Social Marketing and Communications Advisor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and reproductive health. Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.
PSI's core values are a belief in markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff at the local level; and a long term commitment to the people we serve. PSI has programs in 67 countries. For more information, please visit www.psi.org.
PSI seeks candidates for the position of Social Marketing and Communications Advisor. The candidate will provide technical support for Most at Risk Populations (MARPs) programming and implementation, including a strong communications component, in accordance with PSI guidelines and procedures. The position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with travel as necessary, reports to the Country Representative and will supervise a team in the head office.
Responsibilites:

• Develop and disseminate a strategic process for designing, implementing and monitoring social marketing interventions (with a focus on health communication)
• Develop and implement evidence based product marketing plans and targeted communication plans for MARPs
• Contribute to the development of study designs, brand guidelines, strategic documents, and other materials as needed in collaboration with the research, operations, and program teams for MARPs specific programs
• Design and implement annual capacity building plans for social marketing (including but not limited to DELTA and P Promo, media channel selection/media mix, creative briefs development and agency selection, prioritizing research results)
• Coordinate with key staff to develop and implement supportive supervision systems for monitoring of targeted outreach activities, capacity building for social marketing, and developing implementation guidelines
• Maintain regular and strong relationships with government, stakeholders and partners relations, and participate in technical working groups
• Contribute to the development of donor reporting, proposals, and other key programmatic literature
• Assist the Country Representative with other duties as necessary
• Qualifications:
  
• Relevant post-graduate degree (MBA, MIA, MPH, etc.) or equivalent experience in related field
• Minimum 5 years international experience with a health or marketing organization
• Minimum 4 years demonstrated staff management and project oversight
• Experience developing and managing budgets and work plans essential
• In addition to marketing/communication capacity, technical expertise in MARPs programming and implementation essential
• Knowledge of cross-cutting public health issues (HIV, maternal and child health and reproductive health) strongly preferred
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Knowledge of and experience using Microsoft Office
• Excellent writing and presentation skills essential
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to work effectively with a variety of audiences and organizations essential
• The successful candidate will have innovative ideas and must demonstrate a true passion for communications and MARPs programs.
  
  • This position is contingent upon funding.
  Please Apply online at: http://www.psi.org
  PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.