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The team operates under the direct supervision of the Managing Director and works in close coordination with Sentinel's scientific and program leadership. The Communications Manager is a founding member of this team and serves as the primary content and production engine across all of Sentinel's external-facing communications.\nPosition Summary\nThe Communications Manager leads the development, production, and management of Sentinel's communications across all channels and audiences. This role owns Sentinel's content strategy and editorial output, translating complex scientific and programmatic work into compelling, high-quality communications for donors, partners, governments, scientific communities, and the broader public.The Communications Manager serves as the primary writer, editor, and production lead for the CPP team, working in close coordination with the Partnerships Manager on donor-facing communications and with the Manager of Policy on government and multilateral-facing content. The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer and editor with strong visual communication skills, deep organizational ability, and the editorial judgment to produce polished content across a wide range of formats and audiences with limited supervision.\nKey Responsibilities\nContent development and editorial leadership \nOwn Sentinel's editorial output across all external communications channels, serving as primary writer and editor for program-wide content including newsletters, impact stories, website content, blogs, case studies, annual reports, program briefs, and one-pagers.\nDraft and edit donor-facing written products, including donor reports, impact updates, and stewardship communications, ensuring final products meet high standards of quality, accuracy, and audience appropriateness.\nDraft and edit government and multilateral-facing written products, including policy briefs, white papers, and talking points, ensuring final products are clear, precise, and appropriately framed for their intended audiences.\nProduce and distribute the program-wide Sentinel newsletter, directed at the broader Sentinel community including collaborators, colleagues, and training alumni, with full ownership of content development, editorial calendar, and distribution.\nProduce the donor-facing communications stream, including a tailored newsletter or equivalent, ensuring consistency with program messaging and donor relationship priorities.\nDraft presentation materials, conference content, talking points, and abstracts for program leadership across a range of external audiences and engagements.\nDigital communications and channel management \nManage and regularly update the Sentinel website, ensuring content is accurate, current, and aligned with program messaging and brand standards.\nDevelop and execute Sentinel's social media strategy, with a primary focus on LinkedIn, including content creation, scheduling, and performance monitoring.\nManage email communications platforms and newsletter distribution across program and donor-facing channels.\nMonitor digital channel performance and recommend adjustments to increase engagement and visibility.\nCoordinate communications surrounding scientific publications, conference presentations, and major program announcements, including drafting press releases and external announcements as appropriate.\nGraphic design and brand management \nDesign and produce reports, presentations, brochures, conference materials, posters, and other branded communications products.\nDevelop infographics and visual content that communicate complex scientific and programmatic information clearly and accessibly.\nMaintain branded templates and visual standards across all Sentinel communications, ensuring consistency with Broad Institute communications standards.\nCoordinate photography, graphics, and multimedia assets in support of program communications.\nCoordinate with the Broad Communications team on brand, institutional messaging, and external announcements, and maintain a lateral coordination relationship with IGH's communications counterpart to ensure consistency across institutional communications.\nEditorial and production calendar \nMaintain an annual communications and editorial calendar across all CPP team communications streams, ensuring alignment with program priorities and external engagement schedules.\nManage production timelines for all communications outputs, ensuring consistent quality and on-time delivery across concurrent streams.\nSupport conference presence and external events, owning materials production and channel management.\nQualifications\nRequired \nBachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations, public health, or a related field.\n5+ years of professional experience in communications, science communications, or nonprofit communications, with demonstrated progression in responsibility.\nOutstanding writing and editing skills across multiple formats and audiences, with a portfolio demonstrating high-quality communications materials.\nStrong graphic design experience using Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or equivalent tools.\nExperience managing websites using content management systems and organizational social media accounts.\nAbility to work independently with limited supervision, exercising editorial judgment across multiple concurrent communications streams.\nPreferred \nExperience communicating scientific research, public health, or global health programs to diverse audiences.\nExperience supporting communications for donor-funded or internationally operating programs.\nFamiliarity with infectious disease, genomics, laboratory systems, or global health surveillance.\nExperience with photography, videography, or multimedia content creation.\nExperience with email marketing platforms, website analytics, and digital performance monitoring tools.\nDesired attributes \nThe ideal candidate is an exceptionally skilled writer and editor who produces polished, audience-appropriate content quickly and independently. They bring strong visual instincts and are equally comfortable drafting a donor impact update, designing a conference poster, and managing a website refresh. They understand that in this role they are the content engine for a team whose other members bring deep relationship and policy expertise, and they take pride in translating that expertise into communications that are clear, compelling, and precisely right for their audience. They are highly organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple concurrent production streams without losing quality or missing deadlines. They are curious about science and global health, and committed to making complex work accessible and visible\nThe Broad will not offer Visa Sponsorship for this opportunity. \nThe expected base pay range for this position as listed above is based on a 40 hour per week schedule. Broad provides pay ranges representing its reasonable and good faith estimate of what the organization reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary based on factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, education, qualifications, and other factors permissible by law.\nAt Broad, your base pay is just one part of a comprehensive total rewards package. From day one, this role offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and health savings accounts; at least 13 paid holidays; winter closure; paid time off; parental and family care leave; and an employee assistance program, among other Broad benefits.\nThe Broad Institute is an equal opportunity employer. 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