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Communication Manager

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: COM#2025/08

POSITION:   Communication Manager (1 position)

OPENING DATE:   November 18, 2025

CLOSING DATE:  December 1, 2025

WORK HOURS:  Full-time, 40hours/week

DURATION:   One-year renewable

The International University of Grand-Bassam is seeking a dynamic person to fill the position of Communication Manager in the Communication Unit Department.

IUGB Profile

The International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB) is a private, publicly assisted institution, which offers an American curriculum in English. It opened in 2005, and, by the signing of Decree 2007-499 on May 16, 2007, was formally accredited as a University within the Côte d’Ivoire higher education system. Envisioned as a Regional Center of Excellence in Higher Education in Africa, IUGB’s mission is to provide internationally recognized higher education through technology-enhanced English medium instruction in fields critical for regional development, international success and life-long learning.

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF POSITION

Under the responsibility of the General Secretary (SG), The Communication Manager is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that enhance the institution’s visibility, strengthen its communication initiatives: https://www.iugb.edu.ci/) and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalUniversityofGrandBassam

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

Duties:

  • Propose and deliver a strategic communication plan for all university wide activities;
  • Supports senior leadership by crafting and executing effective communication strategies and ensuring consistency in key messaging.
  • Lead the development and execution of public affairs, marketing, digital communications, social media and other communications strategies and programs to increase the visibility of the people and programs of the University.
  • Collaborates with academic units to design and execute outreach strategies that promote academic programs and faculty achievements.
  • Directs the creation of presentations, reports, and communication materials cultivates media relationships; monitors responses to media requests, press conferences, media lunches and interviews, and special events.
  • Ensures high levels of stakeholder satisfaction through proactive communication and service delivery.
  • Takes on other assignments from communications perspective that will assist IUGB in realizing its mission.
  • Supervises all university communications accounts and activities; assure the meeting of departmental financial goals;

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

  • Strong strategic communication and marketing planning skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and French.
  • Proficiency in digital tools and social media management.
  • Ability to analyze market trends and translate them into actionable strategies.
  • Strong interpersonal and networking abilities.
  • Capacity to lead, motivate, and manage a small team.
  • Results-oriented, creative, and organized.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master’s degree in Communication, Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in communication, marketing, or client relations, preferably within an academic or training institution.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO:

International University of Grand-Bassam

Human Resources Office

Attention: Human Resources Manager

BP 564 Grand-Bassam

Or

Via email to: [email protected]

POINT OF CONTACT

International University of Grand-Bassam

Human Resources Office

Tel: (225) 27.21.30.36.40 / 27.21.30.34.57

Important Notice: Applicants MUST submit the following material:

  • Letter of interest explaining qualifications for the position and commitment to the International University of Grand Bassam’s mission
  • A current resume
  • Names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers of (3) professional references
  • When submitting your application via email, please always start the subject line with the Vacancy Announcement’s number followed by the position title. E.g. : COM#2025/08, Communication Manager.

Department/Office:: Communications
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Abidjan Grand-Bassam
Education: Master

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Fatima Doumbia Koné is a Mathematics lecturer at the international University of
Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
She is a former IUGB student and she was the president of the science club in 2015.
Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
her PhD studies focus on Random Sets Integration in Probability Theory. Professionally, she
is a very active lecturer at IUGB and she is currently the faculty advisor of the SHE CLUB,
which aims at promoting women empowerment by providing learning, leadership and
networking opportunities.

I am currently Associate Professor of computer and data science in the school of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB).
From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
I am involved in research on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Web and its applications in a wide range of fields. Besides, I designed the current Data Science program in effect
since September 2021 in STEM. In addition, I am also one the founders and current President of the
Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

Kwame Simpe Ofori is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the school of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a doctorate degree in Finance, a master’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Technology. He is also currently a PhD student at the School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has taught courses in the areas of finance, computer science, computer and electrical engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Before joining IUGB he lectured in several universities in Ghana. He also worked with Ghana Telecommunications Company as a support engineer. His research interests are in the areas of consumer behaviour, technology adoption and trust in online systems and in recent times financial econometrics. His papers have appeared in several CABS-ranked journals such as Information Technology and People, Journal of Cleaner Productions, Quality Management Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of African Business, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Society and Business Review.