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Key Roles and Responsibilities
The Communications and MEL Specialist will have the following specific duties and responsibilities:
- In coordination with the LHSS technical team and the MoHSS, develop and implement a communication strategy on Namibia’s Universal Health Coverage policy and related reforms to disseminate information to key stakeholders, obtain their insights and perspectives and advocate for the necessary reforms;
- In collaboration with LHSS Namibia staff, identify, develop, disseminate, and maintain communication pieces in various formats on the UHC policy, health financing reforms, and other technical work and achievements; materials could include stories, briefs, pamphlets, PowerPoint presentations, infographics, social media content, and videos;
- Support the planning, promotion, and marketing of activity events, including external events, conferences, and workshops;
- Assist country and technical staff with communications and branding requests, as needed, and respond to external information requests.
- Working with technical leads, collect and synthesize inputs to develop quarterly and annual reports, and other technical deliverables and reports;
- Collecting, analyzing, and reporting program data and performance indicators to USAID.
- Work with the technical teams to collect and analyze data.
- Support integration of the Namibia Activities to LHSS and USAID monitoring databases.
- Assist in developing and conducting assessments, evaluations, and research.
- Support data collection, analysis, cleaning, and interpretation.
- Develop presentations and training materials on MEL, program results and learning sessions.
- Support the development and implementation of LHSS Namibia learning agenda.
Within the LHSS project, the Communications and MEL Specialist will be supported by LHSS home office-based operations, finance, MEL and technical expertise and will report to the LHSS Namibia COP.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher in public health, global health, communications, journalism or a related field is required.
- Minimum 6 years’ prior experience working in communications and knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation and/or data management, preferably in public health, international development, or comparable programs.
- Demonstrated experience with international development and donor-funded programs. Familiarity with USAID-funded projects will be an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing successful communications and knowledge management strategies.
- Demonstrated experience producing multiple type of communications content, storytelling/knowledge sharing, and managing social media.
- Demonstrated experience in qualitative and/or quantitative research methods (e.g. data collection, analysis, etc.).
- Proven writing, editing, and proofreading skills, and ability to write for a variety of audiences. Prior experience producing and editing technical documents related to health systems strengthening, health governance, or health finance is desirable.
- Experience with organizing, planning, promoting, and facilitating events and webinars.
- Strong skills using MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, particularly formatting.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Fluent English writing/speaking skills.
- Namibian nationals are encouraged to apply.
The following qualifications are desired:
- Demonstrated experience with international development and donor-funded programs is preferred.
- Experience in statistical software, such as STATA, SPSS, SAS or R and qualitative NVivo software preferred
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree + Nine years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Seven years of relevant experience, or PhD + Four years of relevant experience
More Information
- Job Application Details Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply:https://egpy.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/102229/apply/email Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
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