External Vacancy Announcement
Position Title: Marketing and Communications Director
Department/Program: Marketing and Communications
Level: AIII
Reports to: Country Representative
Based in: Addis Ababa
Duration of contract: Indefinite based on performance and availability of funds
Remuneration: As per organization pay scale plus other PSI Ethiopia staff benefits.
Application Deadline: November 9, 2018
Who we are
We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non‐profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services that range from mosquito nets to contraceptives to HIV testing. We are a $560m enterprise based in Washington, DC, operating in the private and public sectors in more than 65 countries.
Join us!
There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds - from the medical industry to the music business - all with unique skills we bring to the job.
PSI/Ethiopia is an innovative network member of PSI with a team of more than 140 people passionate about marketing and dedicated to serving Sara! Since 2003, we have marketed products and led programs to prevent and treat HIV, improve reproductive health for youth and adolescents, build markets for sanitation and support the health system to deliver non-communicable diseases services. At PSI/Ethiopia we do more than simply provide products and services, we seek to create true change – by making markets work for the poor – to increase the use of critical health products and services that are available, affordable, and desirable to the most vulnerable Ethiopian people.
We are looking for a charismatic leader, a marketing talent, a strategist, an innovator, an effective communicator and an excellent people and project manager. ALL in one individual!
You are a natural-born marketer. You have experience working in the private sector, a proven track record in consumer marketing with developed core marketing skills across research, data analysis, portfolio management, communications, and marketing planning and execution. You are a tech enthusiast and have experience in developing innovative and impactful marketing programs that are continuously improved using a combination of research, routine monitoring data, and programmatic dashboard. Above all, you have and infectious energy for building empathy with our consumers leveraging their insights to design solutions that are tailored to their needs and desires.
Sounds like you? Read on!
Your contribution
You will work under the supervision of the Country Representative, in close collaboration with the programs and support teams. You will learn all there is to know about our consumers, combine their insights with what you know about health markets, design solutions that bring healthcare closer to our consumers and package that information into compelling business cases that contribute to and inform our strategy.
Your background
What it takes to succeed