Closing Date: 2024-04-24
Job ID: 2024-5813
Location: LS-Maseru
Category: International Positions
Employment Status: Contingent Upon Award
Overview
Jhplego seeks a Senior Demand Generation Advisor/Director to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for an upcoming USAID-funded Sustaining Epidemic Control through Unified Prevention in Lesotho (SECURE) project in Lesotho. The project aims to close gaps to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control through unified approaches to prevention and strengthened community systems. The project will improve the uptake of combination HIV prevention services, improve effective coverage of non-discriminatory, person-centered, integrated services, and bolster resilient community systems that sustain quality HIV prevention services. The project will operate over a 5-year period
The Senior Demand Generation Advisor/Director will work closely with the program implementation team on biomedical HIV prevention and key populations-focused activities, including Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), to advise on the marketing-related aspects of program activities, including demand generation for biomedical HIV prevention services
Responsibilities include leading the design, implementation, and reporting of relevant project activities, including the management of demand generation and HV service marketing activities. The Senior Demand Generation Advisor/Director will provide marketing and demand generation specific technical leadership ensuring program design and implementation are in line with program and Ministry of Health (MOH) strategies and international best practices. The Senior Demand Generation Advisor Director will report to the Technical Director.
This position is contingent upon award from USAID. Lesotho nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in behavioral science, communications, community development or another relevant field
- Al least 8 years experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance in health demand creation or communication, Progressively responsible and direct relevant experience required
- Direct experience in management and implementation of project communication and demand-generation activities
- Relevant technical leadership and oversight relevant experience for the demand generation elements of comprehensive
- HIV programs, particularly in relationship to strengthening demand for clinical services and linkages between clinical and community services
- Familiarity with USAID’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
- Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering learn work
- Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID’s host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector
- Experience working closely with creative agency partners, ministry officials and target population advisors for the designing, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of impactful HIV services, marketing, and demand generation initiatives Experience Monitoring, and providing oversight and technical support to all campaign elements Excellent with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work effectively in a demanding environment
- Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English and French Proficiency in Microsoft Office Ability to travel nationally to project sites
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing creative agencies, brand management, service marketing
- Experience collecting and using data (reach, comprehension, conversion, etc.) to inform decisions. Ability to advise colleagues on how to collect such data.
- Proven ability to move efficiently from concept to implementation
This role is exclusively open to candidates who are already located in any of the countries where Jhpiego currently operates
Total compensation will be based on the country of hire and Jhpiego’s local compensation plan.
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.