Digital & Creative Communications Manager (Paternity cover)

Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We are looking to recruit a Digital and Creative Communications Manager on a 5 month paternity cover contract.

Are you a creative communicator? Are you able to develop and curate digital content that sparks conversation? Can you guide people to produce impactful products that share stories of our work in an accessible and compelling way? This is an exciting role where you will lead on implementing Elrha’s digital strategy, including overseeing the final stages of our new website and the continued development of our social channels, to help our work reach our key audiences and enhance our voice in the humanitarian community.

In this role you will have the opportunity to oversee the production process of products of all shapes and sizes in line with our digital first approach, making sure everything is true to our brand, connects with our audiences, and is inclusive and accessible to all. You will also use your skills to lead on communication activities for Elrha’s events to showcase the best of our work, and the work of those we fund.

You will be given a high degree of autonomy in your work, so to be successful, you will need to be flexible, bold, and work well in a constantly changing environment. You will have strong organisation skills and experience of managing a varied workload while paying attention to the tiny details.

Your application will need to demonstrate:

• Experience of delivering high quality, impactful, and inclusive digital communications
• An understanding of digital strategies, channels, and how different audiences engage with content
• Excellent design judgement and attention to detail
• Proven ability to lead and champion organisational branding, adhering to the highest standards of accessibility
• An interest in the humanitarian or development sectors, ideally demonstrated through academic qualifications and/or paid or voluntary work.

Experience of production project management and supporting high level event communications activities would be an advantage.

If you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.

We offer:

• Remote working as standard – staff can access office bases in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester if required/ appropriate. We expect staff to attend team meetings and away days in person as required.
• As standard we work 35 hours per week. We are also happy to discuss flexible working patterns and many of our staff work non-standard working hours.
• Our benefits include minimum 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution), life cover, organisational sick pay, family friendly pay and leave schemes; incremental increase in annual leave (25 day basic entitlement) depending on length of service, opportunities for learning and development, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and retail discounts platform.
• Please read through the Information for Candidates document for further information to support your application, including details on Our Values, Strategy, Benefits and Salary.

Note for applicants:

• Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role.
• Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements, and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is next career move for you.
• When applying you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. Elrha is an independent subsidiary of SCUK and benefits from some SCUK systems and processes.
• For any questions, please contact the HR team at [email protected]

Closing date: Sunday 6 October 2024 – Please note we may bring the deadline forward if we have sufficient high quality applications. Please get your application in as early as possible.

Interview dates: w/c 14 October 2024