Internship Opportunity at Save the Children

Grade: Post Type: National (Fixed Term Of 3 Months
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

Role Purpose 

• The communications intern will assist the Communications Manager (and the Campaigns Team). Save the Children believes it is most effective when it is in communication and relationship with its various audiences – in written communications, in social media…in all areas.
• The person will assist in these areas.
• Ideal candidates will be energetic, inventive, hardworking, social media and web-savvy, and brimming with ideas about creative ways to engage audiences in the organization’s mission.
• While assisting with a wide range of projects, the person will gain hands-on experience and training in many aspects of marketing and development, while also gaining a good understanding of a global organization. 

Scope Of Role
Reports to: Communications Manager. 

Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH.

We are now recruiting the key role of Communications Intern, to support the launch and execution of this campaign for a period of three months.
Staff directly reporting to this post: NA

Key Areas Of Accountability

• Support Communications Manager to develop and implement the annual communications plan to ensure excellent communication internally to internal staff, externally to supporters, stakeholders, and the general public.
• Research, write, edit, update and proof read a range of materials for both internal and external audiences to ensure consistency and compliance with branding, values, key messages and style guidelines.
• Liaise with external suppliers, distribute briefs and obtain quotes for specific pieces of work, ensuring that best value is achieved for the work. To monitor and review agreements with suppliers accordingly.
• Produce and distribute high quality internal and external online and print communique, including email.
• Provide administrative support to the communications function, including arranging meetings; logging media coverage and maintaining press clippings files; and updating forward planning schedules.
• Act as the first point of enquiry for information, communications and branding queries internally and externally, including supplying logos and brand guidelines and providing advice to colleagues and stakeholder’s on communications and branding issues as appropriate.
• Support the Communications Manager to organise external launches and events, and internal programme meetings and events.
• Be the Digital lead; updating and editing the website and provide social media cover as needed.
• Act as the Quality custodian for all communications works emanating from the
• Assisting staff with tracking, formatting and archiving reviews and other media.
• Maintaining and updating Save the Children Kenya’s Social Media sites in liaison with the Campaigns Intern.
• Assisting in the production of advertisements, press releases, and promotional materials.
• Assisting with mailings to media, consumers, and other contacts.

Deliverables

Communications:

• Manage the media tracking component of the Campaign.
• Initiates and contributes to the design, implementation and oversight of communications strategies for the campaign and program/portfolio teams.
• Serves as a partner with other communications leaders in executing on theme-specific and organization-wide strategic communications objectives.
• Provides communications input to program/portfolio teams.
• Extensively uses social media and traditional media relations to promote the work and expand the reach of the campaign and Save the Children Kenya’s program work.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the changing landscape of public interest communications and a willingness to experiment with new channels to reach new audiences.
• Prepares monthly summary of communications activities and achievements.

Learning, Dissemination, Audience Identification and Development

• Implements and manages Save the Children’s communications model that fosters impact.
• Collaborates with Manager to develop plans to disseminate research products that demonstrate organization-wide impact, including content to be featured on website.

Organization and Field Contributions

• Provides communications support to members of senior management in preparation for public appearances; prepares support materials for meetings and media outreach opportunities.
• Participates in conferences, seminars and other professional development activities to maintain and enhance professional status.

Competencies

Leading

• Delivering Results: Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/organisation.
• Developing Self and Others: Invests time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realise their full potential, and to build the organisation’s capability for the future.
• Leading and Inspiring Others: Demonstrates leadership in all our work, role models our values and articulates a compelling vision to inspire others to achieve goals for our children.

Thinking

• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information from within or outside the organisation and making appropriate judgements.
• Applying Technical Expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards, promotes and shares best practices within and outside the organisation.
• Innovating and Adapting: Develops and implements innovative solutions to adapt and succeed in an ever – changing, uncertain work and global environment.

Engaging

• Working Effectively with others: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives.
• Knows when to lead and when to follow and how to ensure effective cross- boundary working.
• Communicating with Impact: Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and Influence, Promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building confidence and trust with others.
• Networking: Builds and uses sustainable relationships and networks to support the work of Save the Children.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in any field.
• Experience in communications will be considered an advantage.
• Excellent social media and online strategist.
• Events planning, organization and implementation.
• Strong working computer skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing and negotiation.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
• An eloquent and bold public speaker and writer with mastery of verbal and written English and Swahili.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.