We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Integrated Health Service Delivery Activity
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- This activity will provide relevant training for health care workers and is expected to build awareness and equip current and future facility-based and public health practitioners with the necessary multi-sectoral skills and capacities to address old and emerging infectious diseases, maternal, newborn and child health diseases.
- This activity will also strengthen the interoperability between paper-based and electronic health information management systems and improve surveillance and public health functions of primary and secondary health care facilities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- The Communication Specialist will lead the implementation of the activity’s communication and knowledge management strategy
- Document lessons learned, and success stories, and scale-up best practices.
- Work with the state knowledge management and M&E team to support preparation of high-quality project reports and documentation; contribute to content management of the external website and intranet if required.
- Facilitate knowledge management (KM) and communication-related capacity development events and sharing of best practices.
- Ensure compliance with the branding and marking strategy; develop communications campaigns to highlight thematic topic areas as necessary and helps develop and implement engagement strategies.
- Facilitate linkages and partnerships with media organizations to promote ongoing conversation about health issues relevant to project.
- Organize and backstops webinars and other learning events, as needed.
Key Competencies Required
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- The Communications Specialist must be experienced in public health/public health communication, international development, or related field.
- S/he will have demonstrated experience working with complex health or development projects that require collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
- S/he must be familiar with the public context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID / International donor programs.
Additional qualifications include:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Knowledge Management, Public Policy Communications or a related field. A Master’s Degree will be a plus.
- Minimum of 7 years experience in communications, health communications/reporting, knowledge management or related field, and working in public health with USAID/International Donor Programs.
- Demonstrated strength and experience writing project reports (progress updates, monthly, quarterly, annual), technical reports, and policy briefs
- Proven ability to lead the planning, coordination and execution of communications products
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and build consensus across diverse sets of stakeholders
- Experience in client relationship management, reporting, and program work planning is preferred.
- Prior experience working with USG-funded programs is required
- Fluent in English (written and oral communication) and Hausa.
- Strong verbal, listening, writing and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with IHP internal and external stakeholders
- Experience at organizing and facilitating systems strengthening, capacity development and mentoring processes
- Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and graphics design software.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Job Features
Job Category | Communication Specialist |