Who We Are:
Leaders in building quality products to help individuals secure property rights and governments to manage land titling, administration and revenue collection.
Medici Land Governance (MLG) provides user-friendly low cost land titling and administration systems. Our company, MLG, is a part of Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of Overstock devoted to advancing blockchain based technology solutions.
Our Mission:
Without clear property ownership, developing economies cannot compete effectively in the global economy. As a public benefit corporation, Medici Land Governance pledges to promote economic development and full financial inclusion by helping individuals in developing countries to establish formal ownership of their homes and land.
What we do
Land governance stands on the edge of a revolution in efficiency, transparency and accountability. MLG uses blockchain and other technologies (such as machine learning, cryptographic and reporting systems, verifiable claims, etc) to support land governance, titling and administration with a secure public record of land ownership. Land records stored on the blockchain make land owenership transparent, secure, verifiable, and recognizable by local and global economies.
1. 1 x COMMUNICATION OFFICER
After successfully conducting a land titling pilot project in Lusaka, Zambia, MLG has engaged with the Lusaka City Council to lead its titling operations. The Communications Officer will support MLG’s efforts in Zambia, expanding upon MLG’s earlier titling project. The candidate will report directly to the PR and Communications Specialist.
What you will do:
- Produce a monthly internal newsletter to update staff on latest developments in the company including sensitization, community updates and other PR-related objectives.
- Gather and organize stories and testimonials in a consistent format to demonstrate MLG’s impact on individual land owners, their families and communities at large.
- Establish and promote interactive learning and inspirational topics for community radio and TV groups.
- Identify opportunities to bring awareness to and promote MLG’s work and events in communities.
- Take part in promotion and communications activities, including preparing, organizing and conducting public events.
- Ensure radio and TV programs are produced in line with MLG communication strategy.
- Follow MLG best practices with transparency and candor.
- Generate content and write success stories to share on social media, website and other media channels including TV and Radio.
- Be a thought leader with fresh ideas, perspective and creative ways to grow MLG’s presence in Lusaka.
- Take photographs in the field for marketing and promotional use.
What you should have:
- Degree/Diploma in Journalism/Mass Communication
- At least two years’ experience for Degree holder and five years’ experience for Diploma holder.
- Ability to identify and communicate relevant information to target audience in a professional manner.
- Excellent writing and oral reporting skills in English, with the ability to communicate credibly, clearly and effectively.
- Proven skills and experience in writing press releases, strong written, editing and proof-reading skills.
- Strong script writing skills for both TV/FILM and Radio productions.
- Strong understanding of both the operations of the media and its audience in Zambia and globally.
- Experience in events management and community surveying is a plus.
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated high level of computer skills including MS Office suite with emphasis on publisher and PowerPoint, social media platforms, digital communications.
2. 1 x SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL CHANGE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
The Social Behavioral Change (SBC)Communications Officer will support MLG’s efforts in Zambia, expanding upon MLG’s earlier titling project. The candidate will report directly to the PR and Communications Specialist.
What you will do:
- Closely liaise with the communications teams at the Lusaka City Council and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to ensure synergies to optimize results.
- In-house development and adaption of SBC multimedia and materials, including print, audio, video, digital, radio, cell phone technologies and social media.
- Work with the Social Development Officer to understand the need to communicate with vulnerable and special groups.
- Provide SBC technical and program support and guidance to MLG’s program, including designing and delivering trainings on SBC, presenting at workshops, etc.
- Integrate with and provide ongoing support to the MLG communication team.
What you should have:
- Degree/Diploma in Journalism, Mass Communication, Behavioral Sciences or Social Sciences.
- At least three years’ experience for Degree holder and five years’ experience for Diploma holder, in SBC Program implementation, content development and material design.
- Familiarity with a variety of SBC media formats.
- Prior experience working in SBC programming in the areas of land rights, gender, Local Government or civil society is an added advantage.
- Creative, professional, industrious and able to work collaboratively with colleagues.
- Demonstrated high level of computer skills including MS Office suite with emphasis on publisher and PowerPoint, social media platforms, digital communications.
If you meet the above criteria, email your application letter and curriculum vitae to the Operations Manager on hr@mlgzambia.com not later than 25th February 2020. Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 30 days of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.Important Note: Offers of employment or job openings with requests for payment or fees should be treated with extreme caution, viewed as potentially fraudulent and reported immediately.