Communications & Advocacy Officer at Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Job Description
Communications & Advocacy Officer Job Reference:
CAO/CIEA/08/2026
The Communications & Advocacy Officer will help shape
how AGRA’s work is seen, understood and acted upon in Ghana and across
designated satellite countries. This is a strategic country-level role for a
purpose-driven communicator who can steward AGRA’s brand in-country, turn
evidence, partnerships and programme results into compelling stories,
campaigns, advocacy platforms and engagement opportunities, and strengthen
AGRA’s influence, reputation and contribution to food systems transformation.
Working with country, regional and program teams, the Officer will support
communications, stakeholder engagement, leadership visibility and reputation
management in ways that connect AGRA’s work to the lives, choices and
aspirations of Africa’s farming families.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead
communications and advocacy delivery for the assigned country and
designated satellite countries, ensuring alignment with AGRA’s strategic
priorities and One AGRA narrative.
- Steward
AGRA’s brand in-country by ensuring the organization is clearly
understood, consistently positioned and represented with integrity across
messaging, visual identity, communications governance, brand standards and
stakeholder engagement.
- Develop
and implement country communications and advocacy plans that support
programme priorities, stakeholder engagement, leadership visibility and
food systems transformation objectives.
- Translate
programme evidence, partner achievements, proven catalytic models, lessons
learned and impact data into compelling stories, briefs, reports, digital
content, multimedia products and knowledge materials that influence
decision-makers, attract scaling audiences and strengthen AGRA’s
contribution to food systems transformation.
- Coordinate
integrated campaigns, events, policy dialogues, strategic convenings and
visibility opportunities that translate policy priorities, public-good
outcomes and behavior-change objectives into clear communications and
advocacy that strengthen AGRA’s influence, reputation and public
engagement.
- Build
and maintain productive relationships with government, media, donors,
partners, private sector actors, civil society and other stakeholders to
advance AGRA’s communications and advocacy goals.
- Support
executive communications, leadership visibility and strategic engagement
opportunities for Country Directors, Regional Directors and AGRA
leadership.
- Participate
in AGRA Newsroom, planning and content coordination processes to ensure
country priorities and impact stories are reflected in institutional
communications.
- Monitor
emerging communications, reputational and policy risks and support timely
mitigation actions.
- Support
planning, budgeting, reporting and performance tracking for communications
and advocacy activities.
Key Qualifications and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Mass Communications, International Relations, Development
Communications, Marketing or a related field; a master’s degree or
relevant professional certification is an added advantage.
- Minimum
of five years’ relevant experience in communications, advocacy, public
affairs, external relations or stakeholder engagement.
- Demonstrated
ability to translate technical, programme and impact evidence into
compelling, audience-specific stories, campaigns, briefs and digital
content.
- Experience
working with governments, development partners, private sector actors,
media, civil society and multicultural teams.
- Strong
understanding of brand governance, reputation management, communications
planning, digital engagement and performance tracking.
- Experience
supporting executive visibility, strategic engagements, events, advocacy
initiatives and public engagement campaigns.
- Fluency
in English and French, with excellent written, editing and verbal
communication skills in both languages
Communications Officer – Digital
The Communications Officer – Digital will contribute to
AGRA’s Strategic Communications function, focusing on the execution of brand,
business lines, and platform activities in order to achieve a favorable
stakeholder experience and engagement through the implementation of AGRA’s
brand and sub-brands plans, tracking and measuring reach, influence, and
impact.
The ideal candidate will work cross-functionally to support
consistent execution of key brand and platform narratives, messages, and
engagements to achieve a positive partner satisfaction score across our key
stakeholders as defined by AGRA’s Strategy 3.0. Additionally, the role will
oversee the platform content plans as designed by the brand DNA through applied
elements, deliverables, and activities.
Chief People & Culture
The Chief of People & Culture serves as a
thought partner to the President and Executive Committee in catalysing a
transformation of AGRA’s culture, capabilities, and people systems. This leader
will align AGRA’s organisational design with its purpose and strategy, ensure
accountability across the people function, shift AGRA’s culture to its
future-forward vision and build internal strength through values-driven
leadership.
This role goes far beyond traditional Human Resources. It is
about reimagining how people, culture, and systems converge to enable bold
action, inclusivity, and innovation across Africa’s agricultural development
landscape.
This leadership opportunity is for an individual with deep
integrity, cross-cultural intelligence, and a passion for designing human
systems that shape the future. The role is not just about embedding AGRA’s
values—it is about living them out loud, mobilising people around a shared
purpose, and ensuring the organisation’s operating model and mindset evolve in
step with its strategic ambitions.