JOB PURPOSE
Amref Health Africa is seeking an experienced
professional to provide overall strategic and technical leadership, capacity
building and TA in developing and implementing communications and knowledge
products strategies to increase the directorate’s and organization’s
visibility. The candidate will work under the supervision of the Senior
Director, Health System Strengthening and in close collaboration with the
pillar directors and the HSS team.
Primary Responsibilities
Program
Management
- Providing strategic
leadership and overarching management of HSS directorate knowledge
management objective by leading communication and knowledge management
workstreams.
- Advising and collaborating
with HSS staff to identify key stakeholders in implementing countries, and
projects, assessing challenges and building capacity to enable and empower
them to implement evidence-based interventions to increase the knowledge
exchange around health initiatives.
- Working with HSS pillar
directors and teams to assess knowledge management and mobilization needs
of the directorate to increase the sharing and uptake of knowledge,
learning and tools in support various programs.
- Influencing and promoting
mechanisms to increase the use of evidence for action in the
public-private space for the health system strengthening, across
disciplines and countries while promoting communication in knowledge
products translation.
- Developing and reviewing
case studies, policy and advocacy briefs, blogs, and/or other documents
for dissemination on a variety of media platforms, working closely with
the HSS team
- In collaboration with
Amref’s M&E team and other country teams developing and executing a
communications and knowledge management workplan and approaches
- Ensure monitoring,
evaluation, and research findings, lessons learned, and best practices are
documented, stored, and shared within the HSS directorate, relevant
stakeholders and Amref Health Africa at large
- Overseeing the organization
and planning of events and webinars to share project knowledge and
learnings, working with Amref’s dissemination and learning platforms and
other forums, and engaging a diverse set of partners and a wide audience
- Identify and propose
knowledge-sharing strategies and tools, including categories and types of
knowledge products, their sources of origin, target audience, and
dissemination channels
- Providing overall
leadership to the communication and knowledge management portfolio and
line managing direct reports including supporting work plan development
and performance management to ensure team synergy and high-quality
technical project delivery in time and budget
- Develop and maintain
communication materials that are tailored to the needs and interests of
different stakeholder groups
- Facilitate building
capacity for knowledge management and use
Business
Development
- Identify and develop new
opportunities for communication and knowledge management partnerships and
collaborations.
- Negotiate and secure
funding for communication and knowledge management initiatives.
Stakeholder
Engagement
- Develop and implement
strategies to engage a wide range of stakeholders, including government
officials, donors, media outlets, community leaders, and project
beneficiaries.
- Facilitate dialogue and
collaboration among stakeholders to ensure alignment and ownership of
communication and knowledge management initiatives.
- Build relationships and
connections with key stakeholders, including government officials, donors,
media outlets, and community leaders utilizing various channels for
information sharing, learning, to influence and help shape and advance the
communications agenda
- Working with directorate
and project staff conduct regular stakeholder engagement activities, such
as workshops, meetings, and surveys, to gather feedback and inform program
improvement while promoting communication and knowledge management best practices.
- Create relationships and
connections utilizing various Review reports and external stakeholder
engagement materials and collaborate with MEL to organize learning and
knowledge sharing events facilitate knowledge sharing and engagement with
a broad range of internal and external audiences
- Liaise with the project
team to map high level advocacy elements that must be considered in the
Communications and Engagement Plan.
- Provide support in the
mobilization and meetings with key stakeholders
Special
Projects and Initiatives
- Support leadership in new,
high priority efforts as opportunities arise in PHC and related areas
- Perform other relevant HSS
interventions in coordination with the supervisor
Key Qualifications
Education
- Master’s degree in
journalism, Communications, international development, marketing, public
relations, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field
- Bachelor’s degree in
journalism, Communications, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related
field
- Training in any of the
following areas is an added advantage: health communications, public
health and health economics.
Professional
Qualification and Competencies
- The ideal candidate will
have ten (10) years dedicated experience with progressive responsibilities
in communications and knowledge management, 3 of which must be in
international sector development working on health
- Possess strong
communication skills and fluent in written and verbal English and ability
to effectively communicate (orally and in writing) with diverse
stakeholders, functions, cultures and levels in the organization
- Possess excellent writing
and presentation skills for multiple audiences, (technical and
non-technical) particularly informed, non-expert audiences.
- Proven experience in
developing and implementing communication and content strategies
- Competent in digital
platforms and devices and traditional office applications (Word, Power
point and excel);
- Experience maintaining an
electronic document repository and/or with using webbased tools to
maintain collaboration spaces
- Strong interpersonal
skills, ability to work across cultures,
- Strong understanding of
communication and knowledge management principles and practices and in
innovative communication technologies including social media
- Technically sound in
DEIB-focused approaches
- Candidates with fluency in
French is desirable.
Relevant
Certifications
- Certified Communication
Professional (CCP)
- Project Management
Professional (PMP)
Compensation
- This role attracts
competitive benefits commensurate with experience
How To Apply
Interested? Please visit our website https://amref.org/vacancies/ to
make your application. You will be directed to our online portal where you will
need to create an account in order for you to be able to submit your
application.
Your application should include a cover letter detailing
why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and
experience. Closing date will be Monday, 18
th March 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted