Deadline: Not Specified

Location: Kaduna, Nigeria

Sightsavers is seeking to fill the position of Communications Manager.

Sightsavers is an international organisation that works with partners to protect sight and advocate for the rights of people living with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Work with the communications strategist, and consult the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) senior management team
• Regularly revise the NTD communications strategy based on defined audiences and objectives
• Lead on engaging with internal and external stakeholders relevant to the NTD thematic strategy
• Meet with stakeholders regularly to monitor communication activity plans and capture changes in objectives and outputs in the communications strategy
• Working with the communications strategist and the head of communications, contribute to the updating of Sightsavers’ mapping of NTD audiences and NTD stakeholders
• In collaboration with the communications strategist, plan the day-to-day budget for NTD communications and assign a budget for communication projects and activities
• Consult and collaborate with NTD external stakeholders and relevant consortium partners across the different programmes
• Coordinate the NTD external stakeholders and relevant consortium partners to collectively deliver the communications activities
• Identify the communications capacities and aspirations of partners and determine priorities and roles and responsibilities with partners in the delivery of the communications activities
• Working with the content and stories team, brainstorm creative concepts based on the NTD communications plan and/or communication briefs received
• Contribute to the development of NTD creative communications content, working closely with the content and stories team and internal/external content creation and production resources
• Provide communications expertise and guidance to the NTD programme team about the development of communication products
• Support the content and stories team as needed in drafting copy for online and offline editorial content, including news stories, blogs, case studies and webpages
• Be the focal point and liaison between the content and stories team and NTD stakeholders on creative concepts that deliver communication objectives to secure agreement and sign off
• Provide direct line management for the communications officer
• Working with the communications strategist, align with other communications managers to ensure messaging and activities are complimentary across all thematic areas
• Provide support to the communications strategist and head of communications on organisational planning processes, including budgeting

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge and experience in delivering global communications strategies, plans and activities
• Demonstrable experience in working with programme teams to design communication plans that reach key target audiences  
• Proven awareness of global development issues 
• Demonstrable experience in effective use of various communications channels in a global environment  
• Project management experience and a track record of results in working with a range of organisations and stakeholders 
• Related work experience should demonstrate a proven and strong commitment to the area of international development, the humanitarian sector, social justice, campaigning and/or relevant field
• Spoken French is an advantage

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