Head of Advocacy and Communications - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University

Head of Advocacy and Communications
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network

Grade 9: Salary £42,351 - £49,096 p.a.

More than 500 million become severely ill with malaria every year and more than 1 million die from the effects of the disease. The Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will set up a global drug resistance information resource so that more of the right drugs can get to the right people at the right time, and the drugs will last longer. Details can be found at http://www.wwarn.org/.

The Head of Advocacy and Communications is a new role within the new WWARN office in Oxford. The postholder will develop communications, advocacy, and fundraising strategies and implement these across the network. They will lead the drive to advocate WWARN’s activities globally and raise new funds to support these activities.

You will have significant experience of promoting health or science related activities to a broad audience and developing strategies for advocacy and fundraising. Strong diplomatic skills and the ability to communicate with a variety of people from different cultures is essential, as is the availability to travel. You will have creative flair and the ability to motivate others. Fluency in French, Spanish or Portuguese is highly desirable.

The post is available for four years in the first instance.

An application form and a job description are available from the Senior Personnel and Finance Officer at CCVTM, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LJ (tel: 01865 857413; email: bethany.valentine@ndm.ox.ac.uk), or from the website: http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/ndmjr/about/jobvacancies. Please quote reference HB-09-035-CM. The closing date for applications is 8 May 2009.