Communications Manager at Sightsavers

Responsibilities

Delivering the NTD communications strategy:

• Working with the Communications Strategist, and consulting the NTD senior management team, regularly revise the NTD communications strategy based on defined audiences and objectives.
• Leading on engaging with internal and external stakeholders relevant to the NTD thematic strategy. Meeting with stakeholders regularly to monitor communication activity plans and capture changes in objectives and outputs in the communications strategy.
• Working with the Communications Strategist and the Head of Communications, contribute to the updating of Sightsavers’ mapping of NTD audiences and NTD stakeholders.
• Collaborating with the Communications Strategist plan the day-to-day budget for NTD communications and assign budget to communication projects and activities, securing stakeholder agreement and sign off from the Head of Communications, when necessary.

Manage NTD external stakeholders and/ or consortium partners to deliver and align on communication activities:

• Consult and collaborate with NTD external stakeholders and relevant consortium partners across the different programmes, to design and implement communications activities.
• Coordinate the NTD external stakeholders and relevant consortium partners to collectively deliver the communications activities. Identify the communications capacities and aspirations of partners and determine priorities and roles and responsibilities with partners in the delivery of the communications activities

Supporting the development of creative communications content and communication products

• Working with the Content and Stories team, brainstorm creative concepts based on the NTD communications plan and/or communication briefs received.
• Contribute to the development of NTD creative communications content, working closely with the Content and Stories team and internal/external content creation and production resources.
• Provide communications expertise and guidance to the NTD programme team about the development of communication products following the creative briefing process with the Content and Stories team.
• Support the Content and Stories team as needed in drafting copy for online and offline editorial content, including news stories, blogs, case studies and webpages.
• Be the focal point and liaison between the Content and Stories team and NTD stakeholders on creative concepts that deliver communication objectives to secure agreement and sign off.

Organisational leadership

• Provide direct line management for the communications officer.
• Working with the Communications Strategist, align with other Communications Managers to ensure messaging and activities are complimentary across all thematic areas
• Provide support to the Communications Strategist and Head of Communications on organisational planning processes, including budgeting.

Skills and Experience

• Extensive knowledge and experience of delivering global communications strategies, plans and activities.   
• Demonstrable experience of working with programme teams to design communication plans that reach key target audiences.   
• Proven awareness of global development issues.  
• Demonstrable experience of effective use of various communications channels in a global environment.   
• Project management experience and a track record of results in working with a range of organisations and stakeholders.   
• Related work experience should demonstrate a proven and strong commitment to the area of international development, the humanitarian sector, social justice, campaigning and/or relevant field.  
• Spoken French an advantage.