Job Title : Communications and Digital Marketing AdvisorLocation : TorontoCompany : Cuso InternationalSalary : Open Date : 2024-03-05Close Date : 2024-07-05
This Volunteer Placement is Located in: Bogota, Colombia
Start Date: April 2024
Placement Length: 12 Months
Language Requirements: Spanish Level 4-Advanced
Please submit a Spanish Resume and Statement of Interest
Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada Only
The Volunteer's Role
Do you have communication and digital marketing skills? Are you passionate about helping grassroots organizations increase their capacities and ensure sustainability? Do you enjoy social work with grassroots communities? This volunteering is for you Apply and support our partners TerritoriA and its community foundation Paisano to increase their technical capacity in developing positioning strategies in communication and digital marketing, achieving:
- Attracting new donors, social investors and/or allies
- Increase the number of volunteer applications through the Foundation's web platforms
- Improve people's interaction with the Foundation's communication channels
- Disseminate Paisano's message much better and generate community, as well as a sense of belonging among stakeholders
- Manage a pool of volunteers in communications where there is spare capacity for the organization
As a volunteer, you will:
- Carry out a communication diagnosis of Paisano to identify where we are reaching, with whom we are communicating, the potential of such communications and others that allow us to remember the lines of action to follow to achieve the objectives above
- Implement the lines of action identified in the diagnosis to achieve the objectives described above
- To accompany and support the communication needs of Paisano's partner initiatives, organizations and enterprises
- Create channels for the attraction of volunteer staff to Paisano's different needs and motivate from there the creation of a core group of volunteers in the area of communications and digital marketing
Essential Requirements:
Degree in communication, social sciences, or digital marketing, with demonstrable experience in the field
Essential Background: Experience and knowledge in digital donor recruitment strategies. Experience and knowledge in gender and gender equality, development and social inclusion. Experience working with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams. Experience working with participatory methodologies and elaborating pedagogical materials and strategies
What's in it for YOU?
A life-changing experience
About Us, the Project and the Partner
Cuso International
Cuso International is an international cooperation and development organization that works to create economic and social opportunities for marginalized groups. Together with our partners, we are focused on efforts to advance gender equality and social inclusion, improve economic resilience, and deliver progress on climate action. We believe that by sharing skills, we can build better futures. Founded in 1961, Cuso International works in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada
Project - Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE)
Cuso International will deliver the Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE) project, with a contribution from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) over seven years (2020-2027). SHARE aims to improve the economic and/or social well-being of the poorest, most marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly women and girls, in developing countries, to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition to increasing the engagement of Canadians in international development and key global issues, this project will aim to increase the performance of country partners to deliver more inclusive, innovative and environmentally sustainable development initiatives that advance gender equality, in support of the action areas of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy
Partner - TerritoriA
TerritoriA is a laboratory for social transformation that promotes community philanthropy in Colombia by facilitating and accompanying individuals and communities interested in creating and leading Territorial Foundations, to contribute to autonomous and sustainable development in the various regions of the country