Job Title : Communication officer
Job Location: Kano
Summary: The Communications Officer supports the Communications Director to develop and implement short and long term communications strategies and plans for eHealth Africa’s (eHA) offices. This role serves the organizations goals, and helps drive a consistent brand and identity strategy across the different departments in eHA. S/he responds positively to a wide range of communication requests, and comes up with creative and practical ways to implement them. Coordinates requests and material coming from eHA’s other West Africa offices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
Works with the contracted social media agency to coordinate, gather and draft program information in an appropriate format from eHA’s country offices to be used on our social media channels and in our blogs.
Manages and updates the communications forward look on a weekly basis and ensures country offices feed into the document.
Drafts and edits documents including media advisories, press releases, briefing packs, talking points, power point presentations, one pagers and web and email communications for both internal and external audience.
Job Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.
Education/Experience
Bachelor’s degree in international affairs, public policy, journalism, communications or related field.
3-5 years’ experience in communications, public relations and/ or media outlets or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Excellent writing, editing, interpersonal and oral communication skills.
Experience of working on events and high level meetings.
Computer Skills
Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Windows Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft Office Suite. Graphic designs software.
Intermediate proficiency working with specialized software utilized in program.
Language Ability
English is the spoken and written language.
Ability to read, analyse, proof and edit documents, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or government regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees and the general public.
Expert knowledge of English. Intermediate knowledge of Krio is a plus.
Math Ability
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to interpret data that is not well defined or documented and develop recommendations based on findings.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Why work with us?
Life at ehealth Africa means collaborating with dedicated professionals with a passion for technology. When we see something that could be improved, we get to work inventing the solution. Our people demonstrate our winning culture through positive and meaningful relationships. We invest in our people and offer a series of programs that enables them to pursue a career that fulfills their potential. Our team members’ health and wellness is our priority as well as rewarding them for their hard work.
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