Advocacy, Media, and Communications Director

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children, We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. 

Save the Children is seeking qualified candidate to fulfill the following vacancy in its Ramallah Office:

Position Ref.#: Advocacy, Media, and Communications Director

As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in oPt the Advocacy, Media, and Communications Director shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office. The Advocacy, Media, and Communications Director in his/her capacity is responsible for providing leadership to ensure excellence in building and maintaining effective working relationships with members and their donors, in both emergency and development contexts.

Main Responsibilities:
-Leadership of the oPt Country Office
-Support the development of an organisational culture that reflects the full spectrum (humanitarian and development) values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and supports staff to deliver outstanding results for children.
-Help design and implement a coherent organizational structure that is consistent with agency practices and appropriate to country office needs
-Ensure oPt Country Office complies with all Save the Policies, Essential Standards, and Procedures of the Quality Framework and KPIs.
-Ensure that all required support is provided promptly, during emergencies, working closely with the Regional Office
-Develop and maintain good relations with members together with the SMT
-Be the first point of contact for members on country specific advocacy, media, and communications issues, ensuring that the country is appropriately represented to members
-Work with members and Country Office staff to ensure appropriate resourcing and timely delivery of agreed deliverables
-Implement the necessary processes to measure performance against KPIs; and support a culture of knowledge sharing.
-Participate in the oPt CO’s annual EPP workshop and ensure that the Advocacy, Media, and Communication Minimum Preparedness Actions (MPAs) are completed.
-Provide necessary support for incoming surge capacity during emergencies, working closely with Regional Office and Centre.
-Lead the development and implementation of an advocacy strategy for the oPt Country Office.
-Support programme leadership to articulate their top priority advocacy objectives in line with the Country Office Strategic Plan
-Identify key opportunities and events for Save the Children oPt CO to position itself as the leading organisation for children’s issues in Palestine
-Ensure that Save the Children receives national recognition for achieving proven and innovative national impact from well-managed child rights, development, and emergency response programs
-Support programme leadership and other program staff in their work, including development of a plan for achieving their priority advocacy objectives in both an emergency and development context. This should include guidelines on the meaningful and safe participation of children in advocacy
-Lead the development and implementation of a communication and media strategy for the oPt Country Office
-Liaise and maintain contact with members and implement communication activities including facilitating media visits and working within incoming media and communications staff during emergencies
-Ensure that the branding and communication guidelines of Save the Children are uniformly and consistently followed across the oPt Country Office
-Proactively develop a high profile for Save the Children in Palestine (within Palestine and beyond) through the production of high quality, well researched, and well written products (in a variety of mediums) reflective of the full spectrum portfolio, responding quickly and appropriately to external requests for information, especially in emergencies
-Develop and deliver a clear and effective system for internal communications including the dissemination of newsletters and other documents and publications or internal stakeholders including being able to scale up the delivery of robust communications material during emergencies
-Ensure appropriate staffing within Advocacy, Media, and Communications team
-Ensure that all staff understand and are able to perform their role in an emergency
-Manage the Advocacy, Media, and Communications team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly
-Ensure the recruitment, training, and development of staff as appropriate and ensure availability of appropriate professional development opportunities for staff
-Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Review and Objective Setting HR Guidance into team building process; including the establishment of clear, measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations.
Coach, mentor, recognize/reward outstanding performance, document that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvements/ work plans

Applications will be considered based on the following essential criteria:

Essential
-University degree in Policy, Media, or Communications or an area of relevant social development; 
-Master’s degree or a minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in progressively responsible positions with Save the Children in Advocacy, Media, and Communications
-Substantial experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, with experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of communication and campaign strategies for an international humanitarian organisation in oPt (or the Middle East)
-Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
-Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
-High Fluency in Writing and Presentation skills in English
-Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
-Commitment to Save the Children values

Highly Desirable
-Experience solving complex issues through analysis
-High Fluency in writing and presentation skills in Arabic
-Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
-Experience of building personal networks, resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organisation
-Has a strong international network within media and marketing
-A general appreciation of the issues concerning the INGO sector with an in-depth knowledge in communications, marketing and/or fundraising
-Demonstrable track record of leading change, resulting in significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders
Strong results orientation

Application Process:

Applications should be submitted to the Apply Now Option on the website no later than
July 7, 2015, please make sure to mention the position name and / OR number in the subject.  The selection committee will review all applications as they are received. All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered.

Application package should include the following:

Cover letter with the applicant’s current contact information and position applying for in the subject.

Resume including Professional References (minimum of three, with complete contact information)

Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed. Only short listed candidates will be contacted. All applicants will also be subject to Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and reference checking process.

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