Jobs at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE: 

This is a really exciting role suitable for an experienced digital storyteller who is passionate about current digital trends and developing creative digital campaigns to engage audiences in new and innovative ways. There is an opportunity for this role to drive, interrogate and challenge how Save the Children interacts with audiences globally across our digital and social channels. By drawing on our international programmes and content you will be able to make a real change for children.

As a global movement Save the Children has exceptionally ambitious digital, advocacy, supporter growth, fundraising and programme delivery targets designed to maximise the positive impact that we can have for children across the world.

Powerful and engaging content is critical to achieving this ambition, whether across fundraising targets, when lobbying for political change, or raising brand and media profile. We are looking to transform the way we tell stories with a digital first approach, creating memorable interactions with supporters through high quality, emotional, authentic global creative content.

The role sits in the Global Creative Content Unit (GCCU) in Save the Children International (SCI), a small and nimble team providing children’s stories and supporter engagement content for the global Save the Children movement.

As Global Digital Content Producer, you will have a busy role, producing integrated story content and supporter engagement and fundraising products, with a focus on swift digital packages and fully integrated digital campaign packages. You will work closely with the SCI digital team to develop their content needs, support their digital strategy, follow digital trends, share and develop digital skills within the GCCU, and develop content to improve the organisation’s digital reach.

You will strive to maximise content and create integrated packages, working with other teams at SCI and with Save the Children’s Member organisations to meet the digital content needs of the different markets and deliver outstanding digital content. We are always aiming to improve our integrated approach to working and you will think ‘bigger picture’ to consider how content can be used across the organisation, including on non-digital channels.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile. In the event that the humanitarian producer is absent they will lead on the development of content in partnership with the Global Media Unit and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

 Essential

• Experienced multimedia storyteller with skills in creating powerful, creative and emotionally compelling fundraising assets targeted for digital and social channels across multiple global markets.
• Strong film editor, with experience in fundraising assets with a digital-first approach
• Knowledge of fundraising practices and user journeys and how different social and digital platforms can be utilised and maximised to increase engagement and leverage fundraising.
• Strong writing skills with ability to craft clear and compelling case studies, scripts, and web and social copy
• Successful digital fundraising content development experience
• Passion for keeping up to date with latest digital trends and technologies
• You must have experience in managing the entire production process from start to finish – understanding the content gathering process, consent and safeguarding through to case study writing, broll editing and sign off.
• Enjoy working in a high paced environment with multiple projects and priorities, able to deliver to tight deadlines.
• Strong project management experience, comfortable leading projects, people and creative direction.
• Strong experience of using Premiere, Avid or other professional edit programme to edit film content into compelling stories and fundraising asks.
• Ability to work to brand and style guidelines
• Experience of photograph editing, eg using Adobe Lightroom, in a professional setting.
• Experience of managing and delivering professional film and/or photographic shoots to brief.
• Excellent skills in proactively researching, identifying and chasing strong story leads to deliver engaging new content.
• Experience of briefing freelance staff and managing them to delivery of content.
• Skilled in creating supporter journeys through various types of content e.g. for a regular giving product.
• Experience of online archiving systems for photos and film, with excellent attention to detail and metadata.
• Fluency in English and ideally with good working knowledge of at least one other language.
• Demonstrable commitment to the best practice in ethical and production values for content gathering – constantly seeking to improve standards to ensure Save the Children leads the way for the industry.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular, a good understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin all aspects of work.
• Commitment to Save the Children’s child protection and child safeguarding policy.

Desirable

• Experience in using InDesign or similar to design infographics and other materials.
• Experience in photography and filming
• Good working knowledge of at least one other language. Arabic, French and Spanish particularly welcome.
• Experience of working with multiple, global stakeholders on a variety projects, and being able to successfully negotiate successful outcomes.
• Experience of working with a diverse range of people with varying knowledge of content needs from across the globe.
• Experience in delivering content for use by global offices, and the impact of this on language use, type of content and format of products.
• Representing the team in meetings / workshops / conferences – presenting the collective approach and reporting back with detailed notes, findings and next steps.
• Experience conducting communications training and capacity building

Closing Date : Oct 26, 2022

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ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children has agreed an ambitious new global strategy for 2022-24, and has developed an accompanying Global Funding Framework to inform and shift how Save the Children can work together as a movement to drive greater funding impact for children. By 2024 our ambition is for Save the Children to be a +$3bn organisation, with institutional funding constituting more than 60% and, of which, humanitarian emergency response remains the largest focus of that funding.

In line with a number of complementary strategic shifts, responsibility for oversight and management of Save the Children’s relationship with two key humanitarian partners – the World Food Programme (WFP) and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - is transitioning to Save the Children International. Similarly, responsibility for business development, compliance and award management will sit within the SCI structure. 

This new role will oversee our overall partnership and funding relationship with these key UN agencies. It will be responsible for driving forward our related partnership strategies, working with teams across the global organisation and with external networks to represent the global breadth and depth of our work. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring our work with WFP and UNHCR is both sustainable and affordable, and will influence a global network of internal and external stakeholders to optimise our engagement throughout our policy and advocacy, technical and programming work.

The role will be part of the Save the Children International’s (SCI) Programme Funding and Institutional Partnerships (PFIP) team and will work extensively with colleagues at centre, regional and country level responsible for securing and delivering SCI’s WFP and UNHCR programme of work. The role will actively collaborate with other members across the Save the Children Association (SCA) as relevant and for WFP opportunities specifically, will ensure active collaboration with SCUS' Commodities Operations Unit. The role will work closely with the Global Head of Institutional Humanitarian Funding and with colleagues across SCI’s Humanitarian Team and in relevant advocacy offices on global strategic priorities.

The post-holder will also work closely with colleagues from across the movement (and specifically with other UN account leads) as part of a broader community of institutional partnership managers; ensuring best practice and learning is prioritised and proactively shared.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential :

• Experience in successful institutional partnership development, at scale and across a complex matrixed INGO (such as Save the Children or other).
• Experience of fundraising with WFP and UNHCR and of successful relationship building at country office, regional bureau and global levels.
• Knowledge and experience of UN related humanitarian funding advocacy issues.
• Proven and demonstrable experience of UN partnership building, brokering relationships with key UN partners and driving successful engagement at senior levels.
• Demonstrable experience of influencing and delivering significant results cross-organisationally within a large and complex organisation (such as the Save the Children or its equivalent).
• Excellent business partnering, communication and relationship building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage productive relationships with related humanitarian agencies and senior staff.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with strong attention to detail.
• Clear interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative.
• Team player, with a full appreciation of the value of collaboration.
• Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs.

Desirable:

• Experience of working with (and/or within) Save the Children in an institutional humanitarian partnership management-related role.
• Experience of working in / across other areas of SC’s operations and / or functions
• Experience of being involved in the implementation of a new / changed business processes and ways of working or transformation processes.

Closing Date : Oct 14, 2022

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ROLE PURPOSE: 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety and Security manager to join the Global Safety and Security team with Save The Children International. Reporting into the Director of Global Safety and Security. The successful candidate will be a key advisor to the Director, Management Committees, Executive Directors and colleagues on workplace and field safety and security risks associated with Save The Children operations.

As the Health & Safety and Security Manager you will help to build and facilitate delivery of health & safety and security standards, processes and regulatory compliance and support the development of a framework. You will also be responsible for creating and embedding a culture that delivers continuous health, safety and security performance improvement.

As a member of the Global Safety and Security (GSS) team, the Health & Safety, and Security Manager will support the management of real-time health & safety and security incidents, develop comprehensive incident datasets in order to deliver, and enhance early warning/ preparedness, continuous improvement. Support the application of evidence-based management decision-making for Country Offices, (CO’s) Regional Offices, (RO’s) SCI and SC Association (SCA).

By combining SCI’s access to several safety, security, social economic and risk platforms, independent research, collaborating with external partners, countries, regional or global teams, this role will proactively lead, manage, and contribute to health & safety, and security projects required or requested. Additionally, in order to more specifically support and inspire our three breakthroughs, the global strategic plan, and programming priorities of SCI and its partners, the role holder will also be tasked with identifying, leading and coordinating key programmes for health & safety, and security that address prevailing assumptions and challenges related to enabling programming for children.

This is a new and exciting role and although not limited to, the likely tasks led by the role holder would include; independent research, production of person or virtual briefings, briefing papers, bulletins, reports and other products on health, safety and security across international programmes. The role holder will also assist GSS and SCI to develop, and lead specific partnerships with key safety and security forums, academics, analyst groups, and think-tanks.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• 8 years of health & safety and security related work experience and training with an understanding of general safety and security practices and procedures. 
• NEBOSH or NCRQ Diploma level qualification or equivalent qualification
• Chartered Member/ Graduate member of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Significant experience of successfully devising and implementing organization-wide health & safety and security management systems and projects
• Significant international health & safety and security experience, and experience of applying HSS principles across a range of workplace environments, ideally within a humanitarian context
• Risk management experience, including risk assessment of sites and interaction with other risk management activities within organizations
• Ability to establish collaborative and productive relationships with people at all levels of Save the Children International
• Be flexible, proactive and people focused
• Excellent writing, editing and analytical skills, and ability to formulate well-targeted policy recommendations
• Experienced in providing insight to senior stakeholders using story-telling narratives, supported by the use of graphs/chart/maps when necessary
• Written and spoken fluency in English, proficiency in a second or third language preferred
• Ability to work in a matrix management environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including good public presentation skills, and a very strong capacity for effective teamwork.
• Experience in using internal systems (finance, grant management, etc.) to extract relevant data to use on wider GSS analysis
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and often demanding environment
• Commitment to Save the Children values
• A good level of use of MS office suite

Closing Date : Nov 2, 2022