Global Impact Media and Communications Manager

Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Global Impact Communications to ensure our coverage and messages are aligned with SCUK's priorities for advocacy and fundraising
• Secure original media stories that stimulate debate, drive action by supporters and reach target audiences across all channels
• Produce a range of coverage from hard news to PR, with powerful human interest content that connects us with supporters and builds consideration to donate
• Grow media partnerships that help us increase support for our advocacy and fundraising
• Gather evidence and case studies that add authority and relevance to our output
• Liaise with the creative content team, the digital and social media team and the artists and influencers team to give your stories visual impact on earned, owned and paid channels whenever possible
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) and other workstreams delivering campaigns such as conflict, hunger, health, education, the climate crisis and the future of aid
• Respond rapidly to emergencies, maximising our fundraising for DEC appeals or unrestricted funding
• Deploy promptly in emergencies and develop stories and video at pace
• Give children, families and local and national partners platforms to make themselves heard by large audiences through media and social media

Requirements

• Experience as a media/communications professional or journalist with a proven record of securing media coverage in a variety of outlets
• A sharp news sense and the ability to talk to journalists on their terms about our global priorities
• Understanding of different communications disciplines and the role they play in delivering engagement, action and influence.
• Contacts in traditional and new media and a good understanding of how they work
• A sound grasp of what different media outlets want and an understanding of where to seek out newsworthy stories
• Good written and verbal skills, including the ability to simplify complex situations for mass media
• A collaborative mindset for work with colleagues across the global movement with due respect for differences in culture and ways of working
• An awareness of our key audiences and what content will engage and mobilise them
• Experience of producing eye-catching, shareable social media posts that extend your stories' reach
• The ability to react instantly to breaking news and write clearly under pressure to tight deadlines

Preferred

• Ideally experience of working in an international NGO, humanitarian organisation, newsroom or communications environment covering international development, humanitarian crises, conflict, displacement or related global issues.