Vacancy: Assistant Manager - Communications

• Employed Womens Association (SEWA) Cooperative Federation

IntroductionSelf-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) is a movement of women workers in the informal economy, working towards the economic empowerment of these workers. Over 50 years, 2.1 million women in India across 18 states have become members of this decentralized, grassroots movement.SEWA Cooperative Federation, works to support womens collective enterprises (WCEs), across sectors, enabling them to become viable, to innovate and to scale. Over 30 years, we have promoted 100+ womens cooperatives, reaching 300,000 informal women workers, across sectors of work: agriculture and allied activities, handicrafts, services, social security, finance and vending.We offer specialized services, such as capacity building, governance, working capital, finance and compliance, research, marketing and communications to these WCEs, and work with them closely, as mentors, to enable growth. This package of services and handholding is offered as a Womens Enterprise Support System(WESS).To achieve these goals, SEWA Cooperative Federation comprises of a team of experts, both for organizational guidance and for sector-specific knowledge in:

• Business development and strategy
• Marketing and PR
• Capacity building
• HR and Administration
• Research and advocacy
• Finance
• Compliance to Regulations
• Communications

Designation:Assistant Manager - Communications (Women Candidates preferred)Location:AhmedabadExperience:

• 3-4 years of experience in communications roles / branding and marketing. Experience in the development sector is preferable

Qualification:

• Preferably Masters in journalism, communications, creative writing or related fields.

Skills:

• Must have a keen interest in new media
• Candidate must have an eye for design. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, would be a plus.
• Previous experience in marketing would be a bonus.
• Candidate must have knowledge of the informal economy and womens labour
• Must have excellent writing skills and experience writing content, articles, etc.,
• Knowledge of Mail Chimp and other such softwares.
• A self-starter with high energy, wishing to explore potential areas for lasting impact and gaining experience of multiple stages of the project life cycle.
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in standard MS Office applications.
• Ability to read, write and speak English and Hindi is a must. Gujarati speaking and reading skills would be a plus.
• Ability and willingness to travel 10-12 days per month to program sites and other locations, as may be required.

Responsibilities:

• Branding and communications for SEWA Cooperative Federation
• Brand design for womens collective social enterprises
• Website content creation and updation
• Regular content for newsletters and other communications collaterals
• Regular articles for publications
• Campaign creation for social media for SEWA Cooperative Federation and its member enterprises
• Design and develop key communication assets
• Maintain a repository of communication assets
• Capacity Building

Notes:

• Result oriented
• Willing to travel
• Immediate joiners will be preferred

Application Process Interested candidates can email their CV to us with the job title as the subject line. The file name for the CV should follow this format: Job Title Applicant First Name. Women candidates will be preferred for all positions.In your email, please mention why you are interested in this opportunity and how you think you can contribute to the work of SEWA Cooperative Federation.Job Type: Full-timeSalary: 920,000.00 - 940,000.00 per monthSchedule:

• Day shift

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