Communications Officer, BID Initiative and Global Health Security Partnership at PATH 56 views0 applications


PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

PATH’s Global Health Security (GHS) Partnership aims to strengthen disease surveillance, laboratories, and information systems in Senegal, Tanzania, DRC, and Vietnam. As one of several global partners supporting the US CDC’s Global Health Security Agenda to prevent, detect, and effectively respond to infectious disease threats worldwide, PATH partners with international and US Government stakeholders to leverage a core technical platform within and across countries, facilitate cross-national learning networks, and catalyze health systems improvement through hands-on field support in high-risk districts.Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the BID Initiative’s strategy is to work in partnership with the Ministry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly and Children to enhance immunization and overall health service delivery through improved data collection, quality, and use. The BID Initiative will develop and deploy a holistic and scalable approach that focuses on information system products, data management policies, and the practices of people that use them in order to enable evidence-based decision making.

We seek to recruit a Communications Officer to develop and implement communication strategies related to health systems innovation and delivery with a particular focus on the BID Initiative and Global Health Security (GHS) Partnership in Tanzania.Working under the management of the global Communications Manager, direction of the BID Initiative Tanzania Director, and in close relationship with the BID and GHS communications staff based both in Lusaka, Zambia and Seattle, WA, USA, the Communications Officer will provide technical support to assigned project teams, with a specific focus on communications needs within Tanzania.

Specific duties and  responsibilities include:

  • Develop and implement country-specific communications plans that align with BID and GHS strategies.
  • Contribute to the broader BID and GHS advocacy and communications strategies through planning, writing, and information design, related to print and online communication products. Support PATH’s global advocacy and communication agenda and the consistent use of communication messages.
  • Develop and manage communication materials from concept to completion through research, writing, editing, and proofreading content—e.g. fact sheets, project documentation such as presentations and reports, and web copy.
  • Liaise with broader BID and GHS communications staff to consistently integrate country-specific messages, updates, and priorities into organizational communication strategies and content (e.g. newsletters, blog posts, etc.) Engage with other partners and external stakeholders as appropriate.
  • Work with technical teams to gather content and stories for project, partner and donor communications. Conduct interviews with project staff and partners, gather photos and other assets from the field and other project events.
  • Liaise with in-house and external expert reviewers to ensure accuracy and clarity of technical content.
  • Ensure that PATH quality standards and design norms are met for materials by helping team members comply with established procedures and processes.
  • Manage outreach to diverse audiences and respond to informational inquiries, including coordination of national and regional media relations.
  • Liaise with other communications staff at PATH to share information, resources, and lessons learned.
  • Support and maintain project related knowledge resource center through SharePoint sites, inclusive of all presentations and communication materials, project briefs developed by PATH and its partner organizations.

 

 

Required Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree, plus a minimum of five years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience working in health communication, advocacy, media work, behaviour change communications, and policy development in the realm of public health preferred.
  • Experience of working with national or state press and media will be highly preferred and prior exposure to working in the development sector, government and/or international organization will be an added advantage.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate scientific, technical, and implementation evidence for effective communication to donors, policymakers, media and general audiences.
  • Fluency in English and Swahili, with exceptional written and verbal skills.
  • Experience in website and social media management.
  • Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Strong self-starter and ability to work independently, but also team-focused with the ability to interact with diverse colleagues, and facilitate strong working relationships between partners.
  • Demonstrated proactive and creative thinking in identifying communications and outreach opportunities.

You must currently have legal authorization to work in Tanzania.

PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

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PATH envisions a world where innovation ensures that health is within reach for everyone.

We dare to believe that innovation can change the world

PATH is the leader in global health innovation. An international nonprofit organization, we save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

Our commitment

PATH is driven by an unshakeable commitment to health equity and a bold belief in the power of innovation to improve health and save lives. For nearly 40 years, PATH has been a pioneer in translating bold ideas into breakthrough health solutions, with a focus on child survival, maternal and reproductive health, and infectious diseases.

Our annual report viewed on an iPad and iPhone.

Follow our journey from innovation to impact in our 2015 online annual report. Photo: PATH/Dave Simpson.

Our expertise

PATH brings innovative solutions to bear wherever they are needed—in the laboratory or the factory, government halls or communities. We specialize in overcoming the barriers that can keep a bright idea from reaching widespread impact, especially those that arise in the middle of the journey of innovation. This is where promising projects often fail, during steps like testing and refining, gaining approvals, commercializing a product, and introducing new approaches. Through experience, creativity, and tenacity, we accelerate the pace at which innovations are transferred into the hands of the people who need them.

Our innovation platforms

PATH takes a multidimensional approach to solving health challenges. Our work spans five platforms, which we deploy strategically for greatest impact:

Vaccines to give children a healthy start in life.

Drugs to treat diseases more effectively and at lower cost.

Diagnostics to detect and track diseases.

Devices like household water filters and prefilled, nonreusable syringes.

And system and service innovations to ensure that all these tools reach the people who need them.

Our partnerships

PATH mobilizes cross-sector partnerships that radically extend our reach, making powerful tools and strategies accessible at a massive scale. We start with a country’s needs, partnering with government and civil-society institutions to develop and introduce health solutions that address the country’s highest priorities. Corporations, foundations, social entrepreneurs, individuals, as well as governments and multilateral institutions provide complementary strengths and capabilities.

 

Our impact

From devices like the vaccine vial monitor, which alerts health workers when a vaccine has been damaged by heat, to the newest science and strategies for eliminating malaria, our innovations have reached billions of people around the world.

By accelerating innovation, PATH and our partners are transforming the lives of the world’s most vulnerable women and children and helping to create thriving, self-reliant communities.

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0 USD Dar es Salaam CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week PATH

PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

PATH’s Global Health Security (GHS) Partnership aims to strengthen disease surveillance, laboratories, and information systems in Senegal, Tanzania, DRC, and Vietnam. As one of several global partners supporting the US CDC's Global Health Security Agenda to prevent, detect, and effectively respond to infectious disease threats worldwide, PATH partners with international and US Government stakeholders to leverage a core technical platform within and across countries, facilitate cross-national learning networks, and catalyze health systems improvement through hands-on field support in high-risk districts.Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the BID Initiative’s strategy is to work in partnership with the Ministry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly and Children to enhance immunization and overall health service delivery through improved data collection, quality, and use. The BID Initiative will develop and deploy a holistic and scalable approach that focuses on information system products, data management policies, and the practices of people that use them in order to enable evidence-based decision making.

We seek to recruit a Communications Officer to develop and implement communication strategies related to health systems innovation and delivery with a particular focus on the BID Initiative and Global Health Security (GHS) Partnership in Tanzania.Working under the management of the global Communications Manager, direction of the BID Initiative Tanzania Director, and in close relationship with the BID and GHS communications staff based both in Lusaka, Zambia and Seattle, WA, USA, the Communications Officer will provide technical support to assigned project teams, with a specific focus on communications needs within Tanzania.

Specific duties and  responsibilities include:

  • Develop and implement country-specific communications plans that align with BID and GHS strategies.
  • Contribute to the broader BID and GHS advocacy and communications strategies through planning, writing, and information design, related to print and online communication products. Support PATH’s global advocacy and communication agenda and the consistent use of communication messages.
  • Develop and manage communication materials from concept to completion through research, writing, editing, and proofreading content—e.g. fact sheets, project documentation such as presentations and reports, and web copy.
  • Liaise with broader BID and GHS communications staff to consistently integrate country-specific messages, updates, and priorities into organizational communication strategies and content (e.g. newsletters, blog posts, etc.) Engage with other partners and external stakeholders as appropriate.
  • Work with technical teams to gather content and stories for project, partner and donor communications. Conduct interviews with project staff and partners, gather photos and other assets from the field and other project events.
  • Liaise with in-house and external expert reviewers to ensure accuracy and clarity of technical content.
  • Ensure that PATH quality standards and design norms are met for materials by helping team members comply with established procedures and processes.
  • Manage outreach to diverse audiences and respond to informational inquiries, including coordination of national and regional media relations.
  • Liaise with other communications staff at PATH to share information, resources, and lessons learned.
  • Support and maintain project related knowledge resource center through SharePoint sites, inclusive of all presentations and communication materials, project briefs developed by PATH and its partner organizations.

 

 

Required Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree, plus a minimum of five years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience working in health communication, advocacy, media work, behaviour change communications, and policy development in the realm of public health preferred.
  • Experience of working with national or state press and media will be highly preferred and prior exposure to working in the development sector, government and/or international organization will be an added advantage.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate scientific, technical, and implementation evidence for effective communication to donors, policymakers, media and general audiences.
  • Fluency in English and Swahili, with exceptional written and verbal skills.
  • Experience in website and social media management.
  • Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Strong self-starter and ability to work independently, but also team-focused with the ability to interact with diverse colleagues, and facilitate strong working relationships between partners.
  • Demonstrated proactive and creative thinking in identifying communications and outreach opportunities.

You must currently have legal authorization to work in Tanzania.

PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

2017-05-31

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