Communications Officer - South Africa

About CorpsAfrica

CorpsAfrica was founded in 2011 to provide opportunities for Africans to serve as volunteers in their own countries, along the lines of the Peace Corps model. We train university-educated young Africans and send them to live for up to one year in rural, high-poverty communities to facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects identified by local people. CorpsAfrica aims to promote a culture of public service in Africa by giving participants the opportunity to apply their education, skills, and energy toward helping fellow citizens overcome extreme poverty.

CorpsAfrica has steadily expanded operations from Morocco to Senegal, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa and the Gambia. Having successfully proven the power and effectiveness of the model, CorpsAfrica has begun to receive significant funding from large donors. As we reach a point of significant inflection leading to future expansion, we seek to add motivated, capable, and highly effective staff to our team.

Overview of the Position

The Communications Officer is a full-time staff position with the primary responsibility of demonstrating and communicating CorpsAfrica’s efforts related to project impact, fundraising, marketing, and other areas as needed. This person will have a significant opportunity to help build the organization’s image brand and there is ample room for professional advancement.

Reports to : Country Director

Specific Responsibilities

• External Communications : Facilitate the development and implementation of communications strategies that raise awareness, drive engagement, build support and have measurable impact with target audiences.
• External Communications : Create compelling content that is optimized to reach target audiences across a range of platforms and channels.
• External Communications : Draft and produce communications products, such as press releases, press statements, web stories, reports, and infographics.
• External Communications : Utilize programmatic tools to build support, which include Volunteer logs / reports and Monitoring and Evaluation.
• External Communications : Serve as focal point and promote CorpsAfrica / SA with media, donors, and government authorities with clear messaging and communication materials.
• External Communications : Maintain confidentiality, integrity, and discreet handling of sensitive information in compliance with the CorpsAfrica / SA data privacy, security requirements, and standards.
• External Communications : Contribute to advising on public narratives to support decision-making and to steer the communications strategy.
• External Communications : Provide insights and analysis based on monitoring of traditional, social, and digital media, including on risks to information integrity such as trends in mis- and disinformation.
• Digital Communications : Participate in the creation and management of compelling and relevant content for websites and social media channels, including live content, tailored for digital platforms to advance digital communications priorities and CorpsAfrica / SA work.
• Digital Communications : Participate in the development of approaches to analyze, monitor, and report social media, web, and other digital content to measure results, inform content creation, and adjust ongoing initiatives.
• Digital Communications : Develop strategic partnerships with social media influencers to elicit support for and maximize impact of digital campaigns, CorpsAfrica / SA brand visibility and promotion.
• Digital Communications : Oversee development and maintenance of the organization’s website, ensuring it remains up-to-date, user-friendly, and accessible.
• Digital Communications : Provide training and support to team members and Volunteers on communications measurement, digital media analytics tools, techniques, and best practices.
• Internal Communication Support : Prepare communications plans for keeping staff informed and engaged in CorpsAfrica objectives and initiatives, including change management and business continuity processes.
• Internal Communication Support : In collaboration with the Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer, help establish and maintain a consistent organization image through events and fundraising activities.
• Internal Communication Support : Participate in organizing regular meetings and events, in cooperation with internal and Global Support Team, to keep staff informed and engaged with internal initiatives; moderate and present as required.
• Outreach and Advocacy : Contribute to the coordination and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver joint outreach and advocacy activities to advance CorpsAfrica / SA priorities.

Added Responsibilities :

Qualifications

To Apply : Interested applicants should submit a cover letter that illustrates qualifications relevant to this role and an updated résumé. Applicants must be legally authorized to work full-time in South Africa and should not require employment sponsorship. Only complete applications will be considered. The deadline to apply is 28th September 2025.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, CorpsAfrica encourages applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status, physical ability or any other legally protected basis.

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