‘An online genius with excellent digital and communications skills ’
Your Challenge
Are you the online genius who is looking to put your digital and communications skills to good use? Do you yearn for a fulfilling challenge that hones your expertise while contributing to a meaningful cause? If so, you’re in the right place.
Our Global Communications Department is currently engaged in developing a coherent, optimized, and unified communication approach across all our offices globally. As part of that we’re embarking on an exciting project to revamp our digital landscape, including our website and social media platforms. To help with this important work, we’re looking for someone to join our team as an Online Officer.
Your Responsibilities
As our Online expert, you’ll be a vital part of our team, collaborating closely with our online colleague and reporting to the Director of Communications. Your responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring our communications strategy is seamlessly integrated into online platforms and content.
- Assist in planning, creating, and curating content for any online channel that may require launching.
- Produce, schedule and post social media content and keep on top of trends to enhance engagement and reach.
- Produce and publish content on the website.
- Monitor the performance of the website and optimize the content and metadata of its pages accordingly using the required knowledge of SEO.
- Oversee the design of communication materials that will be used online, including publications, graphics and videos.
Your Profile
- Skills in creating or editing graphics, images and audio-visual materials
- Experience managing professional social media accounts and organic growth.
- Experience of website content creating, management and SEO.
- Fluent English is a must, proficiency in Dutch, Arabic, French, or Spanish is a definite advantage. A native English speaker is preferable.
Our offer
We are offering a short-term contract lasting 9 months only with a work week of 36 hours. The monthly salary ranges from €3.017 to €3.752 gross (based on a 40-hour work week) and depending on experience. This role is based in the Netherlands and available to candidates with a valid residence and work permit. Additional benefits include:
- 26 vacation days annually based on a full-time basis.
- A fully paid pension scheme.
- Reimbursement of commuter and work-from-home allowances.
- A laptop for remote work and a monthly mobile phone contribution of €25.
- A supportive work environment, wonderful colleagues, and the fulfillment of contributing to a meaningful cause.
Our Organisation
War Child is a dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our offices, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused, and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before October 25Th 2023. Make sure to upload your English CV (maximum of two pages) and cover letter at the War Child website using this link:
https://www.warchild.nl/werken-voor-kinderen/online-expert-maternity-cover/
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War Child is an international organisation, and we are committed to be a diverse and inclusive employer, placing human and child rights at the centre of our existence and work. We hire our new colleagues based on their talents, competences and shared values; we do not distinguish them based on their age, gender and gender identity, race, color, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, disability etc.
The safety of children and youth is a paramount and essential to War Child’s work. War Child has a zero tolerance policy towards any form of abuse. To prevent placing children and youth at any risk this subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures. Moreover, the accepted candidates will be required to state their commitment/ intent to be aware, consider and adhere to the minimum standards applicable in development and humanitarian settings, such as humanitarian values and principles, Sphere Humanitarian Charter, Standards in the Humanitarian Standards Partnership, Core Humanitarian Standard, International Humanitarian Law, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
Disclaimer
• Only applications received via our website are processed.
• If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
• It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain active.