Part-time Communication Manager – London with flexibility

Experience / Training

We are looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic Communications Manager to join our team and lead RTE’s communication activities.

This is a new position and a key role, and the successful candidate will have proven experience in communication. It will be essential for the candidate to be committed to human rights, particularly the right to education.

Aside from sharing our values, we are looking for someone who is comfortable working in a multicultural environment and who is happy to take on new tasks and support the team when needed.

We will provide the candidate with the opportunity to work as part of a small team of dedicated and passionate people and the real opportunity to shape the growth of the organization.

In addition to an expert, we are looking for someone who has excellent interpersonal skills.

The ideal candidate will have:

Education & qualifications

• Graduate and/or postgraduate degree in relevant fields, including journalism, political sciences, communications, human rights, or development and/or relevant experience in these fields.
• Substantial experience in communications or related fields.

Essential knowledge

Required

• Good understanding of the international human rights context.
• Familiarity with civil society activism and advocacy, including rights-based approaches.
• Good understanding of the global communication landscape and technics
• Interest in and understanding of new developments in visual imaging and multimedia.

Desired

• Familiarity with international human rights law, education and development issues, or related

Know-how 

Required

• Experience using Content Management Systems, web editing software packages, and other emerging technologies.
• Experience of using social media platforms and the role/utility of social media for a small human rights organisation.
• Experience of creating and promoting social media content tailored for different channels, as well as monitoring and responding to comments.
• Experience of writing and building emails tailored to relevant audiences.
• Strong written communications skills, in particular an ability to translate dense and technical information into easy to understand and accessible content.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills. A keen eye for detail.
• Fluency in English and one or more of either French, Spanish, or Arabic.
• Working to tight deadlines.

Desired

• Experience handling media and communications for  human rights or social justice organisations.
• Confident editing html.
• Experience of working with multiple language media and media in different contexts.
• Web development expertise.
• Experience in digital marketing.
• Experience in making videos

Personal skills/qualities

• Commitment to human rights, children’s rights, and the right to education.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, including from distance, as well as external partners.
• Flexibility and adaptability – can adapt to changing work priorities at short notice, take on the ideas of others, adapt own way of working.
• Ability to manage relationships based on respect for each other and mutual trust.
• Positive attitude.
• Curiosity and creative thinking.
• Open-minded, including open to constructive feedback.
• Good time management and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in an independent and autonomous way.
• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Willingness to “pitch in” and support colleagues outside the parameters of the job description where necessary

Salairy

£35,000 – £39,000 per year for London-based reference (prorated  £21,000 to £23,400)

How to apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected], with the subject line ‘Communication manager application’

We expect your cover letter to explain:

• Your interest in joining Right to Education Initiative
• Your interest in this role
• Your relevant experience as per the skills and competencies outline above

Deadline to apply: 29 November 2020. 

Interviews: the two first weeks of December.

In view of the volume of applications anticipated, we regret that we are unable to answer individual queries in relation to posts or on the progress of individual applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted shortly after 29 November 2020.