Last Mile Health, Strategic Communications Director
About the portfolio organization
Last Mile Health partners with governments to design, scale, strengthen, and sustain high-quality community health systems, which empower teams of community and frontline health workers to bring life-saving primary healthcare to the world’s most remote communities. LMH is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information, visit www.lastmilehealth.org.
- Our mission is to save lives in the world’s most remote communities.
- Our vision is a health worker within reach of everyone, everywhere.
About the Fellowship role
The Strategic Communications Director will be responsible for designing and executing an annual editorial calendar for Last Mile Health that encompasses thought leadership and restricted award deliverables, aligning with our overall donor communications calendar and priority advocacy days and events. They will be responsible for designing and managing a process to partner with leaders across the organization to develop thought leadership collateral (including but not limited to op-eds, case studies, policy briefs, etc.) to drive our advocacy and brand goals, and for managing the development of high-priority and strategic communications deliverables for restricted awards, including but not limited to videos. This role will also be responsible for designing and project managing a 20th anniversary campaign. This candidate must be an excellent project manager, with the ability to set strategy, work across teams to produce collateral, and publish high-quality and timely deliverables that will resonate with a donor audience.
Location: Remote if based in USA; hybrid if based in Accra, Ghana
Employment: Full-time, one-year Fellowship
Starting Date: July/August 2026
Key responsibilities
- Design & execute an annual editorial calendar that encompasses thought leadership and restricted award deliverables.
- Process manage our thought leadership portfolio, in partnership with the Leadership Council, resulting in the publication of at least 6 thought leadership deliverables per year (case studies, policy briefs, how to guides, etc.); and partner with the Director, External Relations to publish as least two op-eds/editorials per year.
- Produce restricted award communications deliverables, which are high visibility and cross-team projects that require strong strategic vision setting and strong project management. This will likely include 2-3 videos.
- Design and project manage 20th anniversary campaign in 2026-2027.
- Build and oversee knowledge management systems related to content for the Partnerships & Communications team.
Requirements
Experience and education:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
- 7-10 years of experience in a communications role, with direct experience designing and executing on an editorial calendar and publishing high-quality collateral for donor audiences
- Experience in translating complex, technical content into content that is accessible to a donor audience
- Excellent project management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience project managing video projects (including drafting storyboards, creating itineraries for rural/remote areas, prepping interviewees, etc.)
- Experience working collaboratively across organizations to advance a specific project or outcome
Must Haves:
- Work authorization in the USA or in Ghana
- Fluency in English
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