Director Global Communications & Engagement at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

The role holder is responsible for leading Save the Children International’s Global Communications and Engagement team. This entails working closely with stakeholders across our global federated organisation, strengthening Save the Children’s engagement with the public, supporters and staff and helping drive one consistent voice across Save the Children. 

A key focus for our Ambition for Children 2030 is to develop a Movement of Millions. Through a digital first approach we aim to identify new audiences, grow and strengthen our supporter engagement work, while accelerating both our financial and non-financial support from individuals, companies and institutions.

The Director will provide global leadership to our communications and engagement work, overseeing the Global Communications and Engagement team, working closely with the peers in the extended leadership team including; Director of Global Campaigns, Director of the Global Fundraising Hub, Director of Global Policy and Advocacy and the Director of the Global Media Unit. The role holder will drive excellence in marketing and brand communications and lead our integration efforts across our global supporter engagement work. Key responsibilities will include bringing together our global communications and engagement team (creative content, brand, digital and communications) to drive world-class supporter experiences, to accelerate income generation, drive supporter actions, increase our brand strength and engage our own people.

Additionally this role will inform and connect strategic initiatives through representation on the SCI extended senior leadership team and the development of a Global Communications and Engagement strategic framework.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Proven communications and engagement leadership at a senior level, in a complex, global organisation, with the demonstrable ability to work in a networked organisation, influencing others through ‘soft power’
• Proven success in developing and implementing communications and engagement strategies that deliver increased income and campaign impact
• Extensive experience in impactful digital first communications approaches to integrated public and supporter engagement, which can drive global fundraising and campaigns efforts
• External environment and sector understanding: being able to advise senior leaders on the impact of decisions made
• Experience of leading, driving and utilising insight informed approaches to engagement, including consistent testing / analysis to inform first-class integrated supporter experiences across fundraising, engagement and campaigns
• Extensive experience building and profiling organisation’s to generate cut through in a crowded market and build brand equity
• Change management leader with proven ability to build teams
• A track record of successful project management in a complex organisation, with a proven ability to forge consensus and drive action
• Ability to lead teams, providing professional direction, inspiration, high standards of performance and championing standards and developing team members
• Experience of building personal networks at senior levels, resulting in improved engagement
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Significant experience of managing staff with different backgrounds and expertise and building and developing their performance
• Willingness to travel overseas for up of 15% of the time
• Ability and passion to work in a culturally diverse setting
• Commitment to Save the Children’s values and ways of working

Closing Date: Oct 19, 2022