Job Description
Statement of Duties to be Performed
Outreach and Communications: 65%
- Update HPN’s strategic communication strategy and support messaging to highlight the progress of HPN-funded activities towards the achievement of their overall goals and USAID/KEA objectives. The communications strategy should also advance policy and strategic engagements under USAID’s Journey to Self-Reliance agenda.
- Coordinate with the USADI/KEA Development Outreach Coordinator (DOC) to leverage local, regional and international media relationships that will ensure HPN events/stories are covered on a timely basis with appropriate content and that USAID and Embassy Nairobi staff are well informed of HPN’s activities.
- Establish excellent working relationships and strategic engagement with a wide range of senior figures within the development and USG community related to communications, including communications officials in other USAID Missions, AID/Washington, the USAID/KEA DOC team, the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Kenya, PEPFAR Coordination Office, the Kenya and regional donor community, and HPN’s implementing partners throughout Kenya and the East Africa region.
- Support and advise HPN leadership to ensure uninterrupted proper internal and external messaging for all HPN’s activities. The employee will need to be thoughtful, diplomatic, consensus-building, strategic, analytical, and a leader. The employee must be able to use excellent judgment and can deal with ambiguity at all levels.
- Support logistics for HPN and USAID/KEA health conferences, training events, press interviews, VIP visits, launches of project activities, or other events to ensure events run smoothly and meet USAID messaging goals.
- Write and/or edit briefing checklists (BCLs), speeches, talking points, blogs, success stories, press releases and other communications materials as needed by HPN, the USAID/KEA health platforms, USAID/KEA senior management, the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, or other VIPs as directed, in support of USAID-sponsored public events.
- Develop external communication materials, case studies, white papers, regional newsletter content, social media content, and other tools as necessary to raise awareness of HPN and USAID/KEA health activities and success stories, and ensure that stakeholders, including bilateral missions in the region, are well informed of HPN activities.
- Advise and make recommendations to USAID staff, the USAID Mission Director, technical offices, implementing partners, and others to communicate about the work and achievements of the health office. Ensure that all activities are well-coordinated with other donor activities through regular updates given to USAID stakeholders and external development partners, including Annual Reports, Portfolio Reviews, Congressional Budget Justifications, briefings, newsletters and talking points.
- Assist HPN staff to periodically review implementing partner communication strategies and practices and provide guidance on USAID branding and marking requirements as required by each award.
General Management: 35%
- Maintain a current database with all relevant communications contacts that are involved in the implementation of HPN and USAID/KEA’s health related activities (i.e., spokespersons and programmatic focal points from implementing partners, USAID/KEA, Missions in East Africa, AID/Washington, Embassy Nairobi agencies, other donors, etc.).
- Proofread and edit HPN materials to provide quality control.
- Maintain an HPN repository of publications, fact sheets and briefers and work with the DOC to ensure periodic publications are completed and submitted on time.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
The incumbent must meet the following requirements in education and professional experience:
a. Education: A Master’s degree in a relevant professional discipline such as media, journalism, communications, international relations, marketing and/or public health degree.
b. Professional Experience: The candidate is required to have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience directly involved in media, outreach and communications in development partner and/or donor contexts. The candidate must have excellent interpersonal and networking skills and the ability to liaise authoritatively with representatives from the development sector, local media, local government, USG, and other relevant actors. Clear understanding and dem
CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: September 16 , 2024, 1700 hrs Nairobi local time
