Regional Communication Manager, Asia-Pacific region, Partnership for Healthy Cities

Vital Strategies; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global organization is seeking a Regional Communication Manager for the Asia-Pacific region. This role involves working with local city communication officers to enhance public health communication efforts. The position requires strong communication skills, project management abilities, and experience in public relations. The successful candidate will contribute to campaigns aimed at preventing non-communicable diseases and injuries in urban settings.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• 6-7 years of work experience in communications and/or public relations.
• 4-5 years of professional experience in public health communications.

Responsibilities

• Support cities in developing communication and advocacy activities.
• Coordinate technical assistance for public health campaigns.
• Develop compelling content for communication materials.

Skills

Communication

Public Relations

Project Management

Media Relations

Content Development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications

Bachelor’s degree in public health

Tools

Meltwater

Mailchimp

Job description

Job Brief

Regional Communication Manager, Asia-Pacific region, Partnership for Healthy Cities

Are you seeking an opportunity to bring your professional expertise to a global organization focused on re-imagining public health?

The Regional Communication Manager, Asia-Pacific Region, is a new role. This position will work closely with local city communication officers and the global and regional Partnership for Healthy Cities teams to identify and deliver opportunities to strengthen internal and external communication efforts that promote healthier, safer cities and amplify the initiative’s impact on NCD and injury prevention at the city level. This role is responsible for implementing a range of communication activities, including regional and local public relations and coordination of technical guidance and support to strengthen campaigns and messaging that help drive the success of urban health policies and programs in the region.

Vital Strategies is an international public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury, and death. We currently work in 73 countries, supporting data-driven decision-making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies, and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include non-communicable disease prevention and commercial determinants of health (tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed foods); injury prevention (including drug overdose, road safety, and gender-based violence prevention); and environmental health (including air quality and lead poisoning). Our programs are primarily concentrated in low-and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. Please visit our website at www.vitalstrategies.org to find out more about our work.

Vital Strategies believes our programs are strengthened when they are developed and supported by individuals with diverse life experiences, whose understanding of social and cultural issues can help make our work and workforce more inclusive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, gender, national origin, ancestry, actual or perceived age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

About The Program

With most of the global population now living in urban settings, cities and their leaders play a critical role in developing, implementing, and enforcing policies to create healthy environments for healthier populations. The Partnership for Healthy Cities, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Vital Strategies, is a global network of 74 cities whose mayors have committed to preventing NCDs—including cancer, diabetes, heart disease and chronic lung disease—and injuries through proven interventions. Learn more about the Partnership for Healthy Cities here: www.cities4health.org

Job Purpose

The Regional Communication Manager, Asia-Pacific Region, is a new role. This position will work closely with local city communication officers and the global and regional Partnership for Healthy Cities teams to identify and deliver opportunities to strengthen internal and external communication efforts that promote healthier, safer cities and amplify the initiative’s impact on NCD and injury prevention at the city level. This role is responsible for implementing a range of communication activities, including regional and local public relations and coordination of technical guidance and support to strengthen campaigns and messaging that help drive the success of urban health policies and programs in the region.

Duties and Responsibilities:

City Communication Strategy and Planning

• Support cities to develop and execute proactive communication and advocacy activities that advance each city’s NCD and injury prevention work and the goals.
• Work with the Partnership for Healthy Cities global and regional teams to identify opportunities to promote city work globally and locally.
• Assist local city communication officers of up to 19 cities in developing and executing diverse communication products, including internal memos/communications, press releases, media pitching, talking points, presentations, reports, digital content, and public health campaigns.
• Stay informed on city activities and monitor public discourse in the media and social platforms.
• Research local, national, and regional media outlets, conferences, podcasts, and thought leadership opportunities.
• Secure media placements in target media outlets and respond to media inquiries. Support cities in securing media opportunities; develop and execute plans for communicating key milestones.

Technical Assistance and Guidance

• Coordinate and contribute to efforts to build communication capacity among urban health teams, guiding key topics such as message mapping, media training, and strategic communications.
• Distribute guidance materials, tools, and templates for cities and local partners.
• Coordinate technical assistance for public health campaigns, leveraging expertise from Vital Strategies’ subject matter experts.

Content Development

• Develop compelling content for program-wide communication materials such as blogs, briefings, opinion pieces, advocacy statements, bios, and social media posts, in collaboration with the global communication team.
• Identify opportunities to amplify Partnership-supported NCD and injury prevention work in the region’s cities via the network’s digital channels.

Project Management

• Build and nurture relationships with regional stakeholders, including project teams, partner organizations, and media outlets to foster collaboration and advocacy.
• Collaborate with the global team to track and report on regional communication activities, contributing to overall program evaluation.
• Work with the regional and global Partnership for Healthy Cities teams to identify appropriate vendors, partners, and implementing partners for communication activities.
• Perform other duties as required to support the Partnership’s communication efforts.

Qualifications:

Education and Degree:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in communications, journalism, public policy, public health, public relations or marketing.

Skills and Abilities:

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with a track record of creating impactful communication materials.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders, including city officials, media, and partner organizations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and government partners
• Self-motivated, highly organized, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.
• Highly proficient computer skills, with experience in all Microsoft Office programs.
• Familiarity with the media landscape and public health challenges in the Asia-Pacific region is an advantage.
• Background in public health a plus
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of Vital Strategies.
• Ability to collaboratively work with cross-cultural and cross-functional internal teams and external partners in various time zones.

Experience:

Required :

• Minimum 6-7 years of work experience and minimum of 4-5 years of professional experience in communications and/or public relations in the region.
• Proven experience in communication, public relations, or advocacy, ideally in public health or a related field.
• Experience with media monitoring platforms (e.g. Meltwater); email marketing services (e.g. Mailchimp); social media channels; and content management systems.

Preferred :

• Agency experience preferred; government experience, a plus; existing relationships with regional media a plus.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• This role will be based remotely in either Indonesia or the Philippines.
• We offer highly competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. The candidate must have authorization to work legally in Indonesia or the Philippines at the time of hire.
• The position will be required to travel internationally up to 15% of the time.
• The candidate must be willing and able to work across different time zones.