Communications Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, develop, and implement an integrated strategic communications plan to advance Medic’s mission, goals, and initiatives; broaden awareness of its priorities; and increase the visibility of its programs across key stakeholder audiences, using metrics to support success or needing to redirect strategies.
• Identify and suggest thought leadership opportunities for Medic key opinion leaders including op-eds, speaking opportunities, coalition engagement.
• Build internal fluency with key talking points, and position statements, in line with the needs of multiple stakeholders and audiences.
• Coordinate with global teammates to ensure content and collateral is available in regional languages for targeted audiences.
• Advise the Director of Community to ensure consistent messaging, branding and voice across all platforms. (Balancing Medic as an organization and the Community Health Toolkit as the product we build with the global community.)

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent supplementary experience required
• Fluency in English and French required.
• 5 years of experience in communications, journalism, public relations or related domains, with significant preference for global health and/or technology nonprofit context.
• Superb verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to articulate complex ideas clearly, accurately, and concisely.
• Ability to set priorities; coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and meet firm deadlines while gracefully balancing changing needs.
• Demonstrated ability to work well remotely, under pressure, and with limited supervision but with high accuracy, purpose, and impact.
• Humility + growth mindset – our team learns from one another no matter the title, we expect each person to own their expertise and seek learning opportunities from others.
• The ability and openness to travel with simple accommodations to Medic’s regional offices in Nairobi, Dakar, Kampala, and Kathmandu (and in some cases, to partner sites across Africa and Asia), at times with less than 30 days notice.