Malaria Consortium ,Public Health Communications Specialist Jobs in Uganda | - 2015

Closing date: 18 Jun 2015

We are currently recruiting for a Public Health Communication Specialist. The job holder will work in the technical team within the Africa Sub region, and within the organisation’s Public Health Comm

unication (PHC) cluster, to provide high-quality technical support and advice to countries and projects’ teams to plan, implement, and evaluate a variety of health communication and marketing activities designed to impact positive health outcomes.The successful candidate will have:A Master’s degree in communications or social development or related field; A combination of specialized experience and graduate education may qualify
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the design and implementation of social and behaviour change communication, or social marketing programmes, in low or middle-income countries
Experience communicating about malaria, or other communicable diseases
Knowledge of health communication and marketing principles, practices and techniques
Experience applying appropriate research and evaluation methods for health communication programming
Able to articulate advocacy, social mobilization and behaviour change interventions in strategic communication planning
Strong ability to work independently and take initiative, as well as to work effectively as part of a decentralized team
Strong capacity to analyse and use empirical evidence and qualitative data
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English AND French, especially report writing and presentation skills
The post will require travel within Africa (up to 40%)This is a maternity cover and length of the contract is: 6 months, starting on 1st July 2015Location: Kampala Regional Office (or UK office)For full job description please click here.How to apply:

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