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Communications Officer at Amref Kenya

JOB SUMMARY

The Communication Officer will support the Communications Department in the development and dissemination of information related to Amref Health Africa’s initiatives in Kenya through Imarisha-jamii project. This role will contribute to ensuring that communication strategies are implemented effectively, and that the organization’s mission and goals are communicated clearly to both internal and external stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Content Creation & Management:

Draft, edit, and proofread internal and external communication materials ensuring adherence to organizational branding and messaging guidelines.
Coordinate with different departments to collate stories, updates, and achievements for monthly newsletters and reports.
Work with graphic designers and videographers to produce visually appealing communication assets.

Media Relations:

Assist in coordinating and facilitate media activities such as press conferences, interviews, and media visits to project sites.
Develop and regularly update a media contact list, ensuring relationships with key media personnel are nurtured.
Track media coverage to assess the reach and impact of Amref’s stories in the public domain.

Digital Media:

Collaborate with the digital team to schedule, post, and monitor content on Amref’s social media platforms.
Engage with online audiences, responding to comments and queries in a timely manner.
Use digital analytics tools to produce monthly reports on web and social media engagement metrics, offering recommendations for improvement.

Event Coordination:

Assist in the planning, organization, and execution of public relations events, ensuring all logistics are managed efficiently.
Collaborate with media partners to ensure effective publicity and coverage of events.
Post-event, compile reports detailing outcomes, media coverage, and areas of improvement.

Administrative Tasks:

Maintain an organized digital library of communication materials, ensuring easy access and retrieval of photographs, videos, and documents.
Document communication activities, capturing details of media coverage, outreach, and impact.
Assist with budgeting for communication activities, ensuring cost- effectiveness and adherence to set budgets.

Research & Analysis:

Monitor health trends and news, identifying opportunities for Amref to leverage in its communications.
Assist in conducting periodic stakeholder analysis to understand and tailor communication strategies to varying audience needs.

Collaboration:

Regularly liaise with other departments to gather relevant information for communication materials.
Participate in inter-departmental meetings, providing updates on communication activities and garnering inputs for upcoming campaigns.
Support partnership-building by assisting in the creation of partnership presentations, ensuring they effectively communicate Amref’s value proposition.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Media Studies, Development Communication, or a related field.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Minimum of three (3) years’ relevant experience in a communications role.
Experience project management is an added advantage.
Working knowledge of internal communication tools and channels.
Experience working in Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) regions is an added advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

Excellent planning, co-ordination, organizational, communication and follow up skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Able to deliver quality work within tight deadlines and minimal supervision.
Hardworking and results oriented.
Good time management and organizational skills
Experience of measuring effectiveness of communications.
Experience of writing for a variety of audiences.
Strong diplomacy and inter-personal skills.

Additional Information

Your application should include a cover letter outlining why you are the ideal candidate for this position, together with an up-to-date CV highlighting your relevant skills and experience. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with the deadline for submission being 25th June 2026 at 23:59 EAT.

SRHR Technical Officer at Amref Kenya

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Under the Center Court Africa project, the technical officer will support activities at community level that facilitate acceptance of SRHR through sporting activities among adolescents, young people and community members. The position holder will be based at the Nairobi County and will support demand creation and service delivery activities in target sub-counties.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical support to project implementation

Promote SRHR service delivery through static facilities and outreach models.
Promote integration of services in the different services delivery points, for instance, FP/RH into HIV/TB clinic.
Strengthen inter-facility referral for family planning services, for instance from faith base.
Support training and mentorship sessions for SRHR Champions.
Support sports tournaments and bonanzas in Dagoretti Sub County.
Facilitate peer champion led intergenerational community dialogues on SRHR.
Facilitate career guidance, life skills and mentorship sessions for adolescent mothers.
Support linkage of adolescents and young mother support groups to financial institutions and government safety net programmes.
Facilitate annual sports career guidance, life skills and mentorship sports and engagement days for girls and boys.
Regularly undertake field activities with Implementing partners and provide technical and mentoring support to ensure timely implementation and quality outcome of the CSE project activities.
Together with the SRHR Programme Specialist, support execution of the periodic planning, review meetings and workshops.
Coordinate the development and implementation of a multi-year work plan.
Support advocacy and communication processes for the project.

Partnership and networking

Establish and support quarterly sports stakeholder meetings with sports clubs, local businesses, sports federations and talent academies.
Liaise with relevant partners, stakeholders and collaborators to facilitate activities at community, sub-county, county and national levels.
Maintain a good working relationship between Amref, ministry of health, Nairobi City County and other partners/stakeholders.
Actively participate in the drawing, implementation and supervision of quarterly and annual project implementation plan with other partners/stakeholders.
Support/document successes, lesson learnt and challenges in implementation.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Prepare project activity reports as required, including monthly, quarterly and annual reports
Conducting regular field visits to project beneficiaries in collaboration with key stakeholders to monitor progress.

Knowledge management

Participate in development of case studies and human-interest stories for the project.
Coordinate SRHR content development for health communication and development.

Admin and Financial management

Support in day-to-day management of activity budgets including processing field imprests and other financial transactions.
Ensure timely accounting for the use of project resources by stakeholders and communities in liaison with finance teams.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should demonstrate strong experience in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), life skills education, youth engagement, and community-based programming, with the ability to work effectively with adolescents, schools, coaches, health systems, and community structures.

Required Experience and Background

Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, Community Health, Social Sciences, Psychology, Education, or a related field.
At least 3 years of experience implementing adolescent SRHR, youth empowerment, gender, or community health programmes.
Demonstrated experience facilitating life skills training and mentorship programmes for adolescents and young people, particularly girls and vulnerable populations.
Strong understanding of adolescent-friendly health services, gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and safeguarding principles.
Experience using sports, youth clubs, schools, or other community platforms to engage adolescents in health promotion and behavior change initiatives is highly desirable.
Proven ability to create safe, inclusive, and empowering spaces for adolescents to discuss SRHR, mental health, gender equality, and life opportunities.
Experience working with schools, community leaders, youth groups, county governments, and health facilities to strengthen referral pathways and access to services.
Strong facilitation, communication, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate community outreach activities, mentorship programmes, and adolescent engagement initiatives.
Experience in programme reporting, documentation of impact stories, and monitoring of programme indicators.
Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and manage relationships with partners and local stakeholders.
Passion for adolescent empowerment, gender equality, and advancing equitable access to health and life opportunities for young people.

Desired Competencies

Strong interpersonal and coaching skills.
High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Ability to inspire and motivate adolescents and youth champions.
Adaptable, innovative, and results-oriented.
Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and rights-based programming.
ICT proficient

Additional Information

Please submit your CV or resume highlighting relevant skills and experience along with a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position. The closing date for applications will be May 17, 2026 at 23:59 (EAT).

Intern – WHEEL Project at Amref Kenya

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To support the implementation of sustainable WASH interventions in vulnerable public primary schools and communities. The Intern will play a key role in improving health outcomes through preventive and promotive health strategies in intervention sites.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

The Intern will report to the Project Officer and work closely with other team members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

In consultation with the Project Officer and Project Associate, the intern will be responsible for the following.

Community Health

Facilitate selection of community wells and longitudinal water quality testing.
Support training of Water Management Committees.
Facilitate Community Dialogues in targeted villages.

School Health promotion in targeted schools

Support behaviour change interventions in targeted schools.
Support training of targeted school Boards of Management on WASH and school health promotion.
Seek innovative behaviour change strategies as per the WHEEL project model.
Support in the mapping of WASH school needs.
Work closely with school leadership structures to ensure project sustainability.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Conduct needs assessment and support selection of beneficiary schools targeted with WASH outputs.
Spearhead longitudinal water quality testing in project sites.
Conduct monitoring visits to project schools.

Community Mobilization

Engage communities for project entry and implementation success.
Support training of community groups on WASH.

Other Tasks

Support project, departmental and organizational duties as and when needed, in line with professional growth.

Qualifications

Educational Background

A Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Environmental Health, Community Health, or a related field.

Experience

Should have not more than 1 year of experience.

Key Skills and Competences

Strong interpersonal skills.
Good communication skills (oral and written).
Good understanding of Microsoft Office tools for knowledge work.
Versatility.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Attention to detail and excellence oriented.
Self-driven professional.