Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) is an indigenous nonprofit institution that works to accelerate positive health, social and economic reforms through high-quality program design and implementation, capacity building, implementation science research and knowledge generation, as well as agenda-setting and stakeholder convening across human development sectors.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Communications Specialist
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Responsibilities
- Develop content for the quarterly project newsletters, case studies, position papers, and other relevant documents with input from technical field teams and project leadership.
- Copy-edit, proof-read and review all external project communications to suit the intended audience.
- Support the project team and state editorial committees to develop research article manuscripts to drive the project learning agenda.
- Ensures routine engagement of the project team at relevant fora such as the National Malaria Elimination program and its sub-committees, State malaria Elimination programs, etc., to disseminate relevant project updates and learnings.
- Organize both physical and electronic events such as learning exchange meetings across the three project states and webinars/seminars to share project learnings with stakeholders.
- Conduct interviews with project stakeholders at the state and national levels to generate human-interest content for external communications.
- Cultivate professional contacts and maintain liaison with media, government, implementing partners, key stakeholders, and community organizations for the dissemination of project lessons.
- Ensure compliance of all project communication with the donor’s communications toolkit and other reference guidelines.
- Routinely evaluate the impact of project communications, share findings with the team, and adjust communications and communication strategy accordingly.
- Perform other tasks as requested by the project leadership team
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Health, or any other related field. Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in communications in public health, including knowledge and competence in research writing, digital communications, social media management, web content management, and analytics.
- Competency in Microsoft Office, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, and other communications software programs.
- Can show examples of previous communication work implemented for any public health program.
- Additional professional qualification/certification is advantageous
Application Closing Date
15th December, 2023.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using “Communications Specialist, Abuja” as the subject of the email.
