TITLE: Marketing and Communications officer
DEPARTMENT: Programs
BASED: PSI Lesotho HQ
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Marketing and communications officer roles are as below, but not limited to:
Technical expertise
Lead the development of PSI Lesotho’s marketing and communications strategy or plan in alignment with the overall PSI’s strategies
Implementation of marketing plans, including demand creation and mobilization for HIV prevention, care and treatment.
Develop innovative marketing strategies to reach project target population, ensuring identification of positive clients, linkage to HIV prevention, care and treatment is achieved.
Lead marketing and communication activities to ensure they are tailored for men, adolescents and young women.
Work together with management to manage media, external relations, and promotions of services under USG Central Funding.
Liase with Ministry of Health (education department) to ensure that all marketing and communication materials present technically sound information.
Create a proper system where client expectations and satisfaction are measured and corrective action implemented where required
Work with other departments to ensure marketing and communication plans are representative of USG Central Funding Develop Partnerships and New Opportunities
Working with the executive management team, establish, maintain, develop and manage strategic partnerships with NGOs, public and private sector actors nationwide
Support PSI Lesotho executive management in liaising with the government, donors and other institutions involved in HIV.
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
The basics we are looking for:
Diploma in marketing, at least one-year experience in HIV/AIDS programming
Good knowledge of HIV/AIDS situation in Lesotho
Excellent verbal and written skills
Excellent communication and advocacy skills
Ability to travel 70% of the time
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should hand deliver cover letter, resume/curricula vitae (CV), list of 3-5 professional references (with contact information, supervisory references preferred), and certified copies of all academic degrees to the Human Resource Manager, PSI Lesotho, 138 Moshoeshoe Road, Industrial Area, Maseru, P.O Box 15863. While all application submissions will be reviewed and considered, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.
The application submission deadline is 12:30 p.m. local time on Friday, 12th July 2019.