Job vacancy Media Development and Community Engagement Specialist

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions.  Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research, technology, communication, and social marketing- creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Accelerating Social and Behavior Change Project (ASBC) seeks to promote measurable and sustainable social, and behavior change in priority regions and districts in the areas of malaria, family planning, nutrition, maternal and child health and emerging infectious diseases in target populations (women of reproductive age, newborns, children
Education Required: -:-

• S/he must have a minimum of a university degree (Master’s degree preferred) in communication, social science, behavioral change communication, strategic communication, journalism, public relations, marketing or related field.
• 4-8 years of experience in implementing and managing public relations, communications, radio/tv programming, private sector engagement branding/marketing communication or health advocacy projects or campaigns in Ghana.  The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience in planning and implementing strategic media campaigns for local and national brands and has built and managed traditional and social media platforms in the past.
• Specific Knowledge Requirements:
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art public relations, communications, private sector engagement, marketing, social and behavior change communication models and strategies and their practical application. 
• Technical knowledge of one or more of the health topic areas (MNCH, FP, malaria, WASH, nutrition, Global Health Security, Ending Early and Forced Child Marriage etc.) is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and use of multi-media communications
• Ability to synthesize and translate technically complex information into plain language communication products.  Work in low-literacy settings a requirement.
• Demonstrated ability to work, communicate, and build rapport with a variety of professionals in academia, industry, private sector, government, non-governmental organizations and leading multi-media communications teams
• Field experience in developing and implementing social and behavior change communication, advocacy and public relations projects and programs in Africa and/or other regions that have demonstrated impact, at scale
• Demonstrated ability in working with public relations, marketing, social media and mass media outlets (broadcast TV and radio stations/networks, Facebook etc. )
• Understanding of widely accepted formative research, pretesting, and monitoring and evaluation methodologies for effective communication and public relations/advocacy campaigns
• Demonstrated strong technical, programming and management skills.
• Proven ability to work as an effective team member.
• Excellent oral/written communication skills in English and one or more additional local languages a plus.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and negotiation skills and experience working in collaboration with partners, donors and NGOs.
• Ability to set priorities while multi-tasking, and meet deadlines.