Maisha Meds is hiring! We’re looking for a Communications Associate with content creation, digital media, and project coordination skills to support internal and external communications initiatives relevant to our groundbreaking work in public health.
About Maisha Meds
Maisha Meds is an organization dedicated to improving health care in Africa through best-in-class technology.
Founded in 2017, Maisha Meds has created the largest digital network of private pharmacies and clinics across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, and Zambia through our mobile software. Our platform not only helps these providers improve business by making sales, managing inventory, and tracking patients. It also reimburses them for providing high-quality care for malaria, family planning, and HIV prevention at discounted costs.
Maisha Meds logs millions of patient visits every year and has provided hundreds of thousands of reimbursements to date. We harness data from our network of pharmacies and clinics to reveal health and market trends, which allows us to design better solutions that work for the people we serve. We have worked with leading academic institutions such as UC Berkeley, Emory University, and KEMRI to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs. Research shows that our system is able to significantly increase the uptake of long-acting contraceptives and appropriate malaria case management.
Our work is funded by a range of partners including scale-up funding from USAID Development Innovation Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This will help Maisha Meds greatly expand its mobile software to 7,500 total pharmacies and clinics by late 2026, delivering subsidized care to nearly a million new patients in the process.
About the role
As a Communications Associate at Maisha Meds, you will play a key role in supporting our communications efforts across various platforms. You will be responsible for creating public-facing materials for various stakeholders such as donors, industry and government partners, and the communities we serve. You will also assist in crafting, coordinating, and organizing communications efforts such as blogs, slide decks, social media, events, and our website.
This role is perfect for a creative thinker, quick learner, and a self-starter ready to bring their passion and creativity to the table to convey our narrative, showcase our thought leadership, and amplify our goals and achievements as an organization. Data analysis, research, design, and/or writing skills are significant advantages. This is a unique opportunity to work under the guidance of an award-winning health media specialist, and with a dynamic team of tech, health, data, operations, and business-minded colleagues.
This role is ideally based in Kenya, with potential for regional travel. You will report to the Vice President of Communications and Advocacy.
The target start date is October 2024, and compensation is commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the implementation of communication strategies that support Maisha Meds’ mission and objectives.
- Collaborate with internal teams to gather information and develop compelling content that tells our story to the partners we work with and the people we serve.
- Create and manage content on various platforms, including but not limited to social media, blogs, slide decks, webpages, posters, reports, and grant materials.
- Coordinate events, meetings, and internal projects surrounding communications and strategy priorities.
- Work across workflows using a variety of tools like Notion, Slack, the Google Suite, data platforms, MailChimp, and Canva.
- Work with country teams to support demand generation initiatives and ensure consistent messaging.
- Facilitate internal communications projects to keep staff informed and engaged.
- Assist in pulling data and research materials relevant to communications projects.
Qualifications
- Academic qualifications: Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or similar. Other fields will be considered based on relevance and experience.
- Experience: Minimum of 1-2 years related work experience.
- Mindsets:
- A team player who loves working collaboratively
- A sense of optimism, flexibility, and adaptability to any situation
- An ability to thrive in ambiguous situations due to your resilience and tenacity
- A growth mindset and a deep enthusiasm for learning, feedback, and continuous improvement
- A blend of passion, humility, patience, and a good sense of humor
- A tendency to roll up your sleeves in order to move projects forward
