Communications Specialist at Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR)

Responsibilities

• Develop content for the quarterly project newsletters, case studies, position papers, and other relevant documents with input from technical field teams and project leadership.
• Copy-edit, proof-read and review all external project communications to suit the intended audience.
• Support the project team and state editorial committees to develop research article manuscripts to drive the project learning agenda.
• Ensures routine engagement of the project team at relevant fora such as the National Malaria Elimination program and its sub-committees, State malaria Elimination programs, etc., to disseminate relevant project updates and learnings.
• Organize both physical and electronic events such as learning exchange meetings across the three project states and webinars/seminars to share project learnings with stakeholders.
• Conduct interviews with project stakeholders at the state and national levels to generate human-interest content for external communications.
• Cultivate professional contacts and maintain liaison with media, government, implementing partners, key stakeholders, and community organizations for the dissemination of project lessons.
• Ensure compliance of all project communication with the donor's communications toolkit and other reference guidelines.
• Routinely evaluate the impact of project communications, share findings with the team, and adjust communications and communication strategy accordingly.
• Perform other tasks as requested by the project leadership team

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public relations, Journalism, public health, or any other related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in communications in public health, including knowledge and competence in research writing, digital communications, social media management, web content management, and analytics.
• Competency in Microsoft Office, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, and other communications software programs.
• Can show examples of previous communication work implemented for any public health program.
• Additional professional qualification/certification is advantageous