Duration:                Permanent 

Salary:            £57,000 per annum

Hours:                      35 hours per week. Other flexible arrangements will be considered 

Disclosure Level:    This role involves no direct or indirect work or regulated activity with children  

Reports to:              Head of Media  

Location:                 Working from home and at 1 Westfield Avenue, London E20 1HZ 

At the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), we pull together to achieve the best possible results for children in danger around the world.  We believe in an inclusive workplace and in the power of fulfilled colleagues who share the same values and goals, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.   

Our work is guided by the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which recognise the universality of children’s rights. 

ABOUT THE TEAM 

The role is part of the senior leadership of the Media Team, reporting into the Head of Media and sitting alongside two other sub-teams who are responsible for all News and PR output.   It has line management responsibility of three Partnership Communications Managers.

 The Media Team is part of the broader Communications Department, comprising of Ambassador Relations, Organic Social Media and Creative Content teams.  

ABOUT THE ROLE 

 The Senior Media & Communications Manager – Partnership Development is responsible for offering expert communications advice to UNICEF UK’s Partnership team and overseeing the day -to- day communication outputs for corporate partners.  

UNICEF UK has ambitious growth targets, and this post recognises the vital role Communications has in securing and maintaining multi-year, multi-market partnerships that raise millions of pounds for UNICEF’s work for children. 

We are looking for an exceptional individual with expertise in delivering earned media and generating award-winning communication to elevate our partnerships. 

Working closely alongside the Senior Media and Communications Manager –Business Development, this role jointly leads the Partnership Communications sub-team, providing ambitious leadership and ensuring we elevate all partnership opportunities.  

What we will expect you to achieve 

Strategic leadership of media and communications work for partners: 

·       To lead the strategic development and delivery of ambitious and impactful communications plans for UNICEF UK’s corporate partnerships.

·       To provide aspirational leadership to colleagues, encouraging a proactive, ambitious approach to earned, paid and owned media and up-skilling colleagues across the organization where appropriate.  

Reputation management for partnerships:   

·       To work alongside the Head of Media – and alongside the Senior Manager for Business Development – to develop a consistent risk aware approach to high value partnerships.  

·       To take responsibility for protecting and leveraging UNICEF UK’s reputation, leading, developing and implementing risk management media strategies as required.  

Line-management:  

·       To manage a team to deliver full service communications for UNICEF UK’s partnerships, including establishing strong working relationships with senior communications colleagues and PR agencies, working together to generate high value, ambitious and well messaged UK and global media coverage.  

Stakeholder Management:  

·       To offer mature, considered counsel to colleagues, ensuring consistent and expert counsel  amid a high-pressured environment.   

·       To role model a can-do, solutions focused approach, helping and encouraging colleagues to navigate complex organisational structures.   

·       To work closely with senior members of the Corporate Partnerships team and global colleagues to allocate resource and prioritise workload appropriately, establishing best practice ways of working between teams to ensure ease of decision making and clarity.   

·       Manage external stakeholders, providing specialist communications expertise and collaborating with counterparts at partner organisations.

General Responsibilities as a Senior Manager in the UUK Media Team: 

·       Offer leadership and expert advice to the wider multi-disciplined media team.

·       Deal with daily media enquiries (this will involve carrying an office mobile to deal with media calls outside office hours as part of the on-call rota), brief journalists and pitch stories. 

·       Demonstrate and model a commitment to our shared values, behaviours and inclusive practices (known as Our Shared Commitment) in all aspects of your work 

BEHAVIOURS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS 

Effective behaviours: 

Supporter driven and mission aligned 

·       Is committed to children and their rights and motivated to work towards creating a better world for every child.   

Communication:  

·       Presents complex and difficult messages clearly and with impact  

·       Anticipates and responds to the needs of an audience, adapting content, style, language and use of channel to deliver maximum clarity   

Leadership:  

·       Creates and encourages a cross-organisational team work and collaboration, acting as a visible role model 

·       Able to make and communicate unpopular decisions 

Creating and innovating 

·       Scans the external environment for trends, insights, ideas and best practice that could benefit UNICEF UK’s work 

·       Empowers people to innovate and welcomes new ideas that are focused on the delivery of strategic priorities  

Efficiency and effectiveness  

·       Systematically plans projects to maximise performance and cost-effectiveness  

·       Anticipates risks and puts plans in place to minimise their impact 

Relevant experience  

·       Generating creative communications ideas 

·       Writing and delivering high profile communications plans for partners 

·       Managing reputational issues for high- risk partnerships and offering expert counsel to senior stakeholders 

·       Building and managing a high performing and values -led team, including line management.   

·       Operating within a complicated, international organisation with competing priorities 

·       Working strategically with media on a proactive and reactive basis 

·       Delivering and evaluating communications outputs for partners 

·       Delivering B2B and B2C communications 

·       High level stakeholder relationship management and engagement, both internally and externally

Desirable:  

·       Experience of delivering high value marketing 

·       Understanding of the evolving digital landscape  

Specific knowledge and skills 

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

·       Ability to operate successfully in a target-based environment 

·       Sophisticated understanding of the media landscape and the changing digital landscape 

·       Influencing skills 

·       Detailed understanding of corporate social responsibility 

·       Highly sophisticated media relations skills 

·       Coaching leadership style 

·       Collaborative and self-aware