Assistant Chief Corporate Affairs & Communication Officer at Kenyatta National Hospital

Job Purpose

Assistant Chief Corporate Affairs & Communication Officer will be responsible to the Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager for provision of quality corporate
communication functions in the Hospital

Duties and Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering a wide range of informational, educational, and promotional material concerning the activities of the Hospital.
• Interface with hospital management, departmental staff and stakeholders to develop and implement communications programs.
• Implementing internal and external marketing and communication tools and strategies in line with the KNH Corporate Communication and Marketing policy.
• Coordinating events and visits to ensure the Hospital achieving sustainable advantage and that visitors’ experience is hospitable.
• Developing and implementing departmental strategic objectives in line with the balanced scorecard and the KNH strategic plan.
• Maximizing audience awareness of the services of various departments of the Hospital in collaboration with the Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager.
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with the media and other partners to help achieve challenging audience development and other departmental targets.
• Maintaining relevant statistics and information relating to the overall operation of the department.
• Devising systems to ensure that Hospital Education and information materials are distributed effectively.
• Disseminating all Hospital information using all available and relevant Media.
• Developing, implementing and monitoring departmental Performance Contract.
• Identifying and maintaining Hospital linkages with possible donors and corporate institutions to support KNH healthcare services.
• Providing reports to the manager as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: International Relations, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• A postgraduate diploma in either Communications, Journalism, Public Relations
• A Master’s Degree in one of the following: International Relations, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations will have an added advantage.
• At least five years relevant work experience in a senior position in a large organization
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word, typing, desktop publishing especially in design graphics design and Adobe Photoshop
• A member of the profession affiliation relevant to this post.