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Consultant, MENA
Global Health Strategies (GHS)
Riyadh, KSA
Full Time
Mid
Yesterday
Content DevelopmentMedia RelationsProject ManagementEvent ManagementStakeholder EngagementSocial Media Management
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About the Role
Global Health Strategies seeks a Consultant for its MENA team to support client accounts in communications, advocacy, and public affairs. The role spans content development, media relations, project management, event management, and stakeholder engagement.
Key Skills for This Role
Content DevelopmentMedia RelationsProject ManagementEvent ManagementStakeholder EngagementSocial Media Management
Responsibilities
- Support day to day client management, ensuring responsive, high quality service delivery.
- Contribute to business development, including proposals, pitches, and capability decks.
- Support engagement with patient advocates, academics, policymakers, and other health ecosystem stakeholders.
- Support all phases of the project cycle, including scoping, planning, budgeting, execution, and reporting.
- Coordinate timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Lead end to end delivery of events, including programming, speaker identification and management, vendor coordination, budget tracking, and risk mitigation.
- Draft and edit long form pieces including op eds, press releases, and thought leadership articles.
- Write strategic documents such as concept notes and business proposals.
- Build and maintain relationships with top tier regional and international media.
- Develop and execute media pitches, securing placements in top tier outlets.
- Plan and execute social media content calendars and campaigns.
- Create platform native content aligned to client brand voice.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience at a PR agency, in a public health communications role, or at a health event planning organization.
- Proven experience writing and placing media pieces (op eds, press releases, thought leadership).
- Strong project management experience with significant involvement across all phases of the project cycle.
- Established relationships with top tier media and health/science journalists.
- Proven ability to pitch and place stories in top tier media.
- Experience managing events end to end, including programming, speaker management, vendor management, and risk mitigation.
- Strong track record writing concept notes, business proposals, and similar strategic documents.
- Social media experience, including content creation, campaign planning, and community management.
- Fluency in Arabic and English, spoken and written; French is an advantage.
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in public health, communications, or a related field is a plus.
Full Job Posting
About GHS
- Global Health Strategies (GHS) is a communications, advocacy, and public affairs consultancy working across global health, life sciences, and public health.
- Our MENA team supports clients on programme delivery, policy engagement, media relations, and thought leadership across the region.
Role Overview
- We are looking for a consultant to join our MENA team to support a broad range of client accounts and programmes.
- This is a generalist role spanning content development, media relations, project delivery, event management, and stakeholder engagement.
- The ideal candidate is a strong writer, an organized project manager, and someone comfortable operating across both strategic and delivery level work.
Key Responsibilities
- Support day to day client management, ensuring responsive, high quality service delivery.
- Contribute to business development, including proposals, pitches, and capability decks.
- Support engagement with patient advocates, academics, policymakers, and other health ecosystem stakeholders.
- Support all phases of the project cycle, including scoping, planning, budgeting, execution, and reporting.
- Coordinate timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Lead end to end delivery of events, including programming, speaker identification and management, vendor coordination, budget tracking, and risk mitigation.
- Draft and edit long form pieces including op eds, press releases, and thought leadership articles.
- Write strategic documents such as concept notes and business proposals.
- Build and maintain relationships with top tier regional and international media.
- Develop and execute media pitches, securing placements in top tier outlets.
- Plan and execute social media content calendars and campaigns.
- Create platform native content aligned to client brand voice.
Desired Qualifications And Experience
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience at a PR agency, in a public health communications role, or at a health event planning organization.
- Proven experience writing and placing media pieces (op eds, press releases, thought leadership).
- Strong project management experience with significant involvement across all phases of the project cycle.
- Established relationships with top tier media and health/science journalists.
- Proven ability to pitch and place stories in top tier media.
- Experience managing events end to end, including programming, speaker management, vendor management, and risk mitigation.
- Strong track record writing concept notes, business proposals, and similar strategic documents.
- Social media experience, including content creation, campaign planning, and community management.
- Fluency in Arabic and English, spoken and written; French is an advantage.
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in public health, communications, or a related field is a plus.
Preferred
- Existing relationships with, or prior professional engagement with, patient advocacy groups, academics, policymakers, or other global health stakeholders.
- Familiarity with the health, life sciences, or public health sector in the MENA region.
Compensation And Contract Type
- Compensation and contract type will be discussed during the interview process.
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