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09/08/2017

Communications
Specialist

BACKGROUND:

Save the Children is
the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120
countries. We work together, with partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way
the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their
lives. Save the Children works in thirteen districts in Rwanda with a current
staff complement of approximately 172 staff.

SC Rwanda Country
Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National to
fill the following position: 

Position:       
                     
                   
Communications Specialist

CHILD
SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the role
holder will have contact with children and/or young people either
frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in
one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are
visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the
police checking/vetting process staff.

PURPOSE OF
POSITION:

Save the Children is
seeking a Communications Specialist for a USAID-funded school community
partnerships education project, which aims to support the Rwandan Education
Board to create and roll-out a school-community partnership model to complement
improved reading and writing instruction delivered in schools. The
Communications Specialist will lead and contribute to the implementation of a
multi-channel social behaviour change communications (SBCC) campaign to change
the knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents, and other school and
community members to better enable them to effectively support their children’s
reading.  The Communications Specialist will serve as a lead support
person to Rwanda Reads and will ensure of availability of resource materials to
Rwanda Reads, as well as support the Platform in the coordination of events,
related advocacy activities, and oversight of a Community Literacy Fund. S/he
will also lead on BCC content development, packing and dissemination, serving
as the primary focal point for the partnership with Urunana, RWAMREC and NCPD,
partners on this project.

KEY AREAS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Coordination
& Development of communications materials and products

• Implement
  the project communications and SBCC strategy in collaboration with project
  staff and partners to ensure gender-sensitive, inclusive, positive
  literacy messaging to help foster a culture of reading in Rwanda,
  including:

–   Plan
and coordinate a social mobilization campaign, activating partnerships at
community, district, and national levels to build literacy support

–   Plan
and coordinate literacy advocacy campaigns with Rwanda Reads and other
stakeholders to secure political and social commitment

• Oversee
  and contribute to the drafting and publication of project communication
  materials, ensuring the incorporation of key literacy messaging into:

–   All
project capacity building materials and training events,

–  
Promotional materials, and strategic mass media approaches such as media
releases, press conferences, site visits, videos, websites, PSAs, radio
programs, social media and tweets, and other similar promotion opportunities

• Lead on
  the project’s partnership with RBA  and Isango Star LTD to produce TV
  and Radio content for literacy promotion programming

• Serve
  as the Gender and inclusion focal person and manage the project’s
  partnership with RWAMREC and NCPD

• Engage
  PPPs to support the project’s literacy efforts

• Engage
  with key stakeholders to broadcast literacy-focused radio content and
  other forms of communication

• Manage
  the content and layout of the Rwanda Reads website to ensure of
  availability of resource materials, support the coordination of events and
  related advocacy activities, and provide oversight of the Community
  Literacy Fund; ensure news items and information about events are
  regularly disseminated to stakeholders

• Support
  the CoP and other project staff in drafting content for steering groups
  and other high level stakeholders

• Lead
  the compilation of quarterly and annual reports

Manage the
USAID and Project Brand

• Manage
  development and deployment of the USAID and project/partner brand,
  ensuring consistency and compliance with USAID branding and marking
  direction;

• Ensure
  that all documents and deliverables for an external audience have a
  professional copy editing layout, and that all products are consistent
  with the Editorial Style Guide and other branding guidance

• Promote
  a common language across the organization to describe literacy needs and
  trends, and SCOPE’s programmatic approach

Facilitate
cross-organization learning and sharing

• Coordinate
  with other Rwanda Reads members in organizing content and speakers for
  webinars, ensuring cross representation and contributions

• Collaborate
  with partners and Rwanda Reads members to ensure consistency of messaging
  and value addition across the literacy campaign

• Stay
  apprised of global trends and developments in communications, and ensure
  project staff and other stakeholders are both informed and informing cross
  Platform dialogue.

Representation
& Advocacy

• Ensure
  that project’s work is coordinated with efforts of USAID projects, other
  agencies and Government, advocating for the specific needs of children.

• With
  support from the CoP, assist in advocacy activities that support the
  project’s objectives.

• In
  collaboration with project and other SC colleagues, feed in learning,
  experiences and evidence to relevant advocacy objectives, and identify
  opportunities and material to contribute to communications and media work,
  acting as a spokesperson when required.

Monitoring,
Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

• Identify
  key management information required and provide support in designing an
  effective system through reviewing program data collection formats to
  ensure developed tools generate the required information;

• Document
  progress on indicators/achievement of targets, action plans and
  accountability mechanisms and provide feedback for improvements;

• Ensure
  the use of MEAL findings to inform programme decision making and quality
  improvements;

• Develop
  case stories and other related materials.

Child
Safeguarding

• Understand
  the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct and
  Local/Country Procedures and conduct oneself in accordance with the rules
  of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in personal and professional lives –
  which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.

• Ensure
  that all project activities carried out are considered in relation to
  prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and handling of serious
  complaints in line with the child safeguarding policy.

• Promote
  the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and
  government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and
  community members in general and be vigilant about observing possible
  child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.

Capacity
Building

• Identify
  capacity gaps and work with the Chief of Party to build the capacity of
  the program staff, especially the Communications Officer, and partners,
  including government ministries, to ensure smooth implementation of BCC
  systems and for improved partner capacity in communications over time;

• Provide
  orientation/training to Communications/program field staff from time to
  time. Identify learning and training opportunities for Communications and
  other staff and work as a mentor and role model for staff.

General:

• Comply
  with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child
  protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and
  other relevant policies and procedures.

Perform other
duties, as assigned by Chief of Party.

SKILLS AND
BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds
  self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
  achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

• Holds
  the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
  giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing
  the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
  consequences when results are not achieved

• Creates
  a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of
  child safeguarding

Ambition:

• Sets
  ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
  responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their
  team to do the same

• Widely
  shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

• Future
  orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

• Approachable,
  good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
  relationships with colleagues, members and external partners and
  supporters

• Values
  diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work
  cross-culturally.

Creativity:

• Develops
  and encourages new and innovative solutions

• Cuts
  away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

Integrity:

• Honest,
  encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence

• Displays
  consistent excellent judgement

• Acts in
  the best interests of children

 QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:

• University
  degree in communications, journalism or equivalent experience

• Experience
  in the field of internal and external communications, including developing
  and implementing a communications strategy and brand management, ensuring
  compliance and consistency of messaging

• Experience
  early grade reading / literacy programming

• Experience
  in radio and TV content development and other forms of behaviour change
  communication

• Excellent
  writer and editor, skilled at distilling large amounts of information for
  diverse audiences

• A
  creative communicator, able to develop inspiring and engaging internal and
  external communications materials

• Excellent
  computer skills especially in web design, MS Excel spread sheets and MS
  Word

• Able to
  work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to changing work plans.

• Excellent
  English and Kinyarwanda language and writing skills

• Excellent
  design and layout skills using the adobe software

• Commitment
  to Save the Children’s mission and values. 

CHILD
SAFEGUARING POLICY:

Any employee,
consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI
must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration
of Acceptance  Form] and comply with the SCIs Child
Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing
abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact. 

• This
  extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly,
  but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI
  believes that the situation of children must be improved through the
  promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
  staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the
  standards which all staff members must adhere to.

How To Apply

Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org.
The deadline for receiving applications is 9th August 2017.

           
                            Please
mention Communications
Specialist as subject of your mail.

                             
       *Note that only shortlisted candidates
will be contacted.               
                     
                     
                 

Location: Kigali with travel to the
field as required , Rwanda

Contract –
Full-Time

Closing date: Wednesday 9 August 2017

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