Communications & Advocacy Senior Associate
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
- 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
- Getting journalists excited about an issue or announcement by identifying the right media contacts, drafting compelling pitches and press releases and building relationships with reporters and major outlets
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree
- Current related experience at a PR Agency as an SAE
- 3-6 years of work experience
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Exceptional writing ability
Valuable Qualifications
- Comms 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
Resumes submitted with a cover letter will be reviewed with priority