The Aga Khan University’s Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) was established in the year 2020 to serve as a University-wide entity for providing a unique platform for facilitating strategic engagements and partnerships between AKU, University of Central Asia and the wider Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). IGHD aims to address global health and environmental challenges by creating a multi-disciplinary support system and infrastructure, whereby researchers across campuses and regions can collaborate and contribute.    

The IGHD works across four thematic areas, including Sustainable Development Goals (including Broad Social Determinants of Health), Gender Equity and Empowerment, Climate Change, Urban Development and Health, and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition.

We are looking for an outstanding, creative, highly-organized and proactive Manager (Communications and Content Development) who will report to the Founding Director of the Institute for Global Health and Development, and work with a team based in Pakistan and at other locations globally.   

While working on this position, you will be broadly responsible to, but not limited to, two areas of focus which include creative content development (and editing), and Communications (including operations). Some of the specific responsibilities include to:

• develop creative contents for research proposals, papers, websites and other required communication materials, in close liaison with the technical team
• write, edit, and operationalize marketing communications materials, including brochures, flyers, website blogs, social media blogs etc.
• write and edit project reports, in consultation with the technical team
• support in literature search for research projects
• coordinate, organize and conduct various activities which include but not limited to meetings, webinars, consultations etc.
• create impactful presentations, record discussions and produce meeting notes.