Ethiopia: Marketing Specialist, Ethiopia TRANSFORM WASH - Ethiopia

Title Marketing Specialist, Ethiopia TRANSFORM WASH

Location Ethiopia

Department Name Communications

Pact Overview

Position: Marketing Specialist, Ethiopia TRANSFORM WASH
Location: Ethiopia
Pact Overview:
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future. Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.
Position Overview:
Pact seeks a Marketing Specialist for the proposed five-year USAID-funded Ethiopia TRANSFORM WASH project which will work with the Government of Ethiopia to increase the use of improved WASH products and services in Ethiopia. Through improved water and sanitation services and improved key hygiene behaviors, the activity seeks to ultimately reduce preventable deaths and illness due to diarrheal disease, particularly among children under 5. This position is contingent on award.
Position Purpose:
The Marketing Specialist will work under the direction of the COP and will be responsible for managing household and private sector marketing activities. S/he will be responsible for overseeing activities with health extension workers, manufacturers and local providers of WASH products and services.
Key Responsibilities:
The Marketing Specialist will create increased household demand for WASH products and services through private sector enterprises and help create marketing plans for the range of WASH products and services for the Ethiopian context. She/he will help support sanitation marketing to help establish a viable and sustainable sanitation supply chain. The Specialist will work with local authorities to support the need for improved sanitation technologies.
Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field, such as business, management, economics, finance or marketing required


• Minimum of ten years of experience in marketing, private sector development or behavior change especially within the Ethiopian context required


• Experience with marketing campaigns, market analyses and developing market strategies required


• Strong English communication skills, both interpersonal and written required


• Experience in developing countries required; experience in Ethiopia preferred