Communications Specialist At VillageReach

ABOUT VILLAGEREACH

VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone, so that each person has the health care needed to thrive. We develop solutions that improve equity and access to primary health care**.** This includes making sure products are available when and where they are needed and primary health care services are delivered to the most under-reached. Radical collaboration with governments, the private sector and other partners strengthen our ability to scale and sustain these solutions. Our work increases access to quality health care for more than 46 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. VillageReach in incorporated in Washington State and has offices in Seattle (USA), Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique.

DESCRIPTION

Summary

This role is an exciting opportunity for someone to help shape and develop the narrative around the operations of critical COVID-19 vaccination sites. VillageReach will establish high-volume vaccine sites (HVS) across countries in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning in one major urban area in a country and then expanding to a second country. Throughout the lifecycle of the program, it will be necessary to document the initiative beginning at learn, develop and evaluate stages, to scale and transition, and followed by replication to other geographies.

Description

Essential Duties

To help capture the end-to-end process of the establishment of HVS, we seek a documentarian or a journalist with knowledge of global health, health systems, or vaccine delivery for a limited-term role (one year).

Responsibilities include:

Playbook production

· Document activities, approaches and methodology, related to the process and lessons learned, into a playbook

· Create a process for development of the materials

· Manage the full production process of the playbook

· Own the approach and work with program stakeholders to ensure that all key program phases and components are properly accounted for in the documentation

• Conceptualize new writing products and documentation outputs to maximize insights

Dissemination

· Develop the roadmap to target distribution of playbook to key stakeholders in coordination with partners and internal team**

· Work with Communications Manager on promotion plan for the playbook

· Assess effectiveness of promotion plan and revisit targets for continued dissemination

· Report results to leadership team

Competencies:

The following competencies reflect what is expected of all VillageReach employees; including examples of how one might demonstrate each of these competencies in one’s role.

· Personal Motivation and Drive: Is self-directed in one’s approach to work, but asks for help when needed; holds oneself accountable; undertakes self-development activities; seeks to build and master new skills; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities within the organization**

· Collaboration & Effective Communication: Establishes and maintains effective relations with coworkers, partners & stakeholders and external parties; works collaboratively with others to accomplish organizational and team goals and objectives; works actively to resolve conflicts; expresses ideas and thoughts effectively; selects and uses appropriate communication methods and maintains meaningful communication with virtual coworkers and other parties to keep them informed

· Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Takes personal responsibility for and supports others across the organization in creating and sustaining a diverse work environment where individuals are welcomed, valued, respected and supported; personally committed to attaining cultural competency including self-awareness of one’s own attitudes about culture and cross-cultural interactions; exhibits the willingness and ability to engage openly and respectfully around issues of race, colonialism, identity and culture; upholds equity in access to sharing of information, ideas, and opportunities throughout VillageReach**

· Commitment to Excellence: Produces a high output of work, both in terms of quality and quantity; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; monitors work to ensure quality; has a personal commitment to the mission of VillageReach**

· Solution Orientation & Innovation: Focuses on results and desired outcomes and how to best achieve them; gets the job done; sees opportunities for creative problem-solving while staying within the parameters of good practice; sees old problems in new ways and has novel approaches to solving those problems; contributes original and/or resourceful ideas to their area of responsibility; is able to consider and articulate risks and consequences of proposed innovations and factor these into decision-making

REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education & Experience:

• 8-10+ years of experience in global health research and policy
• Deep subject-matter expertise in global health security, infectious diseases, health systems, or a related field
• A bachelor’s degree in strategic communications, journalism, public relations, or related field.

Other Qualifications:

· Established cultural competency in partnering with racial, cultural and linguistically diverse groups.

· Demonstrated understanding of challenges with working in rural, underserved and low-income context

· Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) and comfortable in a fast-paced technical environment.

· Is self-directed with ones work and can lead large-scale, high-profile projects independently.

· Must have English and French language fluency – both written and spoken.

Environment and Physical Demands

VillageReach has no private offices, employees work in a shared, open environment with task and conference rooms accessible to employees for privacy and meetings. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Due to the time zone differences between our Seattle office and our Country Offices and location of other global staff, US based staff are expected to be available for early morning meetings starting at 6am. In addition, our global HQ and Country office staff are expected to be available for late afternoon/evening meetings up to 6pm.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

This is an immediate hire and therefore resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis until [Input Date]. To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter to our online portal: http://www.villagereach.org/join-us/

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION:

VillageReach is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. We believe that diverse, equitably weighted perspectives foster an organizational capacity to create novel solutions that improve health in the most underserved and hard-to-reach areas. To align our values, innovations and impact, VillageReach is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse global workforce.

Compensation:

VillageReach has an established compensation structure that is based on the relevant market and internally transparent. We hire people into the established range based on one’s experience and education and considering internal equity. We do not inquire about salary history.