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Communications and Advocacy Lead at Oribi Jobs in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa at Hashtag Nonprofit NPC

Title: Communications and Advocacy Lead at Oribi

Company: Hashtag Nonprofit NPC

Location: Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Oribi

Communications and Advocacy Lead

  • Deadline:

27 May 2026

  • Region:

Paarl, Workshop 17 Tabakhuis

  • Salary:

ZAR18,000 per month (gross)

  • Type of employment:

Full time

Job Description

Cape Town-based, with communication support across KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, and Limpopo.

Level of Effort

Contract-aligned: approximately 60% level of effort (3 days per week), subject to final internal approval and budget confirmation.

Reporting Line

Reports to the Programme Manager / Programme Lead – EU CSO Programme.

  • Contract: fixed-term contract:1 year
  • Compensation: ZAR18,000 per month (gross)

The Communications and Advocacy Lead will lead and coordinate the communications, visibility, advocacy, content strategy, digital marketing, external communications, and learning dissemination functions of the EU CSO Programme.

The role will ensure that programme activities, results, learning, participant stories, public calls, awareness campaigns, events, and advocacy outputs are communicated clearly, ethically, and in line with Oribi and EU visibility requirements.

The Communications and Advocacy Lead will support the programme’s broader objective of strengthening grassroots CSOs and promoting youth- and gender-inclusive social entrepreneurship within the green agri-food and solidarity economy sectors.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Communications and Visibility Planning

The Communications And Advocacy Lead Will:

  • Develop and maintain a communications, visibility, and advocacy plan aligned to the programme activity plan.
  • Identify key communication moments across assessment, awareness, CSO selection, training, incubation, learning labs, town halls, study visits, and capitalisation events.
  • Ensure all communication activities support programme implementation and donor visibility requirements.
  • Coordinate communication timelines with the Programme Manager and implementation team.
  • Maintain a communication outputs tracker for reporting purposes.
  • Awareness-Raising and Campaign Support

The Role Will Support Awareness-readiness Activities, Including:

  • Updating and packaging awareness materials for CSOs and stakeholders.
  • Supporting communication for 2 webinars.
  • Planning and coordinating the 6-week social media campaign.
  • Supporting podcast content planning and promotion.
  • Preparing communication materials for physical workshops in each province.
  • Translating programme opportunities into accessible language for grassroots CSOs, women, youth, and ecosystem actors.
  • Digital Marketing and External Communications

The Communications And Advocacy Lead Will Be Responsible For:

  • Social media planning, copywriting, scheduling, and reporting.
  • Email marketing and public announcements.
  • Website or digital platform updates.
  • Programme newsletters or updates where required.
  • Public-facing content on CSO opportunities, programme milestones, learning, and results.
  • Coordinating with graphic designers, web developers, printers, photographers, videographers, and other creative service providers where needed.
  • Call for Proposals and Participant Communication

The role will support communication linked to the selection of CSOs, including:

  • Call for proposals announcements.
  • Applicant-facing information notes.
  • FAQs and briefing materials.
  • Social media and email campaign support.
  • Communication around deadlines, eligibility, information sessions, and selection outcomes.
  • Ensuring applicant communication is clear, accessible, and consistent.
  • Content Strategy, Storytelling, and Production

The Communications and Advocacy Lead will develop and coordinate content such as:

  • CSO profiles.
  • Youth and women entrepreneur stories.
  • Programme milestone updates.
  • Human-interest stories.
  • Event summaries.
  • Learning snapshots.
  • Short-form videos or video campaign inputs.
  • Infographics.
  • Factsheets.
  • Social media cards.
  • Blog posts or articles.
  • Photo captions and media summaries.
  • Advocacy messaging.

The role must ensure all storytelling is ethical, consent-based, and respectful of participants’ dignity.

  • Learning Documentation and Knowledge Sharing

The role will support the programme’s knowledge-sharing objectives by:

  • Documenting key lessons from trainings, learning labs, town halls, incubation, study visits, and capitalisation events.
  • Supporting the digital resource centre / virtual library.
  • Packaging programme learnings into accessible online resources.
  • Supporting the development of guides, factsheets, calculators, snapshots, or other learning materials.
  • Working with the M&E Expert to translate data and results into communication products.
  • Supporting reporting narratives with documented evidence and communication outputs.
  • Learning Labs, Town Halls, Study Visits, and Capitalisation Events

The Communications and Advocacy Lead will provide communication and visibility support for:

  • 12 virtual learning lab sessions.
  • Physical or hybrid learning events.
  • Town halls hosted by the 10 Youth Service Cooperatives.
  • Capitalisation events in South Africa and France.
  • Study visits to France and Tunisia.
  • Inter-provincial study visits.
  • Post-event documentation and learning summaries.

This includes pre-event communication, live content coordination, post-event summaries, photography / media coordination, and dissemination of key insights.

  • Advocacy Communications

Because the contract frames the role as communications and advocacy, the Lead will also:

  • Support advocacy messaging linked to green agri-food systems, social entrepreneurship, solidarity economy, youth inclusion, women’s economic participation, and climate resilience.
  • Help package programme evidence into advocacy-friendly formats.
  • Support communication around policy and action roadmap processes.
  • Contribute to public-facing learning and advocacy outputs.
  • EU Visibility and Reporting Support

The Communications And Advocacy Lead Will:

  • Ensure correct use of EU visibility and acknowledgement requirements across relevant materials.
  • Maintain a record of visibility evidence, including event photos, screenshots, links, publications, printed materials, media assets, and attendance-related communication.
  • Provide communication and visibility inputs for interim and final reports.
  • Support the Programme Manager with narrative inputs on visibility, communication events, published materials, and dissemination activities.
  • Ensure that communication products are archived and traceable for donor reporting.

Key Deliverables

The Communications and Advocacy Lead should be responsible for producing or coordinating:

  • Communications, visibility, and advocacy plan.
  • Social media content calendar.
  • Awareness campaign materials.
  • Webinar communication packs.
  • Podcast communication support.
  • Workshop and event communication packs.
  • Call for proposals communication materials.
  • Email marketing and announcement copy.
  • CSO and participant stories.
  • Programme milestone updates.
  • Learning snapshots and short-form knowledge products.
  • Infographics and factsheets.
  • Digital resource centre / virtual library content support.
  • Town hall and learning lab documentation.
  • Study visit communication summaries.
  • Capitalisation event communication outputs.
  • Advocacy messaging and public-facing briefs.
  • EU visibility evidence folder.
  • Communications inputs for donor reports.

Qualifications And Requirements

Required Experience

The Ideal Candidate Should Have:

  • 3–5 years’ experience in communications, advocacy, digital marketing, public relations, journalism, development communications, or social impact communications.
  • Experience working on donor-funded programmes, preferably EU-funded or international development programmes.
  • Strong writing, editing, storytelling, and content strategy skills.
  • Experience with social media campaigns, email marketing, and digital content planning.
  • Ability to translate complex programme work into accessible public communication.
  • Experience supporting events, webinars, campaigns, and stakeholder communication.
  • Understanding of ethical storytelling, consent, and responsible representation.
  • Ability to work with designers, web developers, videographers, photographers, and printers.
  • Experience in civil society, entrepreneurship, climate, food systems, youth development, women’s economic empowerment, or social and solidarity economy would be an advantage.

We are committed to employment equity and to building an inclusive and diverse team. We strongly encourage applications from women, persons with disabilities, and individuals from historically disadvantaged communities. This appointment will be made in line with the South African Employment Equity Act.

How to apply

Please send your CV and a motivation letter to Bonita KOFF (Director of Operations and Finance) < [email protected] >, and copy Katlego MOHUBA (Program Manager) < [email protected] > with “APPLICATION EU CSO Communications and Advocacy Lead” in the subject line.

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20 May 2026

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