Senior Associate, Social Media (Contract) at Global Health Strategies in Nairobi, Kenya

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    Senior Associate, Social Media (Contract)

    Global Health StrategiesNairobi, Kenya

    Posted

    2 days ago

    Apply by

    4 Sept

    Contractor
    On Site
    Senior
    Healthcare, Medical & Pharmaceutical
    Marketing & Communications

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    Job Description

    Senior Associates are outstanding project managers, writers, and editors — and the engine of our social media client work. Key to our small teams, Senior Associates drive critical deliverables, run key client interactions, and help develop the next generation of GHS talent. You will work across communications, advocacy, and project management, typically supporting two or more client accounts at once.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Producing compelling, strategic communications materials from crisp communications strategies and persuasive pitch decks to compelling narratives around key issues
    • Making complex concepts accessible and actionable to a wide audience by creating and polishing key messages, fact sheets, social media posts and creative digital materials
    • Thinking like a journalist to identify what makes a strong story and craft pitches and press materials for reporters
    • Elevating the voice and expertise of high-level influencers by polishing opinion pieces at key moments, prepping them for interviews and drafting speeches and talking points for events
    • Following and tracking trends in media coverage, key announcements, new evidence and high-level conversations that may impact priority global health challenges
    • Identifying strategic moments and new champions to influence target stakeholders and amplify our clients' strategic goals
    • Getting partners on the same page through careful coordination, relationship management and message alignment
    • Getting partners, influencers and decision-makers in the same place by owning major deliverables within high-level events, including identifying invitees and speakers, and developing agendas or presentations
    • Building new coalitions of support for an issue with dedicated outreach, organization and relationship management
    • Following and tracking trends in global health policies and funding
    • Keeping tabs on all the moving pieces of the project, often in a fast-paced environment
    • Leading components of client calls and meetings
    • Understanding background and nuance across global health and development to provide strategic counsel to clients
    • Coaching staff members on writing, client-facing interactions, and time management skills
    • Increasing your efficiency, including through use of AI, as you become familiar with the team, work and issue area
    • Over-communicating with managers on progress and challenges, bringing solutions to problems before they arise
    • Attending events and meetings with senior management on behalf of clients

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree
    • 3-6 years of related work experience
    • Exceptional writing ability
    • Microsoft Office proficiency
    • Communications agency, communications or public relations experience
    • Public health, global development or political campaign experience
    • Foreign language skills French or Spanish, in particular
    • International work experience
    • Master's degree in a related field
    • Experience with Adobe Suite of creative tools Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop or Canva

    Job Details

    Job Function

    Marketing & Communications

    Minimum Experience

    3 years

    Education Level

    Bachelor’s Degree

    Area of Study

    Communications

    Field of Study

    Communications

    Languages

    English, French, Spanish

    Additional Information

    How to Apply: Interested and qualified? Go to Global Health Strategies on globalhealthstrategies.clearcompany.com to apply.

    Show Your Storytelling Chops Before the Interview

    This role lives at the intersection of journalism, advocacy, and social media. Hiring managers will want proof you can turn complex global health issues into crisp, shareable content that moves people.

    1. Build a writing portfolio that shows range: Include samples that demonstrate your ability to write for different platforms: a sharp op-ed, a punchy social media thread, a persuasive pitch deck, and a talking points document. Tailor each piece to a global health or development topic if you can.

    2. Prepare a case study of a campaign you drove: Walk through a past project where you owned the content calendar, grew an audience, or shifted a conversation. Quantify results where possible — impressions, engagement, or policy wins.

    3. Brush up on global health basics: You don't need a public health degree, but know the big issues: maternal health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, vaccine equity. Be ready to discuss current trends and why they matter.

    4. Practice distilling complex ideas: The job is about making the complex accessible. Prepare a one-minute explanation of a global health challenge as if you were posting it on social media. Clarity and punch matter.

    5. Show you can think like a journalist: Bring story ideas to the interview. Identify a recent global health development and pitch a story angle a reporter might take. This shows you understand news hooks.

    6. Demonstrate project management muscle: You'll juggle multiple accounts and events. Have examples of how you've kept projects on track, coordinated stakeholders, and met tight deadlines.

    7. Highlight your coaching and collaboration skills: Senior Associates mentor juniors. Share a time you helped a colleague improve their writing or client communication. Show you can lead without being the boss.

    8. Get comfortable with AI tools: The posting mentions using AI to boost efficiency. Be ready to talk about how you've used AI in your work — drafting, editing, or brainstorming — and how you keep quality high.

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    Tags

    social media
    communications
    public relations
    global health
    writing