Communications Coordinator at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• The Palladium Group develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies.
• We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. We create positive impact through more than 100 current projects with more than 2000 employees operating in over 90 counties.
• The Maternal, New-born and Child Health Programme (MNCH2) is a country led programme which aims to reduce maternal and child mortality in Northern Nigeria and it is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID).
• The MNCH2 programme is being implemented in six states in northern Nigeria: Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Yobe and Zamfara States.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities
General:

• Be responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of the MNCH2 Communications Strategy
• Coordinate activities of the Communications points of contact at MNCH2 State Offices
• Act as the link between the multi-located MNCH2 Communications Team, project team and external stakeholders
• Participate in weekly update calls with the virtual UK-based Comms team
• Participate in monthly Comms calls with the Comms Team, DTL-Results, DTL-Technical. M&E Advisor and OR Advisor
• Support the bi-annual Communications meetings
• Support the DTL on any other relevant tasks as required

Social Media and Website:

• Support the team maintain the programme?s Social Media presence promoting MNCH2 and interacting with relevant stories
• Manage MNCH2 external online presence (e.g. Nigeria Health Watch)
• Coordinate and edit content for the website and act as the point of contact for the Webmaster

Products:

• Support collection of case studies and success stories from the state teams and Technical Advisors
• Work with the state teams on finalisation and dissemination of periodic stakeholder updates
• Work with the M&E team on consolidating M&E data for Fact Sheets and the Annual Brochure
• Work with the OR Advisor to manage the drafting and dissemination of technical briefs
• Support the technical team in Health Facility Branding and the development and dissemination of jingles
• Review all externally shared published material for brand compliance
• Coordinate the translation of necessary documents (Hausa-English-Hausa)

Knowledge Management and Internal Communications:

• Coordinate meetings and other activities of the MNCH2 Programme Knowledge Management Group
• Support a ?knowledge audit? to help identify and manage MNCH2 knowledge products and other assets: guidelines, checklists, reports etc.
• Establish and maintain a document, image, video and audio library and a filing convention for the contributors to follow
• Coordinate content and prepare the first draft of the bi-monthly internal news bulletin

External and Media Engagement:

• Support the coordination of the journalist training, media round tables and editorial round tables
• Support the coordination of other media engagement activities such as press conferences and coverage of MNCH2 events
• Develop and maintain lists of external stakeholders
• Manage external Comms mailing lists (through Mail Chimp)
• Develop and maintain a tracker to monitor MNCH2 media mentions

Requirements and Skills

• B.A or M.A Degree
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar communications and / or knowledge management role
• Excellent English language skills. Fluency in Hausa is a significant advantage
• Proven editing and writing skills
• Social media knowledge and experience are essential
• Journalistic skills: not afraid of picking up the phone and giving someone a call
• Experienced with WordPress and MailChimp
• Familiarity with Google Drive and Dropbox
• Experience with graphic design preferred
• Good communication and social skills and the ability to work in a multicultural setting,
• Proven organisational skills with an ability to work independently and in remote teams
• Ability to ?make things happen? and escalate where necessary
• Previous work experience in similar roles in Northern Nigeria is an advantage
• Available to start immediately