Writer  Lagos

IfeanHealth is West Africa’s leading prosthetics, orthotics, and rehabilitation organisation, committed to restoring mobility, dignity, and possibility for individuals and communities across Nigeria and Africa. As the organisation expands its national footprint and strengthens its role as a voice within the industry, we are  recruiting a highly skilled Writer to develop world‑class content that amplifies our mission and narrative frames.

This role is central to shaping how IfeanHealth communicates its impact, expertise, and leadership across multiple platforms, from articles and reports to thought leadership pieces and multimedia storytelling. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

 Job Title: Writer

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time Role Purpose

The Writer will be responsible for developing high-quality, research-driven written content that communicates IfeanHealth’s expertise, impact, and strategic priorities across multiple platforms. The role combines creative storytelling, research, thought leadership, healthcare communication, and digital content development. The successful candidate will be expected to translate complex healthcare information, research findings, patient experiences, and organisational initiatives into compelling and accessible narratives for different audiences. The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer, rigorous researcher, thoughtful storyteller, and strategic communicator who understands how strong content can influence perception, build authority, and advance organisational goals.

Produce high-quality articles, opinion pieces, reports, newsletters, blog posts, features, speeches, and other editorial content. Develop thought leadership content that positions IfeanHealth as a credible voice in prosthetics, orthotics, rehabilitation, preventive health, disability inclusion, healthcare access, and social impact. Develop long-form content for the IfeanHealth website, publications, newsletters, reports, and external media platforms. Develop compelling patient stories, beneficiary profiles, community impact stories, and organisational success stories. Identify relevant industry conversations, emerging trends, and topics that can be converted into strategic content opportunities. Support the development of executive thought leadership content, including articles, speeches, opinion pieces, presentations, and public statements. Develop content around IfeanHealth's programmes, partnerships, research, community initiatives, and impact.

Conduct in-depth research on healthcare, rehabilitation, prosthetics and orthotics, disability inclusion, public health, wellness, and social impact. Monitor industry developments, healthcare trends, policy discussions, and emerging issues relevant to IfeanHealth. Review academic publications, research papers, reports, industry publications, and credible data sources. Translate complex research, statistics, and technical information into clear and engaging content for non-technical audiences. Interview internal subject-matter experts, healthcare professionals, beneficiaries, partners, and other relevant stakeholders to develop original stories and insights. Ensure all research-based content is accurate, properly contextualised, and supported by credible sources.

Apply SEO principles to website articles, blogs, and other digital content. Conduct basic keyword research and incorporate relevant keywords naturally into content. Develop SEO-friendly headlines, subheadings, meta descriptions, and content structures. Work with the digital/marketing team to identify opportunities to improve organic visibility and website engagement. Review existing content and recommend opportunities for optimisation and repurposing.

Cross-Platform Content Adaptation:

Repurpose long-form content into shorter formats for social media, email newsletters, websites, presentations, and other communication channels. Collaborate with designers, content creators, videographers, and other members of the Marketing & Branding team to develop integrated campaigns. Provide written concepts, scripts, captions, storyboards, interview questions, and supporting copy for multimedia content where required. Ensure that messaging remains consistent while being appropriately adapted for different audiences and platforms.

Patient & Human-Interest Storytelling:

Identify and develop meaningful patient and beneficiary stories that demonstrate the impact of IfeanHealth's work. Conduct interviews with patients, families, healthcare professionals, community members, and other stakeholders. Handle sensitive personal stories with empathy, professionalism, confidentiality, and respect. Obtain and maintain appropriate consent before publishing patient or beneficiary stories. Ensure storytelling preserves dignity and avoids exploitative or sensational narratives.

Maintain consistently high standards of grammar, structure, clarity, accuracy, and readability. Edit and proofread written materials produced by the organisation or assigned teams. Ensure all content aligns with IfeanHealth's brand voice, messaging framework, values, and strategic communications objectives. Maintain consistency in terminology, tone, style, and messaging across communication channels. Fact-check content before publication and promptly correct inaccuracies when identified. Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of editorial guidelines and content standards.

Contribute to the development and implementation of the organisation's editorial calendar. Maintain a pipeline of relevant content ideas, story angles, and thought leadership opportunities. Work with the Marketing & Branding Director to prioritise content according to organisational objectives. Track deadlines and ensure assigned content is delivered within agreed timelines. Maintain an organised archive of published and unpublished content, research materials, interviews, and relevant references.

Decision-Making Authority:

Full ownership of assigned content development, research, drafting, editing, and submission. Authority to propose content themes, story ideas, editorial angles, and thought leadership opportunities. Responsibility for recommending improvements to content development and editorial workflows. Responsibility for identifying content gaps and opportunities across IfeanHealth's communication channels. Authority to request relevant information, interviews, data, and expert input required to produce accurate content. All content involving sensitive patient information, major organisational announcements, official positions, or external representation will be subject to the appropriate review and approval process.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Consistent delivery of assigned articles, reports, stories, and other content within agreed deadlines. Quality, originality, relevance, and strategic value of published content. Development of a consistent pipeline of content ideas and story opportunities.

Website traffic and engagement generated by written content. Social media engagement generated from repurposed written content. Newsletter engagement and readership where applicable. Growth in organic search visibility for relevant content.

Number and quality of thought leadership pieces developed and published. Opportunities secured in relevant external publications and platforms. Contribution to strengthening IfeanHealth's authority and visibility within the healthcare and rehabilitation sectors.

Accuracy and reliability of published content. Compliance with IfeanHealth's brand voice and editorial standards. Minimal grammatical, factual, or formatting errors in submitted work.

Quality and credibility of research supporting published content. Number and quality of original patient, beneficiary, expert, and community stories developed. Ability to transform complex information into accessible and engaging narratives.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Public Health, Social Sciences, Mass Communication, or a related discipline. 3–6 years of professional writing experience, preferably in healthcare, development, social impact, journalism, corporate communications, or a related sector. Demonstrated portfolio of high-quality articles, reports, features, thought leadership pieces, or other published work. Experience conducting research and converting research findings into compelling written content. Basic understanding of SEO and digital content optimisation. Experience writing for different audiences, platforms, and communication objectives. Experience working with subject-matter experts and translating technical information into accessible language.

Demonstrates excellent command of written English, strong storytelling ability, compelling narrative structure, and the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.

Able to gather information from multiple credible sources, identify key insights, verify facts, and synthesise information into meaningful narratives.

Understands how content contributes to brand positioning, reputation, audience engagement, stakeholder communication, and organisational objectives.

Able to tell human-interest and patient stories with sensitivity, dignity, compassion, and respect.

Demonstrates strong editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and quality-control skills.

Consistently generates fresh content ideas, compelling angles, and creative approaches to communicating complex subjects.

Works effectively with healthcare professionals, researchers, management, designers, content creators, videographers, and other internal and external stakeholders.

Comfortable working with content management systems, SEO tools, social media platforms, digital publishing tools, Google Workspace/Microsoft Office, and other relevant content technologies.

Able to adjust writing style, tone, format, and complexity according to the audience, platform, and communication objective.

Marketing & Branding Director Content Creators Graphic Designers Videographers Clinical and Healthcare Teams Operations Team Research and Programme Teams Management External partners and media contacts where required

Within this role, success means that IfeanHealth consistently has credible, compelling, well-researched, and strategically aligned content that communicates its expertise and impact. The successful candidate will help transform IfeanHealth's work, research, patient experiences, and community impact into stories that educate audiences, build trust, strengthen the organisation's reputation, and position IfeanHealth as a leading voice in healthcare, rehabilitation, disability inclusion, and social impact.

30th September, 2026. How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their CV and writing portfolio demonstrating relevant experience in professional writing, research, storytelling, thought leadership, journalism, healthcare communication, or related fields to: [Email hidden - Login to reveal] using "the  Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: 

Candidates without a writing portfolio may not be considered. IfeanHealth is committed to building a team of talented professionals who share our commitment to restoring mobility, dignity, and possibility.