Deadline: 24 December, 2022
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Save the Children is seeking applications from eligible candidates for the role of Regional Communications Manager.
The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.
Responsibilities
- Work with the regional office, country programmes, Save the Children International (SCI) centre, members and technical advisors to develop and implement effective communication in both humanitarian and development contexts
- Contribute to SCI strategic objectives in West and Central Africa and ensure compliance with SCI policies and procedures, including strengthening collective approach to children’s rights in communications and child safeguarding
- Work with SCI centre to develop and implement an effective inclusion strategy encompassing knowledge sharing across West and Central Africa by organising bi-lingual meetings, conferences, webinars, and the translation of documents and the onboarding of interpreters
- Support countries’ offices to collect, develop and disseminate high-quality communication materials to a range of external and internal audiences
- Support the development and delivery of communications materials in preparation for, during and after emergencies, including supporting response teams to receive, compile, and distribute relevant emergency response information in a timely manner
- Set up and maintain effective communication information management systems in both humanitarian and development contexts
- Ensure internal communications
- Act as a source of regional programme information that reinforces key corporate external messages, brand positioning and image guidelines
- Layout internal communication material and coordinate regional media and programme visits to make them visible from a communication point of view
- Provide communications support to regional and country offices as required
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Communications, International Relations, Development, Political Science, Law or a related field
- Experience managing a communications team
- Proven track record of communications work and development of strategies, with experience influencing policy communications, and a strong understanding of the United Nations and multilateral systems
- Experience working to build capacity in communications
- Demonstrated ability to deliver workshops, provide coaching and mentoring, and support the professional development of others
- Experience working in both humanitarian and development contexts, including some of Save the Children’s priority areas
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, analyse complex information and offer creative, practical and effective solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and an ability to distil large amounts of information to a variety of audiences
- Strong experience in the best use of social media
To apply and for more information, click here.
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