Learning and Communications Advisor

Panagora seeks a full-time Learning and Communications Advisor based in Silver Spring, Maryland for the USAID Localize Global Health Security (LGHS) Project.  The Learning and Communications Advisor will have overall technical and management responsibility for designing and executing communication and project learning activities. He or she will report to the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director, and work in close collaboration with both the US-based project team and staff in each LGHS country.

The purpose of the LGHS project is to work with local entities to address prioritized critical health security gaps at the sub-national level. LGHS will do this by establishing and managing a flexible grants program that finances local entities to address subnational gaps in various sectors related to global health security (e.g. Zoonotic Diseases, Human Resources in the human and animal health sectors and Community-level Zoonotic Disease Surveillance).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assume overall responsibility for leading and coordinating all communication and learning activities, including the selection and supervision of consultants and vendors hired to provide communication services and support.
  
• Lead creation and implementation of a project communication and networking plan that incorporates best practices in communication, digital engagement, knowledge sharing and capacity strengthening while advancing the LGHS health security and localization vision, mission and mandate.
  
• Oversee development and management of the LGHS website, a key tool for communicating with our grantees, including working with a web developer to ensure the site meets all functional, design, security and accessibility requirements and coordinating/editing content contributions from the LGHS team.
  
• Work with technical teams and other stakeholders to generate communication materials and knowledge products that identify and communicate the successes, good practices and lessons learned through implementation of LGHS. Examples include a global newsletter, knowledge bites, technical briefs and resource collections.
  
• Support the development and integration of collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) processes and practices that contribute to USAID’s learning agenda on localization and highlight learning from local partners implementing global health security.
  
• Work closely with the global LGHS team and grantees to capture learning throughout the project's life and ensure it is effectively communicated across the project and to USAID.
  
• Create and facilitate a community of practice that engages LGHS grantees and provides a sustainable platform for local organizations to share knowledge, experiences and resources that help them grow and refine their work in global health security.
  
• Support a variety of communication events designed to share learning and insights from the project, including webinars, peer learning and knowledge sharing events and pause-and-reflect sessions. 
  
• Ensure LGHS has high-quality communication and learning systems, platforms, processes, and tools.
  
• Ensure that LGHS deliverables meet quality standards and contractual requirements for design, accessibility, and branding.
  

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in communication, knowledge or information management, information systems, international relations, political science, international development or related subjects and 7 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of commensurate programmatic or technical experience in related fields.
  
• 7-10 years demonstrated experience in communication, knowledge management, and/or public relations, preferably for a USAID funded project.
  
• Demonstrated excellence working with technical staff to produce key communications and learning products for USAID, including learning agendas, CLA materials and tools, stories, videos, data visualization, presentations, webinars, and technical briefs.
  
• Experience working cross-culturally with diverse program teams, home office staff, international staff, expert consultants, USAID staff, in-country partners.
  
• Experience working with both technical and non-technical audiences and bridging communication, learning and use-culture gaps between groups.
  
• Ability to link content development and engagement strategies that facilitate timely, useful delivery of information through project learning platforms and communication activities.
  
• Demonstrated understanding of collaborating, learning, and adapting practices and how they can be used to support strategy development, project design, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring.
  
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, strong facilitation and presentation skills a plus.
  
• Demonstrated experience working in international contexts, considering differences in culture, language, comfort with technology, access to resources, and other factors.
  
• Familiarity with USAID public health programming, especially USAID’s approach to localization.
  
• Excellent attention to detail and track record of producing high quality documents for international audiences.
  
• English fluency required; proficiency in language(s) other than English preferred, particularly French and Portuguese.
  

Benefits

To Apply: Fill out the online application. Please include a cover letter and resume.

No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted. Only applicants who include the required application components will be considered.

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 *Note: Panagora does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.