Community Health Impact Coalition is hiring a part-time communications assistant.
Community Health Impact Coalition is making professional community health workers (CHWs) the norm worldwide by changing guidelines, funding, and policy. We research to equip international norm setters with evidence. We advocate to influence global financing institutions. And we activate in-country CHW networks to win proCHW national policy. CHIC includes CHWs and global health organizations in 40 countries. We exist because CHWs work. Our vision is quality care for all, including those who provide it.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Coalition is recruiting a part-time Communications Assistant to help implement communications projects and strategies, draft and edit materials and communications copy, and collect data for reporting.
POSITION INFORMATION
- Term: Initial three month contract with an expected 40 hours a month and opportunity to extend based on performance
- Location: Remote, with minimum 3 hours overlap with UTC+1
- Reports to: Senior Communications Manager
- Compensation: $25-35/hour, based on experience (Grade 1, Band 1-2) and cost of living.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the routine delivery of the communications strategy and workplan.
- Draft day-to-day posting for our social media platforms, following an established content calendar.
- Support production of our regular mailers and newsletters with content sourcing and editing.
- Drafting web copy and blogs.
- Support development of external-facing communications collateral and creative content for campaigns with copy drafting, rebranding and editing.
- Act as a brand support, reworking assets and supporting colleagues in brand application across decks and documents.
- Support monitoring and evaluation by collating analytics across owned platforms.
- In line with the above, ad hoc support of planning and execution of external events; helping to draft talking points, assets and social content.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
You are/have:
- Proven experience working in a communications role.
- An excellent verbal and written communicator with the ability to express ideas and thoughts clearly, with attention to detail.
- Skilled in copywriting and editing for both digital and traditional media.
- Experienced using a range of software such Word, Excel, SocialBee/Hootsuite, Canva, WordPress, Mailchimp.
- Able to collate analytics information to drive insights.
- Confident with learning a brand and supporting brand delivery.
- Able to plan and organise your own workload and follow clear directions.
- Additional language skills (French, Spanish, and/or Swahili) desirable.
YOU ARE ALSO
- Inspired by healthcare as a human right
- Empathetic and driven by a desire for deep understanding
- Eager to radically collaborate with a remote team.
- Highly adaptable and able to work in a fast paced environment.
OUR TEAM & CULTURE
At CHIC, we thrive on radical collaboration and decisive action, with a culture deeply rooted in trust, accountability, and acts of care. Leaving egos at the door, we focus on impact, leveraging co-creation to foster genuine ownership and drive adoption. As a lean and nimble team relentlessly focused on delivering for our mission, we practice a rhythm of work and rest that balances achievement and well-being. If you enjoy having a high level of autonomy and creativity, seek impact-driven work, and aspire to be on a high performing team that holds each other accountable to delivering results, you will fit in well at CHIC. As a virtual and distributed team, we leverage technology to help us organize, structure, and enhance our collaboration and workflow. While proficiency in digital environments isn’t a must have, a growth mindset is imperative to thriving at CHIC.