CHAI,Communication and Marketing Officer Jobs in Rwanda(last day)

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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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