Job Vacancy @ Partners In Health (PIH) – Multimedia Specialist

Job title: Multimedia Specialist
Work Location: Kono District
Department: Policy and Partnership
Reports to: National Communications Manager
Line Management No
Duration of Contract Twelve (12) Months with possibility of extension
Application Status External Advert
Organization Profile
Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.
PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

Our Work In Sierra Leone:

Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals.

Position Overview
Partners In Health Sierra Leone is seeking a talented and passionate Multimedia Specialist to join our communications team. The successful candidate will perform a variety of tasks with a high degree of creativity and latitude. As a multimedia specialist, you will be working closely with our other team members to design and produce high-end visual, audio, textual, and animated content for the work we do.
To ensure success, you should have a background in digital design, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate on projects. Ultimately, a top-notch multimedia specialist is someone whose visual design skills translate into high-quality animated content that engages our audience.

We are seeking a talented multimedia specialist to join our communications team. As a multimedia specialist, you will be working closely with our programs and clinical to design and produce high-end visual, audio, textual, and animated content for our work.

The Multimedia Specialist will work as an integral member of the communications team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Developing multimedia content ideas in collaboration with other team members.
Designing and producing attractive multimedia content according to program specifications.
Creating digital images, video animation, and textual animations.
Creating original artwork for digital image processing.
Creating animated sequences using computer animation software.
Recording, editing, and encoding audio and video files.
Performing media edits based on user feedback.
Design, create and produce presentations, social media, and special projects for marketing, communications, onboarding, and special events using sound, video, and other multimedia tools.
Collaboratively create, develop and maintain the creative vision of PIH using photography and videography.
Collaborate with other team members, including programmers and clinicians to incorporate their work into video productions.
Design, plan, produce and maintain social media content to effectively market the PIH brand.
Collaboratively manage multimedia assets on social media sites, such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Coordinate with other PIH sites to create and edit video footage for special projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment
At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partners In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures

Qualifications/Requirements
A motivated self-starter and proven team player with the ability to deliver a high level of interactive customer service, develop and maintain collaborative relationships, prioritize efficiently, and proactively solve problems are all required of this position. The successful candidate must be creative, tech-savvy, and possess excellent communication skills. Familiarity with Windows and Mac operating systems and Microsoft Office are also required.
The Multimedia Specialist must be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced, high-demand, deadline-driven setting, effectively cross-manage multiple projects simultaneously with a great deal of accuracy, high level of quality, and keen attention to detail. This position must work well with other staff at all levels within a diverse, multi-cultural, collaborative environment.

Social Justice
We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.
Method of application
Interested candidates are required to apply through our website: www.pih.org/employment. In your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) referees not later than 12:00pm GMT (Midnight) on Tuesday 21st June 2022

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