Communications and Development Coordinator - The Task Force for Global Health

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The Task Force for Global Health, based in Atlanta and founded nearly 40 years ago to advance health equity, works with partners in more than 150 countries to eliminate diseases, ensure access to vaccines and essential medicines, and strengthen health systems to protect populations. Expertise includes neglected tropical diseases and other infectious diseases; vaccine safety, distribution and access; and health systems strengthening. For more information, visit www.taskforce.org.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) virus cause 1.3 million deaths per year and over two million new infections occur annually. Because hepatitis B vaccination, curative therapy for hepatitis C and other interventions can effectively prevent viral hepatitis transmission and mortality, the 2016 World Health Assembly endorsed goals for hepatitis elimination and preventing 4.5 million deaths by 2030. However, to eliminate hepatitis, access to effective interventions must improve. In 2019, to help countries build effective programs and accelerate progress toward hepatitis elimination, The Task Force for Global Health launched the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE). CGHE, www.globalhep.org is elevating the efforts of national and sub-national hepatitis elimination programs through advocacy, technical assistance, research, knowledge generation and dissemination among partners united in a community of practice. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides operational and strategic support to programmatic communications and development activities, especially concerning social media, special events, and external relationships.
• Manages routine communications initiatives.
• Writes, edits, or develops communications and development materials such as social media posts, newsletters, brochures, online graphics, and articles.
• May keep targeted audiences abreast of key information by maintaining a website and other platforms.
• Implements development and donor management work-plans. Maintains tracking systems for news, partner contacts, media contacts, and donors.
• Assists with various public relations activities.
• Supports planning of, publicizes, and participates in various special events.
• May monitor information relevant to the organization, its mission, and operations.
• May support grant submission and donor reporting activities such as presentations and annual reports.
• May support evaluation of communications and development campaigns.
• Maintains required record keeping and documentation.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

CGHE is looking for a Communications and Development Coordinator to support execution of day-to-day communications activities, high-level events, and management of the CGHE Executive Board, comprised of donors and strategic partners. The Communications and Development Coordinator will work closely with the Assoc. Director of Communications and Development to implement activities related to social media, digital campaigns, graphics and video content generation and maintenance, website management, and newsletters. The Communications and Development Coordinator will also assist in preparation of special event promotional materials and maintain relationships with the Executive Board and Technical Advisory Board.

Specific activities and roles may include:

• Generating social media content (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) and management of the social media calendar
• Managing website content (news posts, blog posts, webinars, keeping all pages up to date)
• Developing promotional graphics, infographics, and other graphics for social media, reports, and slide presentations
• Editing videos and managing Youtube account (interviews, webinar and event recordings)
• Formatting monthly newsletters and managing contact lists
• Creating special events fliers, invitations, and social media toolkits for special events and projects
• Assisting project management of high-level event organization 
• Assisting with newsletters, presentations and other communications for the Executive Board and Technical Advisory Board
• Contributing to development of monthly analytics reports
• Tracking communications activities and maintaining records for quarterly reports
• Assisting with researching and tracking prospective donors
• Performing other related responsibilities as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations, English, or a related field.
• One year of related work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced familiarity with social media platforms, online analytical metrics, and online scheduling tools, such as Buffer
• Proficiency in messaging for a variety of audiences, including technical or academic audiences
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Experience in basic graphic design, including online applications such as Canva
• Experience in basic video editing and YouTube
• Thrives in creative and people driven environment
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Experience in public health or non-profit communications
• Experience with and understanding of global health and development issues and sector
• Knowledge of MS office tools and Google suite

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

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