Save the Children Senior Communications Specialist Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
Save the Children Ethiopia looking for “Senior Communications Specialist”.
Applicants with a Master’s Degree may apply on or before November 30, 2023.
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international, non-government operated organization. It was founded in the UK in 1919, with the goal of helping improve the lives of children worldwide. The organization helps to raise money to improve children’s lives by creating better educational opportunities, better health care, and improved economic opportunities.
Save the Children Senior Communications Specialist Jobs 2023
The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on November 22, 2023 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Communications Specialist to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | Save the Children |
| Position | Senior Communications Specialist |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Master’s Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum of Ten (10) year’s |
| Application Deadline | November 30, 2023 |
Save the Children Job Vacancy 2023
Key Areas of Accountabilities:
Ownership of communication processes and delivery:
- Develop / Revise ECSC-SUN communications and advocacy strategies and implementation guideline including parameters for the delivery of effective events and media engagement
- Generate content (print and multimedia) intended for external use
- Ensure the quality of all external communications including events and media engagements that meet global and national standards
- Develop and implement a proactive strategy for media engagement for the ECSC-SUN programme
- Train ECSC-SUN coalition member on appropriate communications and advocacy skills
Media stakeholder engagement:
- Develop a media engagement strategy for the ECSC-SUN including identifying key dates and global moments
- Identify and maintain diverse contacts in the national and international media
- Produce high-quality, accurate, concise press releases on different topics that support ECSC-SUN priorities
- Maintain contacts with other communications persons in ECSC-SUN coalition member organizations including SUN MSP Networks, SUN Government, donors, UN, Private, Academia and other CSOs.
- Ensure that relevant ECSC-SUN members have Advocacy, communication and media training.
Support for events and visitors:
- Develop guidelines and parameters for running ECSC-SUN events
- Lead ECSC-SUN visibility events
- Lead and support the execution of major events
- Maintain photos, presentations, banners, and other materials to support ECSC-SUN events
- Document events and communicate them as appropriate through internal and external channels
- Support major ECSC-SUN Programme implementation area visits including producing background information, supporting planning processes, and facilitating logistics.
Position in Organization:
- Position Name: Senior Communications Specialist
- Job Identification: 4457
- Job Category: Business Support
- Posting Date: 21/11/2023, 16:22
- Apply Before: 30/11/2023, 16:22
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: CO – Addis Ababa
Minimum Requirement:
- At least 10 years of relevant experience in media, communication, advocacy and policy analysis in an international NGO
- Masters/Post-graduate degree from a recognized university in relevant field
- Experience of leading communications, Advocacy and media activities in a challenging environment and a good knowledge of the Ethiopia media scene, networks, and media contacts
- Experience of delivering advocacy, communication and policy training, presentations and other capacity building activities to varied audiences, ideally within ECSC-SUN programme.
- Experience in leading and/or supporting others to design and deliver advocacy, communication programme, research and policy work
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work with others to develop the advocacy and communication strategy into action and communicate this to a wider audience
- Strong advocacy, lobbying and influencing skills and ability to influence and liaise effectively with key ECSC-SUN coalition members, nutrition stakeholders and representation of the coalition in high profile environments as appropriate and as agreed with the ECSC-SUN National lead
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and producing high quality English-language materials for a wide range of different audiences including donors, journalists and the ‘general public’.
How to Apply Save the Children Senior Communications Specialist Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/4457
The Closing Date: November 30, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.savethechildren.net |
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