Save the Children UK is looking for a Media and Communications Manager to join our Global Impact Communications team on a temporary basis to provide short term cover in the team unitil February 2027.. This role is focused on generating compelling, news-led content, securing media coverage and ensuring our global work reaches and influences key audiences.
We're especially keen to hear from candidates who bring experience of telling impactful stories about international issues, whether gained in an NGO, media, agency or comparable communications environment.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the Team
The Global Impact Communications team strengthens our influence on UK and global decision-makers and build support of our work by engaging target audiences with stories about our global work. Through traditional, digital and social media, they support advocacy for the breakthroughs of survival, learning and protection, giving platforms to local leaders, partners, communities and children. They highlight the impacts of conflict and inequality on children, boost funds for our work and build support for international co-operation on the issues that threaten the right to experience childhood.
About the role
As the Media and Communications Manager (Global Impact) you will produce distinctive, compelling communications and coverage that promote our global campaigns, responses and programmes, and help us achieve our influencing and fundraising goals.
In this role, you will:
- Work with the Head of Global Impact Communications to ensure our coverage and messages are aligned with SCUK's priorities for advocacy and fundraising
- Secure original media stories that stimulate debate, drive action by supporters and reach target audiences across all channels
- Produce a range of coverage from hard news to PR, with powerful human interest content that connects us with supporters and builds consideration to donate
- Grow media partnerships that help us increase support for our advocacy and fundraising
- Gather evidence and case studies that add authority and relevance to our output
- Liaise with the creative content team, the digital and social media team and the artists and influencers team to give your stories visual impact on earned, owned and paid channels whenever possible
- Contribute to multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) and other workstreams delivering campaigns such as conflict, hunger, health, education, the climate crisis and the future of aid
- Respond rapidly to emergencies, maximising our fundraising for DEC appeals or unrestricted funding
- Deploy promptly in emergencies and develop stories and video at pace
- Give children, families and local and national partners platforms to make themselves heard by large audiences through media and social media
- Secure interviews that strengthen our advocacy and present us as thought leaders on global issues
- Adapt the Global Media Unit's most valuable stories for the UK market with prominent messaging consistent with our overall output
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Experience as a media/communications professional or journalist with a proven record of securing media coverage in a variety of outlets
- A sharp news sense and the ability to talk to journalists on their terms about our global priorities
- Understanding of different communications disciplines and the role they play in delivering engagement, action and influence.
- Contacts in traditional and new media and a good understanding of how they work
- A sound grasp of what different media outlets want and an understanding of where to seek out newsworthy stories
- Good written and verbal skills, including the ability to simplify complex situations for mass media
- A collaborative mindset for work with colleagues across the global movement with due respect for differences in culture and ways of working
- An awareness of our key audiences and what content will engage and mobilise them
- Experience of producing eye-catching, shareable social media posts that extend your stories' reach
- Ideally experience of working in an international NGO, humanitarian organisation, newsroom or communications environment covering international development, humanitarian crises, conflict, displacement or related global issues.
- The ability to react instantly to breaking news and write clearly under pressure to tight deadlines
Please Note: This role will require a minimum of 1 day a week working from our Farringdon (London) office.
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Global Impact Media And Communications Manager (7336) employer: Save The Children
Save the Children UK is an exceptional employer that prioritises meaningful work and employee development, offering a collaborative and supportive culture. With a focus on compliance and innovation in fundraising, employees are empowered to make a real difference while enjoying opportunities for professional growth and training. Located in a dynamic environment, this role not only contributes to sustainable income growth but also fosters a sense of community and purpose among team members.
