Advocacy & Communications Officer, MENAEE

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Advocacy & Communications Officer MENAEEto join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

The Programme Delivery department drives the implementation of our strategy by ensuring that programme and advocacy delivery is done right first time at scale with impact and quality on time on budget and with compliance. We aim to strengthen and enable implementing offices ability to work in complex and hostile environments be more locally-led smarter in its sourcing and with a smaller environmental footprint. The department leads comprehensively on the organisations humanitarian and crisis response strategy including prioritisation programme quality operational delivery and interagency collaboration and influencing.

Role purpose

The Advocacy & Communications Officer reports to the Manager (Regional Affairs and Coordination MENAEE) providing communications and coordination support to enable the Regional Director (RD) in their internal and external engagements. The role contributes to the drafting and implementation of communication products and advocacy materials ensuring alignment with organisational values and objectives. Working under the guidance of the Manager the Officer collaborates with regional communications and advocacy colleagues as well as global teams to help maintain consistent messaging across regions. This role also supports the effective coordination of the RD Office including meeting preparation documentation and information management while promoting equity inclusion and cultural competence.

Job Title: Advocacy & Communications Officer MENAEE

Reports To: Manager MENAEE Office

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available

Contract Length: Permanent

Grade:P1

Location: MENAEE - Any existing SCI office location in the MENAEE Region. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in please visit: SCI Careers

Time Zone(that the role holder mustbe available to work in): Europe WCA ESA MENAEE Time Zones (UTC/GMT / - 3 hours)

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.

Language Requirements:English Arabic

International Travel Requirements: up to 5%

Principal Accountabilities

• Support the development of communications products that strengthen Save the Childrens internal and external visibility across the MENAEE region (e.g. newsletter highlights regional impact reports and the regional website)
• Draft communication content for the RD including weekly suggested social media posts to enhance SCIs visibility and advocacy reach through RD channels
• Support in preparing tailored communication materials such as talking points presentations and briefing documents to effectively represent the RD in external meetings and forums
• Liaise with Country Offices to support the planning and preparations of the RD visits including content development from visits briefings for meetings/external engagements
• Update and manage the external contacts list including INGOs diplomatic missions and UN agencies
• Contribute to the preparation and planning of the RD meetings including the Regional Leadership forum BP weekly meetings and other coordination mechanisms
• Provide minutes and track actions from coordination meetings and forums ensuring follow-up on documentation of ongoing work
• Maintain and regularly update RD Office governance documents and processes including the RD Office Playbook CD reportingcompilation and action trackers
• Organise and maintain resources on SharePoint for information and knowledge management
• Support the Manager as well as the RD in daily tasks and coordination
• Collaborate with Communications Advocacy and New Business Development business colleagues and others as required
• Work closely with the MENAEE Communication Lead on regional strategic communication projects and deliverables.

Experience and Skills

Essential

Experience:

1. Experience supporting the development and implementation of communication materials or activities that align with organisational values and objectives
2. Experience in internal and external communications involving engagement with various stakeholders including senior management partners and Members to support organisational goals.
3. Experience working with global teams: Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across regions and cultures promoting coordinated communications globally.
4. Monitoring and Evaluation: Experience in monitoring the impact and reach of communication efforts and outputs and collecting feedback to improve content and engagement using this data to inform continuous improvement.
5. Familiarity with digital communications tools or platforms (e.g. Adobe suite Canva Mailchimp or content management systems) for creating editing or publishing communications materials

Skills:

1. Excellent Written and Verbal Communication skills in English and Arabic : The ability to craft clear compelling and impactful messages tailored to diverse audiences is critical.
2. Organisation and attention to detail: Capable of managing multiple priorities tracking tasks and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment Adaptability and Flexibility: Being responsive and adaptable to the changing needs and priorities of the organisation and the external environment. Analytical Skills: Capability to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of communications and suggest improvements based on data and feedback.
3. Teamwork and coordination: works well as part of a team contributing to shared goals and supporting smooth coordination within the RD office and across functions
4. Skills in digital communication and design tools to prepare or update simple visual and online content such as newsletters reports and the regional website

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Communications Public Relations Journalism Marketing or a related field or equivalent experience - this supports the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge for the role
• Professional certifications in communications marketing public relations or similar
• Training in diversity equity and inclusion (DEI): Ensuring the role holder is equipped to uphold and promote diverse equitable and inclusive communication practices as outlined by SCIs policies.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualifications or specialised certifications in communications or a related field
• Interest in developing creative digital content and visual storytelling to enhance regional communications outputs

Working at Save the ChildrenInternational

Save the Childrenis the worlds leading organisation for children employing save childrens lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their our work in 116 countries we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.

We know that great people make a great organisation and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition creativity and integrity are highly valued.

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children you will be in good company working with talented like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive learn and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure childrens voices are heard at the highest levels and that we achieve our global strategy Ambition for Children 2030 and reach every last child.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse equitable and inclusive organisation and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival protection development and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender sexual orientation race colour ethnic origin nationality disability marital or civil partnership status gender reassignment pregnancy and maternity caring or parental responsibilities age or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found herevia the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

Our recruitment process:

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitmentmay include an additional assessment or case study stage or a third stage interview
4. If successful you will receive a conditional offer of employment followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment Health and Safety Safeguarding and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.