The International Planned Parenthood Federation, East and South East Asia and Oceania Region (IPPF ESEAOR)'s Pacific Team, based in Suva, Fiji (Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific – SROP), is seeking a qualified, experienced, motivated, and passionate candidate to join us as a Social Behaviour Change and Communications (SBCC) Officer.

The purpose of this role is to provide technical expertise to MAs and partners to develop messaging and deliver communications campaigns to raise awareness of accurate SRHR information and drive health seeking behaviours in the Pacific context, especially for hard to reach populations.

This role calls for the officer to:

• Work with MAs and partners to develop messaging and deliver communications campaigns to raise awareness of accurate SRHR information and drive health seeking behaviours. 

Interested candidates should have:

• Graduate qualification in journalism, communications, international development, public health or other relevant field.
• At least three years’ experience in communications for development and community outreach in international development, humanitarian or health programmes, ideally including communications around complex and sensitive topics.
• Advanced experience in digital marketing and communications, including social media marketing.
• Highly developed knowledge of SRHR, particularly in the Pacific context and experience working in the Pacific Islands region. 
• Ability to build capacity of various groups in SRHR and communications and development of SBCC approaches.
• Ability to prepare reports or rationale with respect to key SRHR communication decisions;
• Ability to manage the communication strategy of SRHR programmes in the Pacific including IPPF
  global communication strategy and formulate new strategies and approaches to SRHR issues and
  related health areas.

Please refer to the downloadable Job Description document at the bottom of this posting for more details.

Applications must be submitted in English and via the application form (available for download at the bottom of this post). CVs will not be accepted. Please submit the completed application form to [email protected] stating the job title in the subject header of your email and where you saw the vacancy advertised.