Uganda Village Project Publicity Chair

We are currently seeking enthusiastic, dedicated individuals to serve on our executive board as Publicity Chair for the organization. The Publicity Chair serves on a voluntary basis to support and guide our activities on the ground in the Iganga District of Uganda, where our public health programs serve rural communities. Our main program is called Healthy Villages, which takes a grassroots approach to developing a basic public health/health package for rural communities in conjunction with community members themselves, and strives to increase access to healthcare and build capacity within these communities. These programs address common rural health issues such as sanitation, nutrition, malaria, family planning, and eye health. Our other areas of focus include safe water activities such as well construction and household storage solutions, facilitation of obstetric fistula care, and provision of scholarships to orphans for higher education.

Learn more about our programs at our website - www.ugandavillageproject.org

Duties of PUBLICITY CHAIR – Estimated time commitment 4 hours/week

- Maintain general documents used by the organization;

- Build on current organizational memory processes such as project area manuals, orientation manuals, administrative documents;

- Actively pursue ways to increase publicity for the organization through social networking, online and print media and other means;

- Respond to queries from outside individuals such as journalists who request information from us;

- Create minutes from all officer meetings attended;

- Creating and updating all publicity materials (press releases, pamphlets, program summary sheets, etc.) for donors, volunteers, and partner organizations;

- Collaborating with in-country staff on creating e-newsletters to members of our contact list to share UVP's current work and progress, including keeping an updated list of contacts;

- Update the organizational blog and social media outlets with publicity announcements;

- Participate in monthly executive board member meetings;

- Participate in the annual executive board member meeting.

To apply for this position, please send a CV/resume and cover letter to: director@ugandavillageproject.org