Job Purpose: The Communication and Advocacy Specialist will lead the project communication and advocacy strategy including dissemination to internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.
 

• Facilitates strong and effective communication about the project, its purpose, its activities and results 
• Maintains contact with stakeholders and keeps them informed of project progress and results 
• Designs effective advocacy and communication strategies as well as appropriate products for use in patient/client education and advocacy activities 
• Develops communications and advocacy work plans and budget including the development of a calendar of events 
• Collaborates with the Clinical Services Specialist to assist in sharing relevant technical information, and creating communication and dissemination materials for presentations and reports 
• Collaborates with the Monitoring and Evaluation team in order to effectively report data for decision making, best practice sharing, and required progress reports 
• Custodian of the program’s branding strategy

• Advanced degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or Public Relations
• Masters of Public Health (added advantage)

• Registration with Public Relations/Marketing Society

• 4 years’ experience
• At least 1 years’ experience post-Masters (added advantage)

• Excellent speaking, writing and editing skills with proven ability to meet deadlines
• Demonstrable skills in developing presentations
• Experience working with graphic designers, printers and other communication service providers in developing communication material
• Outstanding interpersonal relations
• Familiarity with project communication and management, partnership and advocacy in health

Job Purpose: The Strategic Information Specialist will be responsible for leading the overall M&E strategy for the project, guiding the implementation of an electronic medical records system, and analyzing data and generating reports for quality improvement activities.

• Develops and implements a capacity-building and systems-strengthening plan for M&E in close collaboration with key partners
• Develops and supervises the project M&E plan, including timely reporting of project activities
• Provides technical advice and general guidance on the SI IT architecture and framework and contributes to SI IT strategies and plans
• Plans, coordinates and manages major projects based on SI services and business processes
• Examines site-level and national-level M&E systems and leads the development of strategies to improve M&E process and data use for decision making and reporting
• Oversees routine data management including data collection, cleaning, validation and compilation
• Analyzes and presents data (in collaboration with the Communication and Advocacy Specialist) to inform project decision-making and improvement
• Develops and revises M&E processes and related tools that support quality assurance and quality improvement for key project areas
• Leads the implementation of training and continuous professional development systems for site-level M&E/data staff, such as on data collection, analysis and interpretation
• Implements and supervises a data quality assessment system with strategic action plans improving data quality
• Conducts targeted site visits to provide mentorship and carry out periodic evaluations on all issues related to Strategic Information
• Develops and manages mobile reporting technologies as relevant for the project
• Represents the organization in a SI technical capacity at various meetings
• Writes SI activity reports

• Bachelor degree in Biostatistics/Health statistics
• Masters degree (added advantage)

• SPSS/STATA

• 4 years’ experience, 1 year at supervisory level
• Experience on a PEPFAR/CDC grant (added advantage)

• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills (including report-writing)
• Excellent data base management skills (SQL, Access, Excel)
• Exceptional analytical skills (Stata or SPSS)
• Advanced computer skills and experience working with HMIS
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Report writing skills