Senior Communications Manager
4 weeks ago
Paediatric-Adolescent - Treatment Africa (PATA), a South African registered NGO, is a regional action network of health provider teams who are joined in a shared vision of an Africa where all children and adolescents affected by HIV receive optimal treatment, people-centred care, and support, and live long healthy lives. PATA offers a powerful platform for regional collaboration through capacity building, peer-to-peer exchange and learning forums, supporting quality improvement to effect positive change in HIV paediatric and adolescent policy and practice.
PATA is recruiting a senior communications manager to operationalise and lead its communications strategy, launch regional campaigns that drive forward our advocacy agenda and produce strong and sometimes technical communication materials that reinforce PATA's role in the HIV and global health landscape. This requires a willingness to action activities in an efficient and high-quality manner, to think outside of the box, to take the initiative as well as demonstrate an understanding of the global Aalliance to end AIDS in children by 2030.
The senior communications manager drives engagement and growth of the PATA network by demonstrating a deep understanding of PATA's mission and vision.
This is delivered by
Operationalising PATA's communications strategy and advocacy agenda
Producing and coordinating PATA's branding, marketing, communications, and digital content to enhance PATA's visibility and profile and create entry-points for health providers to access the PATA network
Supporting the communications of PATA's programmes, events, engagements, and campaigns
Managing PATA's communications platforms and libraries, while supporting the development and coordination of all tools and resources
**Qualifications and experience required**:
- Honours (required) or Masters degree (desired) in communications, marketing with a public health or development focus
Five years' minimum experience working in a similar communication, media relations or related capacity (required), ideally within the NGO or international development sector
Experience in HIV programmes is a distinct advantage
Personal characteristics and competencies
Must be fluent in English; fluency in French and Portuguese is advantageous
Must have excellent proven communication and writing skills, including the ability to translate findings into service delivery recommendations, research abstracts and articles/briefs.
Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Demonstrated experience in web-based communications, social media, and DTP design (e.g., InDesign, Photoshop) is required
Experience or knowledge in website development is advantageous
Proven ability working in a communications/media role with a delegated and relatively independent scope of authority
Demonstrated experience in managing and coordinating regional multi-country advocacy campaigns with developed messaging and communication
**Working exposure to technical knowledge about**:
HIV/AIDS with a focus on children and adolescents
Experience in coordinating or producing the design of materials, creating consistency and identity across different functions in the same organisation
Experience in liaison with communications, print, marketing distribution (electronic or hard) service providers preferably to budget
Experience in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on multiple target audience communications, and the facilitation of common messaging
Experience in social media liaison and administration and of managing communications in a multi-lingual environment.
Ideally, with relevant authorisation to work in South Africa, and able to join the PATA
CV (no longer than two pages)
Academic transcripts/certificates
Cover letter outlining why you are a good fit for this role
Minimum of three contactable references
Provide current level of income (CTC Package)
Provide an example of a social media post that could be used in a PATA advocacy campaign, around the hashtag: #DoingItRight
The social media post can be a graphic, photograph or video, but will need to show a clear understanding the communication target market and why.
**Note**:
Applications that do not include all the above will not be accepted. Paediatric-Adolescent - Treatment Africa (PATA), a South African registered NGO, is a regional action network of health provider teams who are joined in a shared vision of an Africa where all children and adolescents affected by HIV receive optimal treatment, people-centred care, and support, and live long healthy lives. PATA offers a powerful platform for regional collaboration through capacity building, peer-to-peer exchange and learning forums, supporting quality improvement to effect positive change in HIV paediatric and adolescent policy and practice.
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