Communications Associate

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW The END Fund is the world’s leading collaborative philanthropic investment vehicle dedicated to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs are parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases – including intestinal worms, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis – that affect over 1.7 billion people globally. The END Fund’s vision is to ensure people can live healthy and prosperous lives free of the risk of NTDs and has set out to accomplish this by:

•Mobilizing and investing resources for maximum impact,  •Advocating for innovative, integrated and cost-effective NTD programs; and •Facilitating philanthropic and private sector engagement to end these diseases.

By engaging a community of activist-philanthropists and taking a systems approach, the END Fund works in collaboration with governments, local and international NGOs, pharmaceutical companies, and academic partners on the global campaign to control and eliminate the most prevalent NTDs by 2030. 

Since our founding in 2012 through 2023, with our partners, the END Fund has provided over 1.8 billion treatments for NTDs. In 2023 alone, together with our partners we treated more than 180 million people. The END Fund works globally in over 32 countries, with a primary emphasis in Africa.

You can read more about the END Fund and our 2022 impact story here.

ABOUT THE END FUND’S COMMUNICATIONS TEAM The Communications department builds on the END Fund’s fundraising and grantmaking by using the influence of our brand, reputation, and relationships to: (1) identify and cultivate new opportunities for financing the END Fund and the NTD sector, and (2) encourage greater local ownership and sustainability of efforts to tackle NTDs. The Communication’ team’s work is bolstered by a network of extraordinary champions for the END Fund and the NTD sector. 

THE OPPORTUNITY The END Fund is looking for a well-organized and process-oriented individual to help the Communications team drive its communications and advocacy goals. The Associate will join a nimble in-house Communications team to support communications and storytelling execution, including creative content creation, graphics design, social media copy, event talking points and other material as relevant. The Associate will be required to edit and proofread creative communication materials and texts, as well as organize images and video content for the END Fund story bank. The Associate will primarily support the team in externally amplifying the END Fund story through a multifaceted editorial strategy, engaging new and existing audiences with visual and compelling storytelling assets. In addition, this Associate will help coordinate critical timelines, calendars and preparation for END Fund and NTD community events, as well as coordination with our communications agency.  A natural and collegial team player, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of working collaboratively to drive successful projects and cross-team collaborations, and thrive on bringing order and prioritization to workstreams. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & CORE COMPETENCIES •Responsible for creating and drafting engaging and innovative content such as  presentations, blogs and social media content, marketing collateral and assets, and more. •Conduct research based on business needs in line with the END Fund’s communications strategy. Research may require coordinating with internal and external business partners and stakeholders. •Prepare presentations and written content using the END Fund’s established brand, design, and editorial guidelines, and enforce the same for any written communications issued by the END Fund. •Support the shape of the END Fund’s internal voice by sourcing and drafting editorial content for internal communications.  •Partner with content creators to bring a distinctive, engaging, compelling and authentic voice for external audience engagement.  -Copy edit content written by END Fund staff contributors, champions, Board members and thought leaders for consistency, clarity, accuracy, perspective, grammar, tone, voice and audience relevance. •Plan and implement strategies for dissemination and amplification of content through END Fund  channels and partner channels. •Contribute to the creation, implementation, and monitoring of strategic and tactical communications plans. Engage directly with stakeholders including the external communications agency regarding strategy, approach and priorities. •Track and assess analytics; prepare reports and identify options for ongoing improvement. •Organize videos, stories and transcripts for the END Fund’s story bank. •Regularly update collateral such as key messages document, website content, one pagers and informative material. •Track communications risks and opportunities and provide regular updates in team meetings. •Liaise with other teams to ensure consistent brand use across all external messaging including presentations, conferences and report creation. •General support to and representation of the Senior Associate Director, Communications as needed.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION •Bachelor’s degree preferred •Minimum of two years of work experience in marketing or communications, copywriting, graphic design, event planning, or executive assistance  •Exceptional ability to coordinate people to align around a goal   •Ability to convey programmatic information in a clear and actionable style •Strong written and verbal communication skills •Exceptional ability to multitask and balance multiple projects simultaneously •Highly organized with strong attention to detail •Interest to learn about global health issues, and NTDs specifically •Previous experience working with Zoom and other conferencing platforms, with the ability to administer and host webinars •Demonstrated cross-cultural skills •A self-starter who enjoys working in a small team environment •Ability to work independently and remotely using current internet-based communication tools, as well as collaboratively alongside a geographically distributed team in various locations and time zones  •Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time