COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
PC9 – 25 Hours a Week – Contract until 30 April 2017
AFrica Focus on Intervention Research for Mental Health (AFFIRM)
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY & MENTAL HEALTH
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
The AFrica Focus on Intervention Research for Mental Health (AFFIRM) requires the services of a Communications Officer for its MHIN Africa Network Project. Appointment to this contract position will be part time (25 hours per week) from 1 March 2016 until 30 April 2017. The appointee will be based at the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health (CPMH) at UCT’s Sawkins Road campus in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
The Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) aims to collate and synthesise global mental health research evidence, and to facilitate the scale-up of innovations through dissemination of appropriate information to research, policy and practice communities. MHIN is hoping to expand its work by establishing an Africa network: a regional network of active mental health scholars from Eastern, Western and Southern Africa.
The job will involve the production, uploading and coordination of MHIN Africa materials and activities that promote the usage of MHIN Africa amongst a variety of stakeholders. This includes the following activities:
- Implement the regional knowledge exchange and communications strategy with guidance from regional coordinator, leader and MHIN global knowledge expert
- Promote the MHIN African Network within the region through newsletters, social media, direct contacts and face-to-face opportunities
- Coordinate regional content development by proactively engaging with members
- Manage uploading and promotion of content to members
- Proactively identify, draft and publish innovation case studies from the regions to the MHIN Africa website
- Monitor the MHIN Africa website section for performance for all regions
- Liaising with other regional representatives
- Supporting the African Network coordinator with strategic planning and coordination
- Act as the MHIN Africa focal point within the MHIN global team
Requirements include:
- A degree in marketing, communications, journalism or related disciplines
- A minimum of 2 years’ Website content management experience
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience content writing in journalism, marketing or communications
- Experience and/or interest in public health and/or public mental health
- Excellent layout, design and desktop publishing skills and experience, preferably in Adobe InDesign
- Substantial proficiency in web-based communication tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a range of target audiences, for example with role players in health and social development sectors, funders, health users or the public
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good computer literacy and competencies in Microsoft and/or Apple, including database management
- Ability to work well as member of a team as well as independently
The annual cost of employment for 25 hours a week is between R128 434 and R238824.
To apply, please email the below documents in a single pdf file to media@cpmh.org.za:
- UCT Application Form (download at http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/sapweb/forms/hr201.doc)
- Cover letter, and
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Please ensure the title and reference is indicated in the subject line.
An application which does not comply with the above requirements will be regarded as incomplete. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and may be required to undergo a competency test.
| Telephone: 021 650 2061 | Websites: http://mhinnovation.net/ and www.cpmh.org.za |
| Reference number: MHIN Africa CO | Closing date: 13 January 2016 |
UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at http://hr.uct.ac.za/policies/ee.php. For this post, we seek particularly to attract African, Coloured or Indian candidates.
UCT reserves the right not to appoint.
