ITPC Senior Communications Officer Job Vacancy in New York, United States of America

International
Treatment Preparedness Coalition

The International
Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) is seeking a full-time Senior
Communications Officer to advance our mission of enabling communities in need
to access HIV treatment. This is a newly created position and is an opportunity
for an entrepreneurial professional to design and build platforms and campaigns
for internal and external communications by and among staff and stakeholders
around the globe in the execution of ITPC’s strategic plan. The position will
be based at the New York City or Bangkok office of ITPC’s global secretariat.

Principal
responsibilities of the Communications Officer will be:

Web Content Creation and
Management: Collect and create web site content in collaboration with
global and regional staff. In coordination with website developer,
maintain treatment information resources and collect resources from ITPC
regions on the website. (Technical coding skills are not required but can
be helpful).
Campaigning: Support global
advocacy and advance the organization by building and utilizing e-mail and
social media campaigns and providing strategic advice to regional
networks.
Press Outreach: Garner press
coverage for ITPC Global. Build relationships with editors and reporters.
Place op-eds. Build and maintain a database of reporters and press
contacts. Draft press releases , fact sheets, media briefings, talking points
and other materials as needed. Convene press calls and conferences.
Internal Coordination: Work with
staff from around the world to build and maintain effective processes for
collaborating monthly staff calls and creating virtual spaces for staff
and Regional Coordinators to gather.
Impact Monitoring: Develop and
maintain systems for aggregating and monitoring the effectiveness of
internal and external communications activities. Qualifications:
Minimum of five years of relevant
work experience.
Strong understanding of and
experience working with print, electronic, online, and/or social media .
Superlative written and verbal
communications skills.
Undergraduate degree is required;
graduate degree is a plus.
Bi- or multi-lingual ability is a
plus.
Knowledge and experience in
HIV/AIDS, public health, human rights, or related field is a plus.
Entrepreneurial spirit; a
self-starter comfortable collaborating with staff and consultants at all
levels of the organization.
Reasonable flexibility to enable live
contact with colleagues dispersed around the globe in various time zones.
Commitment to ITPC’s mission and
to the health and human rights of all people infected and affected by
HIV/AIDS is essential. About ITPC:

ITPC
is a worldwide network of community activists united by our vision of a longer,
healthier and more productive life for people living with HIV and/or AIDS
(PLWHA). ITPC’s mission is to enable communities in need to access HIV
treatment. ITPC was formed in 2003 at a historic meeting of 125 HIV treatment
activists, mostly from the global south, that took place in Cape Town, South
Africa.

ITPC’s
activists have dedicated themselves to forming a grassroots, community-driven,
bottom-up global movement to ensure that the medications that have improved and
prolonged the lives of millions in the western hemisphere can also be
accessible to those in the global south and other communities in need. ITPC is
the community’s response to HIV and as such is driven and led by, and committed
to the human rights of, those most impacted by the pandemic. They include gay
and other men who have sex with men, women including mothers at risk of
transmitting HIV to their children, drug users, sex workers, and other
marginalized and vulnerable groups.

Given
the incontrovertible recent evidence that treatment can prevent HIV
transmission, as well as prolong life and improve health, ITPC’s mission today
is more critical than ever. Among other accomplishments, ITPC has:

Formed 12 regional networks in
Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and provided $5 million in
support.
Produced eight Missing the Target
reports that document at ground level the barriers that prevent access to
treatment; disseminated the findings widely to policy makers, civil
society partners, activists, donors, and other key actors; and deployed
our research in national-level advocacy campaigns in nearly 30 countries.
Brought PLWHA face-to-face with
pharmaceutical drug companies to negotiate for better drug pricing through
our World Community Advisory Board.
Built an electronic network of
nearly 1,500 members to drive treatment advocacy and literacy programs.
Awarded over 1,000 grants totaling
close to $10 million dollars to community-based organizations of PLWHA in
almost 100 countries. Many of our grantees are grassroots groups that
accessed ITPC support when no other funding was available to them.
Convened our grantees and network
members in advocacy campaigns at the local, country, regional, and global
levels.
Held governments, bilateral, and multi-lateral
organizations around the world accountable for providing access to
treatment and care to PLWHA and those most affected.