Communications Specilist

Overall Responsibility

The Communications Specialist supports implementation of strategic communications, visibility, branding, stakeholder engagement, and dissemination activities across the America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS-MSH) Project and the Supply Chain Strengthening (SCS) Project. The position develops, packages, disseminates, and promotes communication products and visibility materials that showcase project achievements, innovations, lessons learned, results, and impact across the tuberculosis (TB) and Supply Chain portfolios. Working closely with technical teams, the Knowledge Management Specialist, government counterparts, and implementing partners, the Specialist supports production of success stories, newsletters, publications, presentations, digital content, multimedia products, banners, calendars, notebooks, stickers, and other visibility materials; facilitates communication and stakeholder engagement activities; and strengthens project visibility, donor compliance, digital communications, and effective communication of project results to internal and external audiences.

Specific Responsibilities

• Coordinate communications, visibility, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement activities for the AFGHS-MSH and SCS projects.

• Maintain communication trackers, dissemination records, publication trackers, and visibility documentation.

• Apply communication standards, editorial guidelines, branding requirements, and publication protocols across project communication products and activities.

• Support implementation of communication campaigns, public engagement activities, and dissemination initiatives.

• Monitor production schedules, dissemination status, and visibility deliverables.

• Track and report communication, visibility, dissemination, and audience engagement metrics to support continuous improvement of communication activities.

• Develop success stories, community stories, beneficiary stories, blogs, fact sheets, newsletters, case studies, technical briefs, policy brief, presentations,

and communication materials.

• Gather information, interviews, photographs, quotations, and field content to document project achievements, innovations, lessons learned, and impact.

• Edit, format, brand, and prepare communication and knowledge products in accordance with donor branding, marking, editorial, and publication standards.

• Support preparation, formatting, quality assurance, and branding of monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc project reports, technical documents, publications, presentations, and donor deliverables.

• Provide editorial review and copyediting support to improve clarity, consistency, readability, and presentation quality of project communication products and technical documents.

• Prepare and update presentations, slide decks, talking points, and other communication materials for project leadership, technical teams, and stakeholder engagements.

• Capture photographs, videos, and visual content documenting project activities, events, field visits, beneficiary and community stories, while ensuring informed consent, safeguarding, privacy, and ethical communication standards.

• Develop and update infographics, banners, social media content, videos, multimedia products, visual communication materials, and data visualizations.

• Design, brand, produce, and disseminate visibility materials, including banners, posters, brochures, calendars, notebooks, stickers, and other promotional products.

• Support technical teams in strengthening data storytelling, visualization, and communication of evidence through graphics, infographics, presentations, slide decks, and communication products.

• Maintain photo galleries, multimedia libraries, communication archives, and digital content repositories.

• Maintain and update communication content on SharePoint, websites, newsletters, social media platforms, and other project communication channels.

• Apply approved AI-enabled tools to support content development, visual design, editing, and production of communication products in accordance with MSH policies and governance requirements.

• Support communication and visibility activities during conferences, workshops, webinars, learning events, field visits, stakeholder engagements, and review meetings.

• Prepare event updates, highlights, communication packages, visibility materials, presentations, talking points, and event summaries.

• Coordinate communication coverage and documentation of major project events, milestones, and achievements.

• Support development and submission of communication products, abstracts, monthly newsletter, presentations, posters, articles, and publications to relevant local, regional, and international platforms.

• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Knowledge Management and Communications Manager or project leadership in support of project objectives and organizational priorities.

QUALIFICATIONS

A) EDUCATION/TRAINING:

Bachelor’s degree in communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Development Communication, Multimedia, English Language, Public Health Communications, Marketing, or a related field. Master's degree is an added advantage.

B) REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in communications, public relations, journalism, media, knowledge dissemination, public health communications, or international development programs.

• Experience developing communication products, communication campaigns, visibility materials, or digital content.

• Experience of collaborating with local media and prepare news and/or documentary showcasing major project achievements and success stories in local media in local languages

• Experience producing success stories, newsletters, blogs, reports, presentations, and communication materials.

• Experience supporting donor-funded, public health, TB, supply chain, health systems strengthening, or international development programs is preferred.

• Experience with photography, videography, graphic design, or multimedia development is desirable.

• Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, and communication skills.

• Fluency in English and Amharic.

C) KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Strong knowledge of strategic communications, visibility, branding, stakeholder engagement, and communication planning.

• Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, and content development skills.

• Knowledge of donor branding, marking, visibility, and communications requirements.

• Proficiency in publication design, visual communications, infographic development, and digital content creation using Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar tools.

• Familiarity with websites, SharePoint, social media platforms, digital communication channels, and multimedia content development.

• Experience in photography, videography, visual storytelling, and event documentation.

• Familiarity with artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled communication and content development tools.

• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-management skills.

MSH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. MSH complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended, and all related applicable regulations.

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