CHAI,Communication and Marketing Officer Jobs in Rwanda

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18/06/2016
P.O. Box
6169 Kigali, Rwanda – Tel.: 250 242580142 – Fax: 250 242580141

Position: Communication and Marketing Officer, Nutrition Program         

Job Location: Kigali
Business Unit: In-Country Operations
Report to: Nutrition Program Senior Manager
Overview
Founded in 2002, by President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access
Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and
treatment for HIV/AIDS,
Malaria and other illnesses. Based on the
premise
that business
oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of
commodity
markets and more effective
local management.
By working in
association with governments and other NGO partners, CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to
date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements
for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition,
CHAI’s teams
are working
side-by-side with over
30
governments
to tackle many of the
largest barriers to effective treatment and care.
It is in
line with above that CHAI is currently implementing a nutrition program in
partnership with the Government of Rwanda and other partners with the aim of
contributing to the fight against malnutrition in Rwanda. This program aims at
developing highly nutritious products which when consumed will reduce chronic
malnutrition among Rwandan children. CHAI will support the government of Rwanda
to design and market products, to drive product uptake, to ensure widespread
product acceptation, and educate households on appropriate product utilization.
CHAI is therefore seeking a dynamic, highly motivated individual for a
Communication and Marketing Officer position.
SUMMARYOFTHE POSITION:
TheCommunication and Marketing Officer is expected to develop and implement
communication and marketing strategies based on specific budget and give
recommendations about branding. He / She will use a specialized knowledge and experience
in communication and marketing to: advise in the development of
communication tools as well as the development of packaging prototype(s) and
participate in awareness campaigns; The
Communication and Marketing Officer will
need
a high level of organization, creativity, self-motivation, and
communication skills which are relevant for the job.
Job
Responsibilities:
  • Under the leadership of the Rwanda Health
    Communication Center (RHCC) and CHAI, collaborate effectively with MoH and
    CHAI partners including FBF producers and marketing agencies to develop
    and implement the FBF communication strategic plan;   
  • Participate in development of appropriate product
    packaging;
  • Provide support to the teams to develop effective
    communication tools, BCC and IEC materials;
  • Design a distribution plan of all IEC materials
    produced and follow up their distribution;
  • Ensure all FBF messages/tools are pre-tested;
  • Draft, edit and format FBF documents, including
    communication deliverables such as newsletters, brochures, flyers, ads,
    promotional videos …;
  • Collaborate with RHCC and CHAI teams to prepare
    and organize awareness creation regarding the importance of adopting and
    using the product;
  • Prepare and organize capacity building activities
    to increase knowledge for attitude and behaviour change;
  • Initiate activities which will help to sustain
    behaviour change and attitude of the audience;
  • Produce necessary briefs, concepts and reports to
    inform the campaigns and product design decision making;
  • Ensure all photos and video interviews related to
    the program have written and signed consent release forms;
  • Compile / collate program related photographs /
    videos;
  • Ensure proper branding and marking of FBF
    materials;
  • Ensure that FBF activities are appropriately and
    effectively disseminated to the public health events, conferences and in
    the media;
  • Support RHCC team to manage media at the activity
    events;
  • Update CHAI on key activities and achievements;
  • Work with RHCC team to identify and disseminate
    best practices and success stories;
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of all marketing and
    communications activities;
  • Work closely with local/community leaders,
    FBOs/CSOs leaders to ensure the success of the program interventions;
  • Work closely with other implementing partners and
    stakeholders at central and decentralized level to ensure that they are
    involved in the implementation and monitoring of FBF activities;
  • Publish articles/success stories/human interest
    stories on the progress on the program.
Qualification and Competency
Requirements:
  • Bachelor degree in Marketing, Communication or
    Management;
  • 3+ years of
    experience
    in marketing and/or communications;
  • High computer literacy;
  • Proficiency in Adobe
    suite use;
  • Strong in oral and written communication skills;
  • Excellent interpersonal and
    presentation skills;
  • Demonstrable good team working skills;
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Creativity;
  • Extremely organized;
  • Can work independently;
  • Able to meet
    strict deadlines;
  • Excellent attention to
    detail.
Application Process:
Interested candidates
should submit their cover letter and resume as well as the names and contacts
of 3 professional references to the following email address: rwandanm@clintonhealthaccess.org
Submission deadline: June 18th,
2016

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