that are reflected at the level of results and activities and in connection to the target groups, beneficiaries and stakeholders. The intervention logic aims to respond to the needs highlighted in recent years by CSOs and cultural actors, namely:
(i) to strengthen their capacities,
(ii) to articulate their agenda,
(iii) digital literacy and
(iv) promotion of the artistic freedom.
These needs are broken down into four expected outputs:
(O1) The accessibility and availability of cultural projects (cinema, theatre, radio) tackling stereotypical behaviours and societal stresses is enlarged through 2 open calls;
(O2) The capacity of youth-led organisations as cultural, development and politically engaged actors is strengthened;
(O3) Awareness is raised on social issues of concern by youth-led organisations, dialogue is enhanced with the respective local authorities and public support encouraged; and
(O4) Cultural spaces are built/renovated in 14 target areas (7 zones for geographic diversity).
Responsibilities of the Communications Officer:
(S)he has the following responsibilities:
– To draft the project communication plan;
– To prepare, define and organise the dissemination and media activities of the project. Upstream: publication of calls for applications, projects, announcements of activities, awareness raising, etc.) and downstream in terms of results and impact;
– To write the communication-marketing part of the Open Calls;
– To design, write and edit publications such as leaflets, brochures, website, press clippings, facebook entries, etc.;
– To coordinate, direct and negotiate all actors involved in these activities (graphic designers, video producers, photographers, printers, etc).;
– To establish and monitor the budget for the project’s communication and visibility activities, in coordination with the administrative and finance manager and in collaboration with the Goethe Institut;
– To maintain contacts with the press to facilitate communication of the projects and activities supported;
– To ensure the correct implementation of the EU Communication and Visibility Manual (for the project and all project beneficiaries);
– To assess the relevance of the communication/marketing aspects of applications submitted to the Calls for Proposals and projects requiring a budget;
– To monitor, guide and make proposals for improvement of projects/beneficiaries supported by the project in regards to their communication strategy;
Qualifications and Skills:
- BA in Mass Communication
- Two years’ experience in Mass Communication and community building in a creative organization
- Excellent written, verbal communication, interpersonal and social media skills
- Ability to learn and be a team player in implementing the project
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for report writing, presentations, and communicating findings to diverse stakeholders.
- Proficiency in English and Kiswahili
- Must be a Tanzanian citizen
If you have these qualifications and are interested in this position, please send your application letter, and CV with two referees by email to Secretariat@cdea.or.tz copied to Cdea.Tanzania@yahoo.com before July 21st 2025, addressed to:
Executive Director
CDEA-Culture and Development East Africa
P.O. Box 13355,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Youth and Female candidates are encouraged to apply
