Working Student in External Communications at osapiens, a tech scaleup focusing on sustainability communications. Involvement includes media relations, content creation, and social media management.
About the role
- Senior Director, Philanthropy Communications responsible for maximizing private sector support through strategic content development. Working with Save the Children's Marketing & Growth Operations team to promote donor engagement.
Responsibilities
- Optimize private fundraising through the ongoing development of creative content for donors and prospects (40%)
- Manage editorial production calendar, setting editorial tone and style for Marketing & Growth communications, which include solicitations/proposals, program reports, email appeals, and acknowledgements as well as speech writing, editorial pieces, and other formats that bring Save the Children in front of the team’s prioritized audiences.
- Modernize donor communications, with an emphasis on identifying, testing and rolling out more effective tools that incorporate best practices for leveraging digital capabilities, videos, interactive graphs, as well as a mix of short and long content pieces.
- Assess the impact of our communications and course correct when needed.
- Maintain a detailed understanding of what our peers are doing and how Save the Children can differentiate ourselves in the current donor market.
- Provide creative oversight on content for high-level donors, ranging from prioritized program overviews, reports, journalistic pieces or others as needed.
- Collaborate with global colleagues as needed, identifying opportunities to amplify our existing assets.
- Lead content development for international/domestic emergency responses and fragile settings in partnership with the Philanthropy Operations Humanitarian Partnerships team and humanitarian colleagues (40%)
- As the communications focal point for private humanitarian fundraising, assess media coverage and private fundraising viability at emergency onset and develop a compelling communications plan for private donors.
- Ensure fundraisers have the essential tools and resources to initiate fundraising activities with their respective constituencies (foundations, corporate and high-net worth individuals).
- This includes preparing/customizing talking points, crisis briefings, and social media messaging drawn from information on sitreps and working group meetings.
- Identify humanitarian content asset gaps and keep knowledge management systems updated.
- Work with new business and existing account managers to develop custom and compelling humanitarian proposals for high-level funding opportunities.
- Team management (20%)
- Oversee a team of communication staff and ensure appropriate staff are assigned to priority communications projects to support private fundraising efforts.
- Hire external consultants for specialized projects as needed.
- Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission.
Requirements
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
- Experience in communications and/or new business development at a nonprofit organization
- Prior experience in international development, preferably active engagement in emergency response/humanitarian environments
- Extremely effective communicator who can quickly distill information from multiple sources and tailor for private audiences and fundraisers
- Ability to think and act strategically, to quickly mobilize support for a vision across large-scale multi-discipline functions, including through influencing and championing ideas in a matrixed organization
- An inclusive and confident leader who is extremely adaptable to working in a fast-moving environment and who is comfortable with dealing with constant change
- Willingness to work out of conventional office hours when an emergency strikes
- Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
- Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.
Benefits
- Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
- Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
- Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
- Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
- Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
- Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually, mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
- Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
- Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships
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