Advisor, Communications (P3)

Staff whose work requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

Summary

As a key member of the Partnerships & Philanthropy team, you will develop and execute communications products that support the Corporate Partnerships strategy and accounts. You will be responsible for overseeing and creating donor communications (i.e. concept notes, proposals, reports, fact sheets, newsletters, gift acknowledgment emails/letters, as well as overseeing the development of visual/digital assets) for use by fundraisers to steward major donor relationships and solicit gifts from >$10K to up to 8 figures. You will work collaboratively with fundraisers, technical program staff and country office colleagues to strategize and develop donor-facing materials.

You are also responsible for leading on new business opportunities with fundraisers and program staff, and providing generic and specialized donor communications materials during fundraising efforts for emergencies.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Development of Communications Products – 60%

• Lead on the creation and editing of content sourced from program and country office staff to create final products (reports, proposals, concept paper). Ensure these products are grammatically correct; flow logically and present information clearly and concisely; are suited to donors’ level of technical program knowledge; and are properly branded.
• Interact regularly with fundraisers and program staff to understand projects and donor needs and request additional information and clarification as needed to complete projects successfully.
• Support the execution of thought leadership opportunities with key donors and develop timely and compelling pieces (blogposts, op-eds, etc.) to position Save the Children as leaders in children’s rights and protection.
• Bring forward innovative ideas to communicate the impact of our donors in the work that we do. This includes managing the creation of multimedia assets (with third party vendors and internal teams) such as infographics, videos, blogs, microsites, etc.

Program Management and Corporate Partnerships Liaison – 20%

• Manage day-to-day operational duties to help ensure the functionality of the RD Impact Communications team, such as resolve issues with project tracker and document library, coordinate, assign work to staff, and share scheduling for weekend on-call emergency writer coverage, scheduling and run weekly team meetings, and participate in onboarding presentations for new fundraisers.
• Attend key Corporate Partnership team meetings to understand needs and priorities of the team, propose strategies and projects to proactively respond to communications opportunities and serve as a primary point of contact for the Corporate Partnerships team with the Impact Communications team.

Donor Acknowledgements – 10%

• Liaise with gift processing staff, fundraisers, and the office of the president to ensure a seamless and timely process by which contributions over an agreed-upon threshold are acknowledged by the president.
• Together with your direct reports, follow-up with fundraisers and write warm, personal acknowledgements in the president’s voice and style.

Staff Management – 10%

• Supervise a small team, manage their overall work flow and provides mentoring and leadership.
• Solve issues independently and with supervisor’s input
• Ensure that staff are recognized for their contributions and hard work; works with staff to identify professional development opportunities; and that staff have flexible schedules as needed to achieve work-life balance while also ensuring that all assigned work is done on time.
• Confident decision-making and exercising sound judgement
• Overall awareness of agency’s policies, strategies/programs, fundraising and program priorities and how these impact and influence the writing unit.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience 
• Proficiency in MS Office suite 
• Proficiency in spoken and written English 
• Strong professional writing skills with proven ability to write compelling content that engages high value donors. Demonstrated ability to understand and communicate program-oriented technical information to high-net-worth donors with varying degrees of technical sophistication
• Adept at