Communications & Advocacy Senior Associate

Career Opportunities with Global Health Strategies

Communications & Advocacy Senior Associate
Please note: We are looking for candidates with PR agency or relevant experience (ie currently employed as an SAE at a PR Agency) with a demonstrated background in Global Health and/or Development (non-profits, NGOs, etc)

About Global Health Strategies

Global Health Strategies (GHS) is a global health and development communications and advocacy consultancy. We use research, advocacy and storytelling to inspire action on key policies, funding and programs — working with leading philanthropies, multilateral organizations, pharmaceutical companies, NGOs, and governments around the world.

Our work spans infectious diseases, universal health coverage, women's and girls' health, climate and agriculture, gender equality, and more. On any given day, our teams are drafting op-eds for senior global health leaders, building coalitions to drive new policy commitments, running communications for major international conferences, and creating campaigns that put critical issues in front of the audiences that can act on them. We do this work across offices in New York, London, Geneva, Nairobi, Johannesburg, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and beyond.

About the Role

Senior Associates are outstanding project managers, writers, and editors — and the engine of our client work. Key to our small teams, they 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.

We're looking for people who bring entrepreneurial energy and out-of-the-box thinking to complex problems, who are as passionate about the craft of communications as they are about the issues, and who understand that impactful work — especially in a global, fast-moving field — doesn't always fit neatly into a 9-to-5. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Communications

Producing compelling, strategic communications materials

from crisp communications strategies and persuasive pitch decks to sharp, argument-driven content that moves audiences and decision-makers to act

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, shape compelling narratives around key issues or announcements, and craft pitches and press materials that give our media team the best possible foundation to work from 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

Advocacy

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 opportunities

Client/Project Management

Owning critical deliverables

by developing a vision and strategy and quickly mobilizing teams to bring it to fruition

Leading

critical components of client calls and meetings

Over-communicating

with managers on progress and challenges, bringing solutions to problems before they arise

Understanding

background and nuance across global health and development to form compelling arguments and provide strategic counsel to clients

Coaching

staff members on writing, client-facing interactions, and time management skills

Attending

events and meetings with senior management on behalf of clients

Required Qualifications

Current related experience at a PR Agency as an SAE

3-6 years of work experience

Exceptional writing ability

Valuable Qualifications

Communications agency, communications or public relations experience

Public health, global development or campaign experience

Foreign language skills (French or Spanish, in particular)

International work experience

Master’s degree in a related field

NYC Salary Range: $65,000 - $70,000

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