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COM, PR

Skills

  • Advertising
  • PR

Experience

Aliyu Dawobe

Work experience
  • Spokesperson, PR Trainer, International Committee of the Red Cross, Abuja-Nigeria
  • I advise on protocol services to staff and visitors in meetings, ceremonies, and to external publics that visit the institution a visit.
  • I monitor national, international, and regional media, including social media, and update the office on relevant topics.
  • I relate with both the internal and external public in relation to communication and ensuring that the right information is shared.
  • I organize high-level events - meetings, conferences, exhibitions, workshops, etc., based on an international standard.
  • I develop & maintain contacts with top government contacts + spokespersons.
  • I organize media workshops and train journalists from strategic media on Humanitarian Reporting - numerous.
  • I train the National Red Cross on public and operational communication - routine
  • I provide different coaching and guidance on public communication to field staff.
  • I organize & plan media outreach programs, interviews, and media trips with key media on specific themes – numerous
  • I write articles for the institution’s website showcasing support given to communities with quotes from beneficiaries – routine
  • I generate content - human interest content - for publication on the institution’s Social Media platforms – routine
  • I develop - photos and videos of success stories beneficiaries acknowledging support received – 15 stories in 2022.
  • I draft news releases, key messages & organize breakfast meetings with media editors - many in 7 years.
  • I draft and update reactive press lines in the event of negative publicity, to enhance public communication engagement – more than 20 in 6 years.
  • I handle crisis communication, in times of negative publicity e.g., the abduction and killing of staff in Kala Balge LGA of Borno state Nigeria, in 2018.
  • I analyze national, regional & international media for proper positioning in terms of interest in ICRC’s work in Nigeria.
  • I serve as spokesperson for national and international media and arrange interviews for top management.
  • I respond to media queries and requests accurately and timely - routine
  • I identify opportunities pitch stories and organize media trips with strategic media to hard-to-reach places to promote humanitarian concerns - numerous
  • I coordinate the performance of communications officers in the field.
  • I translate texts from English > Hausa > Fulfulde & vise-versa - routine
  • I maintain contact with journalists and update the media profiles of key reporters
  • Draft IEC materials + factsheets for dissemination and advocacy

Aliyu Dawobe

Work experience
  • Operational Communication Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • I conduct Operational Communication trainings to red cross staff and volunteers
  • I built the capacity of communication officers in networking with stakeholder, mapping, analyses, and dissemination + advocacy to communities in operational areas.
  • I carry out community engagement and accountability training to staff of the ICRC together with the staff of the Nigerian Red Cross Society
  • I support in assessing violence-affected communities and and provide dissemination sessions during assistance activities.
  • I supervise the conduct of Community First Aid Training in violence-prone communities in the northeast, Northcentral, and Northwest Nigeria.
  • I relate with the local media and served as a media relations responsible.
  • I translate and edit/proofread dissemination materials from English > Hausa > Fulfulde, etc.
  • With the guidance of the head of communication, I support Field officers in planning organizing communication activities
  • I identify, relate, and meet with key individuals and key stakeholders, and CSOs to be able to understand the context and make proper analyses of the general situation and facilitate a better perception of the community.
  • I design, manage and implement community programs such as First Aid, dissemination, and round table meetings for a better understanding of operational contexts and improvement of proper perception
  • Support the protection delegate in identifying protection issues in displaced communities (sexual violence, rape, child soldiers, missing minors, and parents who report missing of their minors. Also take note of people who lost contact with their relatives either through arrest, abduction, missing, etc.
  • Conducting dissemination sessions on the law of armed conflicts (IHL & IHRL) to the Armed forces (army, police, civilian Joint Task Force, and other armed carries) emphasizing the respect for unarmed civilians and their properties during conflicts
  • I monitor the local & international media and report on key national, regional (NE & NC) issues of interests that are possible trigger to violence or other security situations to the ICRC

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