Uganda: Public Health Communications Specialist

We are currently recruiting for a Public Health Communication Specialist. The job holder will work in the technical team within the Africa Sub region, and within the organisation’s Public Health Communication (PHC) cluster, to provide high-quality technical support and advice to countries and projects’ teams to plan, implement, and evaluate a variety of health communication and marketing activities designed to impact positive health outcomes.

The successful candidate will have:

• A Master’s degree in communications or social development or related field; A combination of specialized experience and graduate education may qualify
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the design and implementation of social and behaviour change communication, or social marketing programmes, in low or middle-income countries
• Experience communicating about malaria, or other communicable diseases
• Knowledge of health communication and marketing principles, practices and techniques
• Experience applying appropriate research and evaluation methods for health communication programming
• Able to articulate advocacy, social mobilization and behaviour change interventions in strategic communication planning
• Strong ability to work independently and take initiative, as well as to work effectively as part of a decentralized team
• Strong capacity to analyse and use empirical evidence and qualitative data
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English AND French, especially report writing and presentation skills

The post will require travel within Africa (up to 40%)

This is a maternity cover and length of the contract is: 6 months, starting on 1st July 2015

Location: Kampala Regional Office (or UK office)

For full job description please click here.

Please visit:

https://recruitment.malariaconsortium.org/VacancyDetails.aspx?FromSearch=True&MenuID=6Dqy3cKIDOg=&VacancyID=1081

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