Associate Director of International Social Media Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) is seeking nominations and applications for an innovative and strategic Associate Director of International Social Media to provide key leadership in international communications toward the successful execution of a major social media campaign. Reporting to the Director of International Communications the new Associate Director will develop, implement, and manage social media strategies aimed at tobacco control policy advances in Africa and China. S/he will serve as a resource for CTFK staff, partner organizations, consultants, and other tobacco control allies as it relates to developing and implementing their social media communications strategy. S/he will assess the opportunities and challenges to implementing social media strategies in collaboration with NGOs and partners in selected countries with the goal of strengthening the policy framework to reduce tobacco use and broadening the community of stakeholders with an interest in tobacco control.

CTFK is a leading civil society organization dedicated to the fight to reduce tobacco use and its deadly toll in the United States and around the world. Ideal candidates will understand and have proven experience developing social media campaigns with the direct purpose of promoting policy change. The new Associate Director will be a savvy manager with the maturity and agility to work collegially within CTFK and across significant distances and in a variety of cultural contexts to advance a social movement that promotes effective policy changes aimed at reducing tobacco use and preventing the devastating health impacts of tobacco use.

About the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
By changing public attitudes and public policies on tobacco, the Campaign works to prevent children from smoking, to help smokers quit, and to protect everyone from secondhand smoke. Established in 1996, the Campaign envisions a world free from the death and disease caused by tobacco. The Campaign promotes public policies that have been proven to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, including higher tobacco taxes, comprehensive smoke-free laws, strict bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, and graphic warning labels on tobacco products. Internationally, as a partner in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, CTFK supports governments and non-governmental organizations in promoting and implementing these policies in low- and middle-income countries where more than 80 percent of tobacco-related deaths will occur in the coming decades.

The Ideal Candidate
The new Associate Director will be a savvy manager with significant experience leveraging social media tools to mobilize and engage individuals in the political, commercial, or nongovernmental spheres. S/he will be an astute and seasoned manager with the ambassadorial approach and personal presence to work laterally both across a large organization and across significant geographic distance. A Bachelor’s degree and seven or more years work experience is required, master’s degree preferred. Fluency in French or Chinese a plus.

More Information & To Apply
More information about the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids may be found at: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/.

Applications will be reviewed as received. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. A full position description and application instructions may be found at:
http://www.nonprofitprofessionals.com/searches/ctfk-sm.htm

Job Email id: ctfk-sm(at)nonprofitprofessionals.com