Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our client Ripple Effect in the NGO Sector, we are looking for a competent, skilled, and experienced COMMUNICATION MANAGER to work in Kampala.
Positions : 1
Location : Kampala
| Job Title | Communications Manager | ||
| Department/Team | Programs – Youth Economic Empowerment through Livestock Development (YEELD) | ||
| Job Family | CCS – Communication & Campaign Services | Job Code | CCS 010 |
| Reporting to | YEELD Project Director | ||
| No. of direct reports | N/A | Budget holder responsibility | N/A |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda (with frequent regional travel to Teso, Bukedi, and Ankole sub-regions) | ||
| Grade | Grade 8 | ||
| Contract type | Fixed Term | Hours | 40 hrs pw |
About the Project
The Youth Economic Empowerment through Livestock Development (YEELD) Program is a five-year initiative aimed at improving the socio-economic well-being and resilience of financially disadvantaged young people aged 18–35 years in the Teso, Bukedi, and Ankole sub-regions of Uganda through livestock value chains. The program seeks to create 250,000 work opportunities, including for 200,000 (80%) young women, 5% persons with disabilities (PWDs), and 3% refugees and displaced persons (RDPs). YEELD is being implemented across 20 districts in the three sub-regions through a consortium coordinated by Ripple Effect, dfcu Foundation, and Multi Community Based Development Initiative (MUCOBADI), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.
Role Purpose
The Communication Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight for all communication, visibility, advocacy, thought leadership, and knowledge management functions within the YEELD Project. The position is responsible for developing and implementing a communications strategy that advances YEELD’s program goals, outcomes, and systems-level influence objectives, while positioning the program as a key contributor to inclusive youth economic empowerment through livestock development.
The position ensures that program achievements, lessons, youth voices, ecosystem shifts, and impact are effectively documented, packaged, and disseminated to key stakeholders including donors, government, private sector actors, consortium partners, media, and communities. It supports the broader Young Africa Works agenda by strengthening strategic communication approaches that contribute to ecosystem coordination, policy influence, behaviour and mindset change, youth voice and agency, and increased visibility of youth-led opportunities within the livestock sector.
The position leads the design and implementation of YEELD’s communication and visibility strategy, ensuring all communications activities are aligned with Ripple Effect standards, Mastercard Foundation requirements, and the program’s broader impact pathways and development objectives. It also provides strategic guidance and technical support to the three sub-regions (Teso, Mbale, and Ankole), ensuring regional teams and consortium partners are equipped to effectively communicate program results, learning, and impact.
Additionally, the position ensures systematic archiving of program documentation, strengthens institutional learning and knowledge sharing, supports policy and thought leadership initiatives, and leads communication close-out processes to capture and disseminate YEELD’s legacy and contribution to youth employment, financial inclusion, and livestock market systems transformation.
Key Responsibilities
| Area of Responsibility | Action Steps | Impact Criteria / Measures |
| Strategic Communications Leadership, Coordination & Stakeholder Management | Develop and implement YEELD’s communication and visibility strategy, ensuring communications activities directly support program goals, outcomes, ecosystem influence objectives, and the broader Young Africa Works agenda. | · Communication strategy effectively supports program outcomes and systems-level objectives.
· Increased visibility and understanding of YEELD’s impact among stakeholders. · Strong alignment maintained between communication outputs, program priorities, and Mastercard Foundation requirements. |
| Provide strategic leadership and direction for communication activities across the Project Management Unit, consortium partners, and sub-regions. | · Consistent and coherent communication approaches implemented across all regions and partners.
· Strengthened coordination and collaboration across consortium communication functions. |
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| Serve as a key liaison with Mastercard Foundation’s communications team and relevant external stakeholders to ensure alignment with donor priorities and national development agendas. | · Strong working relationships maintained with donor, government, media, and ecosystem stakeholders.
· YEELD effectively positioned within national and sector-level conversations. |
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| Operationalize the communication strategy through annual and quarterly communication workplans aligned to program priorities and milestones. | · Communication activities implemented on time and aligned to program workplans and milestones. | |
| Provide strategic recommendations to senior management on media engagement, stakeholder positioning, public statements, reputational risk, and communication priorities. | · Senior leadership supported with timely strategic communication guidance and risk mitigation support. | |
| Policy, Thought Leadership & Systems Influence | Lead development and dissemination of policy, advocacy, and thought leadership content that positions YEELD as a contributor to youth economic empowerment, inclusive livestock systems, and youth-responsive market development. | · Increased visibility of YEELD within policy, advocacy, and ecosystem engagement platforms.
· Program learning and evidence contribute to sector dialogue and systems influence efforts. |
| Support documentation and communication of program learning, ecosystem shifts, innovative models, and emerging lessons to influence broader sector practice and policy discussions. | · Program learning and evidence products produced and disseminated regularly.
· Increased stakeholder engagement around program insights and learning. |
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| Support youth voice, agency, and participation by amplifying stories, experiences, and perspectives of young people participating in YEELD interventions. | · Youth voices consistently integrated into communication outputs and stakeholder engagement efforts.
· Improved visibility of young women, PWDs, and RDP participation in livestock value chains. |
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| Program Communication Implementation Support | Lead implementation of communication activities including media engagement, launch events, radio and television features, press releases, digital campaigns, impact stories, and stakeholder engagement initiatives. | · High-quality communication products and campaigns produced and disseminated.
· Increased audience engagement across digital and offline platforms. |
| Oversee development, editing, packaging, and dissemination of communication products including reports, newsletters, impact briefs, brochures, impact stories, documentaries, and multimedia content. | · Communication materials produced in a timely, accurate, and audience-appropriate manner.
· Program achievements and impact effectively documented and communicated. |
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| Ensure communication approaches strengthen program visibility while contributing to learning, behaviour change, and stakeholder engagement objectives. | · Communication outputs contribute to increased program awareness, participation, and stakeholder confidence. | |
| Donor, Visibility & Compliance Communication | Ensure all communication outputs comply with Ripple Effect and Mastercard Foundation branding, safeguarding, visibility, and donor reporting requirements. | · Full compliance with branding guidelines, safeguarding, and communication requirements.
· Reduced reputational and compliance risks across communication activities. |
| Produce quarterly updates, annual reports, impact briefs, visibility products, and program impact stories. | · Communication requirements consistently met. | |
| Manage multimedia outputs including photography, film, and digital storytelling while ensuring informed consent and ethical storytelling standards are upheld. | · Ethical storytelling and safeguarding standards consistently maintained. High-quality multimedia documentation produced across program regions. |
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| Program Documentation, Learning & Knowledge Management | Lead documentation of program achievements, lessons learned, ecosystem outcomes, and impact stories across all implementation regions. | · Strong institutional memory and knowledge repositories maintained. Program documentation accessible, organised, and regularly updated. |
| Ensure systematic archiving of communication materials, reports, photographs, videos, and learning products for institutional learning and program close-out. | · Communication archives and knowledge products well maintained and easily retrievable. | |
| Support program learning and adaptive management through communication of emerging lessons, evidence, and impact insights. | · Communication outputs contribute to program learning and adaptive implementation approaches. | |
| Capacity Strengthening & Regional Support | Strengthen communication capacity of consortium partners, regional teams, and communication focal points in documentation, storytelling, safeguarding, media engagement, and digital communication. | · Improved communication capacity across consortium partners and regional teams.• Increased consistency and quality of communication outputs across regions. |
| Identify communication capacity gaps and coordinate training, mentorship, and accompaniment support where required. | · Regional and partner communication teams effectively supported and coordinated. | |
| Media & Stakeholder Engagement | Build and maintain relationships with media houses, journalists, communication networks, and ecosystem stakeholders to strengthen YEELD’s visibility and influence. | · Increased media coverage and stakeholder engagement around YEELD activities and impact. |
| Represent the program in strategic communication, media, and stakeholder engagement platforms where required. | · Strong professional representation and positioning of YEELD across engagement spaces. | |
| Other Duties | Ensure compliance with Ripple Effect policies, safeguarding standards, and all relevant legislation. | · Compliance maintained across all communication activities. |
| Undertake any other duties of a similar nature as reasonably required by the line manager. | · Additional responsibilities effectively supported as required. |
Safeguarding
At Ripple Effect, we are committed to creating a safe and rewarding environment for all of our people, including staff, participants, partners, volunteers, children, and vulnerable adults. It is a shared responsibility to ensure that everyone is treated properly and protected from harm, exploitation, and abuse. To fulfil this commitment, we have established a robust Safeguarding Policy that everyone working with us is expected to follow, along with a confidential whistle-blowing procedure that allows individuals to raise any concerns they may have.
Requirements
Qualifications
Desirable:
- Master’s degree in communication, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field.
- A Degree in marketing, communications, Public Relations or related field will be an added advantage.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential:
- 10+ years of senior-level experience in communication and knowledge management within non-government organisation setting.
- Experience working in agrifood or livestock systems preferred.
Skills and Attribute
Essential
- Proven expertise in developing and implementing strategic communication and visibility strategies aligned to program goals, donor priorities, and systems-level change objectives.
- Strong understanding of development communications, youth economic empowerment, and inclusive market systems approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to use communication as a tool for stakeholder engagement, program influence, ecosystem strengthening, and behaviour or mindset change.
- Strong skills in documentation, storytelling, knowledge management, and translating technical program information into compelling audience-appropriate content.
- Excellent writing, editing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills across donors, government, media, consortium partners, and development actors.
- Strong digital communication and multimedia storytelling skills, including social media and audience engagement.
- Ability to analyse communication performance data and use insights to strengthen communication effectiveness.
- Strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to strengthen communication capacity among regional teams and consortium partners.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, ethical storytelling, informed consent, and data protection within development programming.
- Desirable
- Graphic design, photography, video production, or multimedia content production skills.
- Experience working on donor-funded programs, particularly within agriculture, livestock, youth employment, or financial inclusion sectors.
- Experience supporting policy engagement, advocacy, or thought leadership initiatives.
Experience managing communications within multi-partner consortium programs
All candidates who meet the criteria outlined as above are encouraged apply under the job vacancy “QSSU-RIPPLE EFFECT- COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER “
Application Link: https://jobs.qsourcing.com/jobs/Careers/735362000017912568/QSSU-RIPPLE-EFFECT—COMMUNICATIONS-MANAGER?source=CareerSite
Note:
Deadline for applications is not later than 8:00 am Thursday 25th June 2026
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Q-SOURCING SERVTEC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ANY SOLICITATION WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION.
