Website Sunbird Trust

Title: Associate, Communications & Social Media

Experience: Minimum 1 year

Location: Manipur (May include occasional travel to other locations in the North-East)

Compensation: Commensurate to qualification and experience

Reports to: Head, Communications & Social Media

About Sunbird:

Sunbird Trust is a non-religious and apolitical not for profit organization. Through the medium of education, it helps build bridges between various communities in conflict affected North East India and between people here and their countrymen elsewhere in India. Reaching out to the most underserved communities, irrespective of religion, caste or race, Sunbird Trust works to bring about lasting peace and understanding for a better future of self-reliance, dignity and hope.

Job Description:

We are looking for a creative, experienced and empathy-driven Communications & Social Media Associate to join our team in Manipur, India. You would be responsible for handling all our social media platforms by creating/curating content, documenting work and discovering potentially interesting stories to increase our online visibility.

Job Responsibilities:

Managing all social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and WordPress
Designing, planning, implementing and monitoring Sunbird Trust’s Social Media strategy in order to increase brand awareness, improve marketing efforts and increase visibility
Curating, creating, designing, managing and overseeing the social media content
Blogging and writing/editing/proof-reading news articles
Running awareness ads, donation campaigns and fundraisers on social media platforms
Attending online/offline upskilling and training seminars and webinars
Creating promotional Material/Content for potential stakeholders (this includes pamphlets, brochures for the org or various schools, newsletters, greeting cards)

Staying up to date with the latest social media best practices and technologies

Working with photographers, videographers and designers to create appealing content
Collaborating with the Sunbird Trust’s Marketing Resource to ensure website maintenance and timely updates
Communicating with various project locations and partner locations to ensure all information is posted on Social Media in an accurate and timely fashion
Overall management of pictures and photos from all locations so that they are easily accessible
Handling communications of Sunbird Trust’s official mail ID
Maintaining a record of all potential candidates that may want to intern/volunteer/work with Sunbird
Engaging with the community, team members and children extensively
Database Management – includes projects, programs, reports, media, intern, donors etc.
Participating in and documenting tribal village events and festivals
Willing to travel to various partner locations to gather stories and document information

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Graduate / PG in any field
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
A good command over the English language
Good knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+ and other social media best practices
In-depth knowledge of designing tools such as Canva and other online template-based tools
Great story-telling skills
Pro-activeness and self-motivation

Desired Skills:

Team Player
Flexibility and adaptability
Ability to work with tight deadlines
Great writing and content creation skills
Ability to find own path and creating opportunities for one self

Education & Experience:

Graduate in any discipline
Min. 1 year experience of independently handling communications and social media (Experience with a Non-Profit Organization will an added advantage)
Experience doing research using multiple sources
Personal blog/ articles published in any online/offline magazines

Selection Process