Advocacy, Digital Communications and Campaigns Officer at the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA)

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), founded in 2004, was created to improve health outcomes for women, infants, and children while working towards the systemic and structural changes in the areas of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Gender Equality, and Opportunity (GEO). At the WBFA, we combine our programs with advocacy work in Nigeria and worldwide, allowing every health worker, mother, and child access to life-altering advice, opportunities, and health solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Advocacy, Digital Communications and Campaigns Officer 

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Key Responsibilities
Communications:

• Develop and implement a content strategy for Project Oscar, ensuring timely communication of NNJ-related messages and updates across all channels.
• Create clear, compelling written and digital content that communicates the importance of neonatal jaundice prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, aligning with the project's advocacy goals.
• Write and edit diverse materials, including blog posts, press releases, reports, fact sheets, and social media content that highlight the NNJ project’s objectives, progress, and impact.
• Create and design compelling digital content for social media showcasing WBFA programmes, initiatives and advocacy.
• Curate visually compelling multimedia content (pictures, & videos) to raise awareness about NNJ, kernicterus, and WBFA’s maternal and child health initiatives.
• Understand the landscape we work in, who our stakeholders are and reach those audiences.
• Support in managing WBFA’s social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn), ensuring timely, consistent, and relevant posting that aligns with Project Oscar’s milestones, events, and campaigns.
• Monitor and evaluate our communications activities to improve future outputs, understand whether we’re reaching our audience and help find solutions when we need to change.
• Support the team in maintaining relationships with stakeholders, including health professionals, donors, partners, and community leaders, ensuring timely communication and effective reporting.
• Provide administrative assistance for Project Oscar and other assigned communications tasks, including preparing weekly and monthly progress reports for donors, stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Help execute advocacy campaigns for NNJ prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, creating content and materials that influence policy and public attitudes towards neonatal jaundice.
• Carry out other tasks and perform any other duties as required to support the organization’s projects.

Skills and Experience

• BA / B.Sc / HND in Communications, Media, Public Relations, Public Health, or a related field; advanced certifications in digital media or public health communications are an advantage.
• Minimum of 1-2 years in a communications role, ideally within an NGO, health, or advocacy-focused organization, with a demonstrated understanding of health communication campaigns, particularly those targeting maternal and child health or public health issues like NNJ.
• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills for a range of audiences; ability to simplify complex health topics into engaging, accessible content.
• Proficiency in using social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook) and tools for content scheduling, and analytics.
• Familiarity with multimedia content production (photos, & videos,) and the ability to create visual assets to support campaigns and social media efforts.
• Experience in supporting or managing projects, with strong organizational and time-management skills.
• A strategic mindset and the ability to offer and receive constructively critical feedback.
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively with drive and at pace.
• Commitment to quality and attention to details.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.