Country: United States of America
Closing date: 31 Oct 2014
Pathfinder Overview
Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of safe abortion services and post-abortion care, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.
Project Overview
Evidence to Action for Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for Women and Girls (E2A) is USAID’s global flagship project for strengthening quality FP/RH service delivery. The project is designed to reduce unmet need by scaling-up proven best practices (BPs) to ensure that women and girls receive – and use – quality services through all stages of the reproductive life cycle. By promoting healthy FP/RH behaviors, gender-equality, and compelling evidence for FP use, E2A will directly support the principles of the USG Global Health Initiative (GHI). This five-year project is led by Pathfinder International in partnership with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), IntraHealth International, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access/ExpandNet, and PATH.
Position Purpose
The Director of Communications will increase the profile and disseminate the project’s work and messages through planning and implementation of all project communication activities, including events and publications such as fact sheets, success stories, press releases, press briefings, op-ed articles, letters to the editor, etc.
Key Responsibilities
· Manages and prepares for site visits as well as develop related supporting documents for site visits by high-ranking USG delegations including, but not limited to USAID senior management.
· Increases the profile and disseminates the project’s work and messages through planning and implementation of all project communication activities.
· Actively participates in defining the project mission, vision and identity as well as the strategy to achieve the work plans.
· Prepares communication plans and activities to support meetings and other special events.
· Develops and executes an annual communications plan to establish clear communications goals and priorities in collaboration with supervisor and key E2A staff.
· Recommends, develops and executes an E2A e-marketing strategy and program to include current and emerging media (e-newsletter, social media, SEO, etc.).
· Develops and executes a proactive, strategic media relations program to raise visibility of E2A, including the creation of a targeted media contact database.
· Monitors and leverages online conversations and breaking news as appropriate to highlight E2A priority outputs and successes.
· Reviews and approves content for publication on the E2A website, external websites and blogs, including Pathfinder International’s, to ensure consistency of messaging and content and alignment with E2A and USAID priorities.
· Reviews and approves content for E2A’s monthly e-newsletter to ensure consistency of messaging and content and alignment with E2A and USAID priorities.
· Provides training to stakeholders on media relations and work to increase media coverage and attention for the improvement of health systems and its impact on health outcomes.
· Helps develop a program to enlist the support of businesses and corporations to advance the project’s mission.
· Provides day-to-day management and coordination of communication activities.
· Writes and edits regular and ad hoc reports to USAID.
· Liaises with Pathfinder home office on final report preparation and submission.
· Performs other duties as assigned.
Basic Requirements
· Master’s degree in public health, education, communication, public policy, international development or related field.
· Minimum of seven years of relevant experience.
· Experience in international development and global health required, knowledge of international programs, strategies, donors and organizations strongly preferred.
· Demonstrated excellence in writing and editing for a variety of mediums.
· Excellent presentation and public communication skills.
· Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
· Experience in work that relates to government relations is a plus.
· Ability to network and facilitate strong working relationships between partners.
· Understanding of knowledge management and experience adopting, adapting, and applying knowledge to communicate more effectively.
· Experience developing and maintaining databases preferred.
· Strong interpersonal skills and to work as part of a team with varying levels of staff spread across a range of geographic locations.
· Self-starter able to work proactively and independently.
· Experience in organizing and implementing events and programs.
· Ability to work with large, complex global projects.
· Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
Pathfinder International is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, orprotected Veteran status.
How to apply:
To be considered for this position, please apply online at:http://www.pathfinder.org/about-us/careers/employment-opportunities/
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