Responsibilities

Under the guidance, supervision and direction of the Project Director, specific responsibilities include:

• Develop communication strategies, communication tools and messages in collaboration with national/provincial partners and social enterprises, provide support and monitor implementation of communication activities;
• Develop community strategies and mobilize community-based groups such as women’s unions, elderly clubs, and social clubs to participate in hypertension control activities;
• Track progress and outcomes from community mobilization activities;
• Collaborate with health officials in Ho Chi Minh City for project design, implementation, and supportive supervision and monitoring;
• Serve as the point person for coordinating with national/provincial partners and social enterprises and mass media for communication activities;
• Coordinate closely with PATH’s Global Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) leaders/staff to develop communication strategies.

Required Skills

• Excellent written and spoken Vietnamese and English;
• Demonstrated presentation skills;
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team;
• Willingness and ability to travel within Vietnam up to 30 percent per year.

Required Experience

• Advanced degree in public health, communications or relevant field;
• Experience in developing communication strategies;
• Experience in mobilizing community based groups in public health programs;
• Experience working effectively with government counterparts at both national and provincial levels, social enterprises and mass/social media;
• Experience working effectively with government counterparts at both national and provincial level and with the private sector;
• At least five years of experience working in communications and/or community mobilization;
• Work experience in conducting communication campaigns is required and non-communicable disease would be an asset as would experience in public-private partnerships.
• PATH seeks a Communication and Community Mobilization Officer to implement and monitor communication and community mobilization activities for a new, 3-year project aimed at reducing hypertension-related morbidity and mortality in Vietnam.  
• This position will be based in Ho Chi Minh City.