Pacific Communications Manager At Save the Children

There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

Are you a talented communicator who can inspire action? By gathering human-interest stories and photos of our work across the Pacific region, we produce compelling content to stir our supporters to take action, donate or volunteer for our cause. Help us tell our story and enrich the voice of Save the Children in the Pacific.

Save the Children and 54 reasons: A place where your purpose matters.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation– yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensu re our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services – this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

Here you’re empowered to make a difference in children’s lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems. In this full-time, permanent role, you’ll work as a part of our Pacific regional team, based preferably in the Pacific and / or remotely to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The Pacific Communications Manager plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether it’s commissioning, gathering, creating and sharing high-quality, authentic stories and communication materials that are aligned to Save the Children’s Pacific Regional Strategy or providing technical line suppor t to Country Office Communication Leads as well as some management of freelancers via Country Offices, you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.

You will make a difference by:

· Working with key stakeholders, manage the development of the Pacific Communications Framework aligned with the Pacific Regional Strategy and implement this.

· Engaging with Pacific Communications staff and SCA Marketing team to promote programmatic stories on key external channels, ensuring correct donor attributes and adherence to consent and safeguarding requirements.

· Designing and delivering training on content gathering with particular attention to Save the Children’s stringent Child Safeguarding standards and policies.

· Facilitating community of practice groups, such the Pacific Communications Hub, to support communications staff across the Pacific and impro ve the quality and consistency of our communications products

· Providing high-quality communications products to the media team that support visibility of our Pacific programs.

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise in producing media and communication products, your passion to proactively profile Save the Children’s mission in the Pacific, your technical knowledge coupled with experience of delivering high quality stories of impact/change and multimedia products for media and marketing purpose is invaluable. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow. Bringing your best every day, means:

· Proven experience bringing a strategic lens to the communications function

· At least three years of media or communications production experience or as a journalist, preferably within the humanitari an or government sector.

· Photography and videography skills, including editing.

· Proven ability to identify good stories for a range of platforms including Pacific and international media, social media and supporter communications

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including supporting colleagues to succeed.

· Excellent understanding of institutional audiences and their varying messaging and communication needs

A place to belong:

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

· Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
< br /> · Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.

· Internal employment and development opportunities

· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

· Friendly & flexible work environment

· Competitive salary + Super

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Applications close 11.55pm AEST, Friday 29th March 2024

Position Description – Pacific Communications Program Manager

For more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it’s straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment – so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at human.resources@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a chi ld-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations und er OH&S legislation.