Senior Communications Manager India

Position Title: SeniorCommunications Manager India
Location:India
Type: Hybrid with travel toinperson meetings and events
Reportsto: India Hub Director
Hours per week(average): 40 (full time)

OurVision and Mission WomenLift Health envisions a worldwhere diverse accomplished leaders collectively transform healthoutcomes. To realize that vision we seek to expand the power andinfluence of talented midcareer women in health and engage withsenior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemicchange for gender equality in health leadership. We work in EastAfrica India Nigeria North America Southern Africa and continue toexplore outreach to other regions.

OurWork Established in 2019 we work to advance equality inhealth leadership through a range of actions at the individualinstitutional and societal levels. This includes LeadershipJourneys which focus on equipping midcareer women with tools alongwith peer mentor and coach support to successfully use their voiceexpertise and leadership for impact. It includes pushingconversations and partnerships with senior leaders in healthinstitutions taking steps to prioritize gender equality. It alsoincludes supporting/ convening global conversations about theimportance of womens leadership amplifying the voices of nationaland global health leaders including at the biannual WomenLiftHealth Conference.

Our Cultureand Values

• We arebuilding a diverse entrepreneurial team of people who bring uniquecultural and technical perspectives and experiences. We welcomeresultsoriented problemsolvers of any nationality race gendersexual orientation age and disability. We are a growingorganization that is committed to building a culture with ourpartners that values:
  • Collaborativeleadership that celebrates diverse perspectives andexperiences and ensures everyone contributes to their fullpotential.
  • Partnershipgrounded in humility respect empathy andinclusion.
  • Transformativechange based upon bold strategic thinking combined withadaptability and pragmaticaction.
  • Spirit of learningensures we are open forwardlooking constructive and committed togrowing collectively andindividually.
  • Achievingimpact by improving global health and genderequality

PositionSummary
WomenLift Health is seeking anexperienced innovative and dynamic India Communications SeniorManager to work under the direction of the India Director and inclose collaboration with their counterparts in India teamcommunications teams in India and other countries around the globe.The India Communications Senior Manager will play an important rolein implementing WomenLift Healths communications strategy and willprovide support in content creation stakeholder management andmanaging the overall communications portfolio for WomenLift Healthin India.
This position will require highlevel strategicthinking and strong program management skills to ensure planningand effective implementation. The incumbent must be a selfstarterand selfdriven learner; relish cocreating with a team; anddemonstrate excellent project management and oral and writtencommunication skills. They must possess a keen eye for detailplanning and organization. The ideal candidate should be able totoggle adeptly between working independently and in a team andexercise clear judgment when delineating issues that can be managedindependently versus those that should be escalated to supervisors.Keen observation emotional intelligence astute judgment andproficient management skills are critical to success in thisposition.
This recruitment is for 1 fulltime (100% FTE)position and will report to the IndiaDirector
Responsibilities and Tasks
Create and execute an integrated communications strategyfor WomenLift Health across platforms that supports Indiasobjectives and drives engagement with key audiences inIndia.

• Provide communications supportto WomenLift Healths core programs including generating demand andplanning application launches for WomenLift Healths signatureLeadership Journey PowerUp workshops and soon.
• Lead the writing production design anddistribution of a wide variety of publications and collateralmaterials including opinion articles reports press releasesnewsletters presentations podcasts statements and otherecommunications.
• Support WomenLift Healthsinternal communications including preparing PowerPointpresentations creating checklists and process documentation andpublishing guidelines.
• Manage media relationsfor WomenLift Health in India
  • Translate complexhealth leadership and science jargon to actionable communicationoutputs for a diverse pool of audiences and stakeholders.
  • Support in theorganisations story telling agenda in Indiancontext.
  • Identify and facilitate new contentopportunities exploring ways to repurpose existing content in theWomenLift Health repository to position the brands thoughtleadership.
  • Generatefresh creative ideas for initiatives and campaigns across channelsand work with cross regional teams and agency to execute on them.
  • Drive participation in WomenLift Healthhostedevents through creative content and promotional strategies inIndia.
  • Manage consultantsagencies etc. as well as video content producers and assignprioritized content projects. Support relationship with externalgroups through personalised meetings and outreach especially withthe press and influential media and social media partners both atnational and state levels.
  • Bring a strong dataanalytics capability and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL)commitment to the work to help inform and adjust the strategy asneeded.
  • Set short andlongterm goals and measure effectiveness of the content on amonthly quarterly and yearly basis.
  • Identifyopportunities for WomenLift Health at important events related togender equality and health inIndia.

Educationand Experience (Required)

• Masters degree inCommunications Media Journalism Public Policy Public Health Science& Technology or related field.
• Thisposition requires at least 10 years of relevant work experiencewith at least 3 years of independent portfolio management.Experience working in communications for nonprofit gender womensleadership global health media academic or research organizationsis desirable
• Experience with a diverse set ofstakeholders and liaising with external agencies and vendors; aproven track record of managing deadlines; and an aptitude formultimedia content production
• Proven experiencein executing communications strategies
• Abilityto think analytically and strategically and work under tightdeadlines
• Proven leadership and experiencemanaging and building a team

Knowledge skills andabilities(Required)

• Communicationskills: Detailoriented with excellent writing copyediting andinterpersonal skills. Deep understanding of the key principles ofcommunicating messages in ways that nontechnical audiences canunderstand. The incumbent needs to be precise clear andcreative
• Organization: Excellent strategicthinking and ability to handle multiple projects at once meetdeadlines and effectively manage time. Is able to bringconsistently high levels of thoroughness and initiative to allprojects undertaken
• Demonstrated success infollowing through and successfully completing projects in a timelymanner
• Interpersonal skills: Proven ability tocollaborate and cocreate with international teams and with clientsand external stakeholders
• Experience in workingwith diverse stakeholders from different sectors cultures religionsand disciplines
• Depth of experience maturityconfidence ability to learn and adapt and give and receivefeedback
• Ability to take initiative andownership of projects
• Ability to routinely andindependently exercise sound judgment with minimalsupervision
• Experience with web contentmanagement systems
• Familiarity with contentcreation tools (Adobe suite Canvaetc.)
• Experience with analytics software GoogleAnalytics or Adobe Analytics as well as social media platformreporting
• Ability to exercise culturalcompetency and work respectfully with a diverse team across variedcultures geographies and timezones

HOW TOAPPLY
HiringInformation
To apply submit a resume and coverletter through the Please see career page of WomenLiftHealth. Please also include 3 professional references and yourdesired annual salary in INR.

HiringStatement
We are looking for talent that ispassionate selfdriven flexible able to multitask and thrive in afastpaced demanding environment that shows strong initiative andability to proactively manage assigned project deliverables withminimal supervision.
The talent will be hired througheither GFS Consulting Private Limited (India) for WomenLift Health.Global Finance Strategies (GFS) founded in 2012 is a subsidiary ofGlobal Health Strategies (GHS) which has been providing expertconsulting services to clients working in international health anddevelopment for nearly 15 years. GFS has offices in New York NewDelhi Rio de Janeiro Beijing Nairobi and Johannesburg and supportswork in diverse countries in Africa Asia the Middle East Europe andthe Americas.
GFS is an equal opportunity employer andencourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply.