Communications & Awareness Manager

Огляд

Crown Agents is a high impact social enterprise passionate about transforming the future for millions of people. The expertise of Crown Agents is finding new solutions to difficult problems for clients in the areas of health, governance, economic growth, humanitarian action, and supply chain services. The vacancy involves work in The Children’s Resilience Fund that is a Crown Agents International Development partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation established to meet the continued emerging needs of the people of Ukraine following the Russian invasion on the 24th February 2022.

Обов'язки

• Reporting directly to the Team Leader and working closely with the Project Manager, Fund Management team, Ukraine International Office communications team, and Head Office communications team, contribute to the success of the team by leading on all communications and awareness raising activities. Assist the teams to promote the success of the programme on corporate communication channels and in the media
• Lead the development of the project’s communications strategy; encourage engagement with CSOs across Ukraine, proactively communicate the opening of funding windows and publicise the activities supported by the fund.
• Provide management and supervision to all communications activities of the project and alert Comms HQ of content suitable to promote the capability of CA more widely
• Work closely with the Team Leader to establish the full communication requirements of the project
• Work closely with the Communications Team in London to ensure relevant project activities are produced and amplified on Crown Agents public communication channels.
• Lead the development of the project’s communications strategy in the inception period and submit it as part of the inception report. The project’s communications strategy will aim to ensure that awareness of the fund and the mechanisms for engagement are shared with CSOs working on Child Protection. The strategy should outline how CSOs will be identified and engaged, communication channels, frequency and how the fund’s activities will be publicised.
• Establish relevant policies and procedures to manage the roll-out of the communications strategy in the inception and implementation stage of the project.
• Supervise the establishment of the communication strategy component, acting as point of contact for CSO’s general queries.
• Update communications and information products and disseminate to relevant parties, be kept abreast of the fund activities.
• Develop project branding guidelines, ensuring that the project’s messaging and branding is consistent for both internal and external communications. This should include guidelines for the use of logos and the use of photographs and, where possible, align with CA branding guidelines as much as appropriate and/or allowed by the donor.
• Working closely with the CSO Partnerships Coordinator, identify and encourage engagement with CSOs across Ukraine, building on pre-existing CSO networks of CA and IA
• Support outreach to new organisations and networks in a targeted manner to keep programme activities discreet
• Working closely with the Grants and Contracts Manager and the Capacity Building Manager, proactively communicate the opening of funding windows
• Raise awareness of the activities supported by the fund by writing and producing content for a wide range of channels, including social media channels and for donors. This will also include content for Crown Agents’ wider corporate channels.
• Support and manage internal comms and reporting as required
• Liaise with other members of the team and Crown Agents communications teams as relevant, while following designated timelines for milestones and reports to be
• submitted, ensuring the quality and accuracy of technical information provided as well as the confidentiality of collected information

Вимоги

• Bachelor’s degree in media and communications, public administration, social work or similar
• Minimum of 2 years professional experience with bachelors degree, 5 years experience without bachelors degree
• Fluency in Ukrainian and English
• Prior experience with communications in CSOs/community based organisations/public bodies will be an advantage
• Experience working with online communications systems will be an advantage

Умови

• Full-time role for 3 months followed by part-time for 4 months with possibility of extension