Mission and objectives

International Development

Context

timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation is a pan-African innovation initiative anchored in UNDP's Regional Bureau for Africa. Its mission is to support African founders to start, grow, and scale — targeting 100,000 enrolled startups and the mobilisation of USD 1 billion for African innovation. Building Africa is the Foundation's weekly live show on LinkedIn Live and Facebook Live, featuring conversations with African startup founders and ecosystem builders. Social media content published after each episode extends the reach of the show to audiences beyond the live broadcast, keeps the community engaged between episodes, and helps grow the Foundation's presence across LinkedIn and other platforms. Well-crafted post-show content — including short recap posts and pull quote text — is a core part of how the Foundation builds its audience and communicates its mission.

Task Description

We are looking for six online volunteer to support social media content production for the Building Africa live show. The roles will be split across pre-show and post-show graphics editing, and writing. After each broadcast, each online volunteer will review the episode replay for their respective show and produce two pieces of content (written, or graphic) per their chosen role for distribution by the Foundation's team: Graphics Pre-show and Post-show support -Advertising graphic for the coming show for each week, posted 72 hrs in advance. Same one (4:5 ratio) posted on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, Tiktok and Facebook preshow post. - Advertising graphic for the completed show for each week, posted 24-48 hrs after the show. Same one (4:5 ratio) posted to LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, Tiktok and Facebook - 3 pull quote selection: compelling graphics quotes from the episode guest (30 words or fewer shared by the writer team member), formatted as suitable on a graphic to output 3 formatted pull-quote graphics per show. Writing Pre and Post-Show support - A marketing preshow caption (100–150 words) to invite followers to the show, posted 72 hours before the show. - A recap post (100–150 words) posted 24-48 hrs after the show summarizing the episode's key conversation points and including a call to action for the replay, include the graphics in the post created by the graphics team member. - A blog post or newsletter article 500–700 words in length posted 72 hrs after the show., written in clear, engaging English suitable for a pan-African professional audience. Structured to include a brief introduction, 3–4 key insights from the conversation, and a closing reflection. - 3 pull quote selection: compelling quotes from the episode guest (30 words or fewer), formatted as a caption-ready text block suitable for use on a graphic The outputs of this assignment over 12 weeks for each volunteer are 1 weekly pre-show advertising graphic / post and 1 weekly recap graphic/post replicated across all social media channels, 3 graphic quotes/written quotes post show each in total, 12 written blog post for the writer role delivered within 72 hours of each broadcast, across the 12-week period. One volunteer will. be assigned to handle the graphics, and another the writing for both pre-show and post-show for each of the 3 shows.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks