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Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Posted: 27-Jul-22
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 92776-en_US
The mission of the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is to accelerate equitable and sustainable access to life-saving vaccines through the generation, synthesis, and use of evidence to inform decision-making and action. IVAC's work focuses on disease epidemiology, vaccine economics and supply, monitoring and evaluation of vaccine introduction and center programs, and advocacy and communications activities to increase the profile of and global action on vaccine-preventable disease.
IVAC seeks to fill a Communications Specialist position to primarily assist in the day-to-day logistics and coordination of strategic communication for the Center as a whole with a focus on policy, advocacy, and communications projects in particular.
The Communications Specialist will work under the supervision of the Strategic Communications Manager (TBN) and IVAC leadership overall to support project-specific objectives and activities, including project management; knowledge management; monitoring and evaluation; and others to support project goals and deliverables. Specific responsibilities will vary from month to month depending on project needs and will not exceed 100% FTE at any point in time.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
- Implement project strategies and work plans as developed by project leadership and support team in communicating, coordinating, completing, and disseminating project deliverables; and tracking dissemination metrics
- Develop/draft communication content for immunization, health system, and/or infectious disease-focused policy briefs, blogs, newsletters, summaries, websites, social media, and other digital media
- Manage IVAC's social media accounts
- Coordinate IVAC webinars and other external facing events
- Manage and maintain IVAC's website
- Develop external communication materials for project promotion
- Participate in regular project team meetings and conference calls with partners and funder(s)
- As needed, support team in developing proposals or other documentation for new or continued funding and coordinating with internal and external partners for new funding
- Communicate challenges, requirements and deadlines to project team and ensure project timelines and deliverables are met
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field
- Two (2) years of related experience
- Advanced degree may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU Equivalency Formula*
* JHU Equivalency Formula: 18 graduate degree credits (semester hours) may substitute for one year of experience. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
** Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in related field (i.e. public health, health communication, etc.)
- Some experience (full or part time) in public health, international health, international development, medicine/nursing, or a related field
- Some experience in writing/communications, advocacy, project coordination
Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Experience in or knowledge of vaccines and immunization, health systems, infectious diseases, and/or maternal and child health in lower- and middle-income countries
- Excellent interpersonal and team skills, and demonstrated ability to interact on a professional level with stakeholders from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
- Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to work well independently and in teams
- Ability to balance competing priorities and work well under pressure with demanding and/or shifting deadlines
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Data visualization skills
Supervisory Responsibility:
- Students: 0-2
- Faculty/staff: 0
Classified Title: Communications Specialist
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB
Starting Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon-Fri 7.5 = 37.5hrs/wk
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: IH - Int'l Vaccine Access Center (IVAC)
Personnel area: School of Public Health
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
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Accommodation Information
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Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending on campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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