Communications Manager, North America

**Position Title: Communications Manager, North America**

**Location**:Canada**

**Reports to**: North America Director

**Hours per week (average)**: 40 (full time)

**Our Vision and Mission** - WomenLift Health is committed to expanding the power and influence of talented women in global health and catalyzing systemic change to achieve gender equality in leadership. We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes.

**Our Work** - Established in 2019, we work to advance equality in health leadership through a range of actions at the individual, institutional, and societal levels. This includes a “Leadership Journey,” which focuses on giving mid-career women the tools, along with peer, mentor and coach support, to successfully use their voice, expertise and leadership for impact. It includes pushing conversations and partnerships with health institutions, taking steps to prioritize gender equality. It also includes driving a global conversation about the importance of women's leadership, amplifying the voices of national and global health leaders including at our annual conference, Women Leaders in Global Health.

**Our Culture and Values** - We are building a diverse, entrepreneurial team of people who bring unique cultural and technical perspectives and experiences. We welcome results-oriented problem-solvers of any nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability. We are a growing organization that is committed to building a culture with our partners that values:

- ** Collaborative leadership** that celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences and ensures everyone contributes to their full potential.
- ** Partnership** grounded in humility, respect, empathy, and inclusion.
- ** Transformative change** based upon bold, strategic thinking combined with adaptability and pragmatic action.
- ** Spirit of learning** that ensures we are open, forward-looking, constructive, and committed to growing collectively and individually.
- ** Achieving impact** by improving global health and gender equality.

**Position Summary**

**Responsibilities and Tasks**
- Lead the development of WomenLift Health's communications strategy for the North America hub.
- Work with North America and cross-regional communications teammates to operationalize and execute the communications strategy once developed.
- Work closely with the North America Director and hub team to amplify the North America cohort, alumnae community, and senior leaders engaged in Institutional Influence activities.
- Contribute to thought leadership by identifying and crafting compelling stories and disseminating learnings about leadership, gender equality and health relevant to a global health audience.
- Independently and in collaboration with key partners where applicable, organize and coordinate speaker series and other relevant events virtually/in-person that amplify the NA alumnae community, cohort members, and senior leaders in the hub.
- Identify new partners for engaging with the NA alumnae community and contribute to the design and implementation of internal NA alumnae events, trainings, and other offerings.
- Write and facilitate the publication of blogs and op-eds with the aim of raising NA visibility.
- Identify and support opportunities to amplify the voices and visibility of NA alumnae through speaking engagements and media appearances.
- Contribute to content creation for the WomenLift Health website, with regular updates on key milestones, ensuring consistent messaging and fresh material for enhanced engagement.
- Develop and implement strategic communications plan for priority moments; Support content creation for social media platforms for the NA hub Director and teammates who are active on digital platforms.
- Work with graphic designers, videographers, and other specialists to implement the design and delivery of engaging text, image and light video content for digital channels
- As we grow, contribute to the overarching communications strategy for WomenLift Health which includes amplifying content that builds and reinforces our values, and drives positive stakeholder engagement through but not limited to our Website, social media channels and mailing lists.
- Contribute to the creation of best practices for content delivery; develop content that supports larger campaigns and communications objectives at WomenLift Health.
- Explore, develop new channels, content, and experiences that help us reach our communications goals.

**Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Ability**
- Degree in Communications, Media, Journalism, Public Policy/advocacy, or related field
- 8+ years' experience in communication for nonprofit, media, academic, or research organizations
- Exceptional writing, editing, and creative management skills, and mastery of key principles for communicating information with accuracy, in ways that non-technical audiences can understand
- Strong aesthetic