Communications and Learning Coordinator

Country/Region: Uganda Country Office

Location: Kampala

Organization: Save the Children International

Join us to lead sustainable change for children:

• Be part of a GLOBAL and DIVERSE technical community
• Get EXPOSURE in many different contexts
• Test and scale up INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
• Influence policies that affect MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

OVERVIEW

Are you passionate about being an advocate for innovations that can change lives? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?

The role of the Communications and Learning Coordinator is to provide leadership in both design and execution of the Response Innovation Lab’s internal and external Communications and Learning Strategy in Uganda. He/she will play a key role in building and communicating a strong evidence-base around innovations that work in emergency contexts and spotlight the work of local innovators in the refugee response.

We are looking for a creative story teller who is passionate about creating powerful human-interest stories and ready to experiment with non-traditional ways of communicating with stakeholders.

The Communications and Learning Coordinator will need to be a team player that will support a rich portfolio of innovation projects and a strong contributor to the Response Innovation Lab’s unique brand as a hosted entity of Save the Children with a unique value proposition in Uganda.

More details in the full job description.

Sounds interesting? Read more below

THE ROLE

Key areas of accountability include:

• Communications and externally-facing Learning
• Internal communications, learning and Knowledge Management

To be successful for this role you will bring/have the following:

• At Least a Bachelor’s Degree in communications, marketing, journalism, arts, social sciences, or any related field. Master’s Degree desirable
• At Least a Minimum of five years of relevant experience in advocacy, communications, events management, and/or media relations
• International development or humanitarian sector experience
• Excellent writing skills and ability to tailor products to audience.
• Proven experience with developing communication plans
• Proven experience collecting content in the field through visits and interviews and engaging with a diversity of stakeholders
• Experience producing content for social media and digital platforms
• Experience organising events
• Eagerness to build content outside of traditional humanitarian field and to propose non-traditional communications approaches

More details in the full job description.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at

Please also submit 2 writing samples of pieces you have authored yourself.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Application closes on 24th June 2022 at midnight Uganda time.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents

OUR DIVERSITY BELIEF

Save the Children International is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want our people to be truly representative of all sections of society. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, disabilities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve our beneficiaries better. We are guided by our values in everything we do, and recognise that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfil our responsibility to make a difference for children around the world.