Senior Community Engagement Specialist at Chemonics

Job Description

Chemonics seeks a Senior Community Engagement Specialist for the anticipated USAID Zambia Foundational Learning Activity. This five-year activity will seek to provide technical assistance in the education sector to scale the Primary Literacy Program (PLP), support the Ministry of Education to institutionalize the PLP and early learning reforms, and enhance the delivery of remedial and catch-up education. This position will be based in Lusaka, Zambia. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

Maintain effective communications and good relations with project partners and other external entities and individuals, including local media and beneficiaries
Design activities and opportunities to engage communities to support their children to develop oral language skills and the foundational sub-skills of literacy in the early grades.
Help design and develop a social and behavior change communication (SBCC) campaign to engage communities in supporting their children to develop early grade reading skills
Produce project outreach materials, including brochures, leaflets, and other public communications materials for various project events
Work with journalists, photographers, designers, and celebrities supporting project programming

Qualifications:

Minimum four years of experience serving as a communications and project management professional on donor-funded projects
Significant experience developing and executing communications plans and standalone events in collaboration with government ministries and international donor partners
Experience conducting public outreach campaigns, and engaging local communities, teachers, and parents to deliver program messages
Proven ability to identify key stakeholders, and engage and facilitate effective dialogue between stakeholders while balancing multiple priorities
Superb interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills with native Nyanja/Chewa or Bemba, and fluent English

Application instructions:

Please submit an application using this link https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/61fee23cf1a346d5871c91d53463b3a2 by March 20th, 2024. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.

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