Communication Officer

ABOUT RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT

We know young people have the power to solve the challenges we face in our world, but they are being sidelined. We are the agency that works with young people so they can lead in solving those challenges. Whether that means supporting communities to end child marriage or prevent HIV, we work with young people to change their lives and the lives of people in their communities. Our programmes are genuinely life-changing, but we can’t do any of this without talented, creative individuals at every level of our organisation.

Are you able to bring to life the story of a young entrepreneur in Tanzania or a young activist ending child marriage in India? Can you collaborate with colleagues around the world to create powerful content about youth-led change and use our digital channels to make sure it reaches our audiences of supporters, volunteers and activists? Do you like working in a young, vibrant, friendly and sociable organisation? If so, we’re looking for you.

You will join a supportive and talented communications team that works globally and nationally, working closely with colleagues based in our different Hubs, especially communications staff based in India and London. We need you to be proactive, organised, and willing to learn quickly. It’s a really exciting role for anyone starting out on their career in communications and keen to be part of the leading agency supporting young people to make change happen.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Main Responsibilities

1)   Content & digital platforms

• Work across teams to schedule social media posts promoting our projects, work and opportunities
• Design social media content to drive growth and engagement, including graphics, videos, polls and posts
• Work closely with the Communications Coordinator and global comms colleagues to populate our content planner, keeping up to date with mainstream issues to ensure our content and stories are timely
• Compiling and managing our blog newsletters for readers and contributors
• Create, edit and publish new pages on the website, and train colleagues to do this
• Support contact management through civi CRM
• Occasionally design simple print materials for a range of audiences or work with freelance designers
• Keep up to date with social media trends and maintain engagement of our online community across our platforms
• Respond to messages on socials and engage in conversations with our followers

2)    Writing stories and blogs

• Support staff around the world to capture stories, photos and content about youth-led change
• Work with the Communications Coordinator to edit stories to suit different platforms and audiences
• Transcribe interviews and copy edit stories about our work for media, advocacy and fundraising purposes
• Give training and advice through remote support to colleagues and young volunteers around the world to increase their story gathering and digital marketing skills, including the ethics of storytelling, safeguarding and informed consent
• Work closely with the external engagement team to develop content for key moments in our calendar
• Identify stories that could be pitched to the media, and support with reactive media opportunities
• Keep our story bank up to date and provide staff with technical support, including curating collections for staff and external partner use, including keeping up to date and secure consent documentation
• Support the Communications Coordinator with blog editing and designing

3)    Analysis, optimisation, other

• Data collection, analysis and basic evaluation
• Support communications coordinator with blog and website SEO.
• Support the Digital Manager to measure and optimise our digital user journeys
• Provide comms advice and support to colleagues in Nepal

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Restless Development is an Equal Opportunities employer.

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU

Remuneration

We are proud to commit to a transparent global salary scale, ensuring a fair and comparable system of pay across all global locations. In addition to salary, we offer a 1% pension contribution.

Values and Culture

At Restless Development, we’re proud that the strength and integrity of our Values has been recognised by staff, donors and others who we work with. Beyond this, we have a culture of recognising and celebrating both our Values and our global achievements with monthly Values Champions and an annual Values Day.

Work-life balance

It goes without saying that we work hard at Restless Development. We also recognise the importance of helping staff to maintain a positive work-life balance by offering:

• 24 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays and with an extra day of annual leave given for each full year of service, up to a maximum of 28 days).
• Annual leave on your birthday
• Flexible working
• Generous study leave, maternity, paternity or adoption leave, and other leave allowances.

Professional development

Restless Development is proud to be an employer who recognises potential and invests in the development of its staff. We are committed to the professional development of our staff through:

• Empowering opportunities to work on signifcant projects which stretch and inspire staff – allowing them to develop on-the-job.
• Regular performance management.
• Training and development opportunities, including supporting our staff to identify mentors both within and outside of the agency.
• Quarterly Staff Workshops for all staff to give and receive agency updates, receive training, and socialise.

KEY DATES

• Please send a completed application form to jobs@restlessdevelopment.org by Sunday 4th July (midnight Nepal time)
• Please note that we do not accept CVs, resumes or covering letters.
• We are looking for the successful candidate to begin as soon as possible.

Communication Officer Application Form