The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) was created in 2006 to support the effective conservation and protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value in Africa.
The main objective of AWHF is to address the challenges faced by Africa States Parties in the implementation of the 1972 Convention, specifically, the underrepresentation of Africa sites on the World Heritage List and the insufficient conservation and management of these sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Programme officers to assist implementing and monitoring programmes and activities of the African World Heritage Fund.
- Develop and update the database of African professionals in the field of cultural and natural heritage.
- Assist with promoting and increasing the visibility of AWHF through social media, the website and other communications mechanisms.
- Assist with the writing of reports and activity miscellaneous.
- Compile lists of African professionals for the AWHF database in field of cultural and natural heritage.
- Organize online workshop on the Development of AWHF Database of African professionals in the field of cultural and natural heritage.
- Assist with implementation of a communication strategy for AWHF activities and project on the website and social media platforms.
- Prepare and submit monthly report
WORTH
- The intern will be paid stipend of 12,000 Rand
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
ELIGIBILITY
- Young Africa Citizen
- Graduate or Postgraduate university degree in the field of communications, Media, Information Technology, Website Design, Marketing, Heritage, Tourism, and other relevant areas.
- The ability to communicate fluently in both English and French would be an advantage
- Acquainted with online digital media platforms such as social media (e.g Facebook, twitter, Instagram and others)
DEADLINE: December 3, 2020.
To apply and for more information visit here
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