Advocacy, Communication & Social Mobilization Officer, Center for Vaccine Innovation & Access

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, communications, or related field, as well as 5+ years of related programmatic experience working on community mobilization activities.
  

• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a community outreach strategy.
  

• Strong and creative communications skills, ability to translate technical content about immunization for community audiences.
  

• Experience leading a team and providing supervision and mentorship.
  

• Excellent interpersonal and public communication skills.
  

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously.
  

• Team-focused with the ability to interact with diverse colleagues and facilitate strong working relationships between local and remote colleagues.
  

• Collaborate with Kebbi State health officials, local partners, and PATH colleagues to develop demand generation and community engagement strategies to improve vaccine acceptance and uptake in Kebbi State.
  

• Contribute to and provide feedback on project workplans and deliverables related to community outreach and mobilization activities.
  

• Oversee Mobile Immunization Team (MIT) mobilizers to ensure dissemination of clear and consistent messages and vaccine information.
  

• Participate in microplanning and provide guidance on location and timing of outreaches based on vaccine acceptance and demand.
  

• Partner with PATH staff, local partners, and Kebbi State health authorities to develop a mobilizer training program to ensure mobilizers have requisite skills and information before joining the mobile immunization team. Training and content will align with the existing government materials for mobilizer training.
  

• Work with LGA and community leaders, health officials, and local partners to develop materials and messages related to routine immunization in Kebbi State, including evolution of materials to reflect the context (i.e., new vaccines, misinformation, rumors, and other health-related events) and to align with Kebbi State government health information.
  

• Organize and participate in project and stakeholder meetings as appropriate.
  

• Document mobilization and outreach successes, challenges, and solutions, as well as lessons learned throughout project.