POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Rwanda Country Programme, Kigali
Rwanda
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 134 staff.
SC Rwanda Country Office seeks to
hire qualified, committed and experienced National to fill the following
position:
Position: Communication Intern
Place of Work:
Kigali
Reports to:
Staff directly reporting
to this post:
Time
frame:
Communications Manager
None
1 year
Tentative start date: ASAP
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.
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
The role of the communications
intern is to support the communications team in delivering the communications
and media work plan. The post-holder will help with administrative and
logistics duties of the communications team, and support with content gathering
in the field, translations, donor/media field visits and event management. The
role is a learning one, and the intern will be given opportunities to learn new
skills and understand the in-and-outs of managing media and communications in
an NGO.
The contract length is up to one
year.
KEY AREAS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Media Engagement:
- Support regular media monitoring of the local media on
what is being reported on key issues related to children and Save the
Children - Translate press releases and other media documents from
English to Kinyarwanda. - Organise and support media field visits
External Communications
- Support development of communications materials such as
case studies, feature stories, blogs, multimedia materials and any
external marketing materials. - Draft suggested content for the social media content
plan
Internal Communications
- Support production of accurate and interactive internal
communications materials for Rwanda CO staff and the wider Save the Children
organisation, on One Net, newsletters and other materials as outlined in
the communications strategy. - Help populate the noticeboard in the country office
- Develop communications materials for internal staff
activities
Events
- Support administrative and logistical work around
donor/member trips as necessary - Help organise external events for the country office as
necessary
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 - 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
QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
Essential
Required
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in communications).
- Excellent relationship building skills in order to work
with multiple stakeholders and grantees in the field - Excellent language skills (written and spoken) in
Kinyarwanda and English - Excellent communications and relationship building
skills with children in order to gather good case studies - Familiarity with digital and social media
- An initiative-taking, proactive, inspiring attitude with
the ability to manage and prioritise an unpredictable workload and solve
problems quickly with limited support - Excellent IT skills, especially in Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Ability to take quality video and photographs;
proficiency with Adobe programmes including Photoshop, Premieres and
Indesign
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.
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
22nd September 2016.
Please mention Communication
Intern as subject of your mail.
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
