Social Marketing Lead, Kenya

at ACDI/VOCA (view profile)
Published July 18, 2024
Expires October 10, 2024
Location Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Category Communication and Media  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Since 1963 and in 148 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that designs and delivers technical and management solutions in agriculture, economic growth, and resilience to promote economic prosperity and social inclusion. 

Social Marketing Lead, Kenya 

ACDI/VOCA is seeking a Social Marketing Lead for an upcoming nutrition-focused activity in Kenya funded by USAID. This role will oversee the project’s activities that aim to increase consumer demand for nutritious foods through private sector actors.  

The Social Marketing Lead will lead the development of the activity’s consumer demand activities to drive the purchasing of nutritious foods, using social marketing techniques.  

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead the  Activity’s consumer demand generation strategy, incorporating USAID and private sector  social marketing approaches,  to strengthen consumer demand for safe, nutritious foods by working through private sector food systems actors to generate demand. 

  • Oversee  formative research efforts to inform the consumer demand generation strategy, including but not limited to consumer factor analyses, barrier analysis, market segmentation, identification of existing messaging materials, identifying priority and influencing groups, etc.

  • Provide guidance and support to project staff on how to implement consumer demand and social marketing strategies.

  • Work with the project monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) team to put in place effective monitoring and evaluation indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of consumer demand activities in affecting consumer behaviors

  • Develop gender-sensitive messaging and training materials for project activities.

  • Generate learning on successes and challenges in private-sector led demand generation activities, including social marketing approaches 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in food science, marketing, communication, public relations, or relevant field is required; master’s degree is desired. 

  • Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience working in the food sector in communication, marketing and brand development, customer growth, social and behavior change, or related roles.

  • Demonstrated experience designing program activities or brand and marketing strategies to drive consumer demand for target foods. 

  • Excellent written communication skills required, with a demonstrated ability to write reports in a clear, concise manner.

  • Fluency in English is required.  

Kenyan nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Please apply online at www.acdivoca.org/international-jobs. The applications will be reviewed promptly upon receipt, only finalists will be contacted. ACDI/VOCA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities and people from diverse groups are encouraged to apply. ACDI/VOCA will never request payment or charge a fee to apply for any position.