CREATIVE WRITER

The School of St Jude is a charity funded school that provides a FREE, high-quality education to over 1,850 primary and secondary children from the poorest communities in Arusha. 

We are seeking a creative energetic individual to fill the position above based in Arusha, Tanzania at the School of St Jude.  

Job Purpose:

Responsible for communicating and updating both current supporters of the school as well as potential supporters 

Key Responsibilities:

• Setting up communication plans so that sponsors and donors are updated. 
• Maintaining accurate database records in respect to what has been communicated with supporters
• Constantly reviewing communication and investigate ways to improve quality and supporter engagement potential.
• Update all business and academic leaders on any post form 6 initiatives and write brief reports for the boards of the school.
• Work with other staff within the office also working towards raising funds for the near 1900 students within the school currently receiving a free education due to fundraising efforts within the office
• To perform any other duties as requested by Manager/Founder

Skills and Competence:

• Strong creative writing skills
• Great team player 
• Energetic, consistent and dedicated personality
• Good “Publisher” and “Word” skills
• Excellent written English skills
• Detail orientated
• Organisational skills

The monthly gross salary is $ 450 USD 

Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:30 am -5:00 pm, and upto 20 Saturdays per year, depending on occasions that you will be required to work outside the set hours of work 

Interested Candidates for this job are kindly requested to send their CV accompanied by a cover letter to recruitment@schoolofstjude.co.tz. 
THE SUBJECT LINE MUST BE THE JOB REFERENCE NUMBER: SOSJ/HR/004/15

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED!