Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communications - Tenders Global

Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communications

Save the Children

Job title:

Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communications

Company

Save the Children

Job description

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and enthusiastic individual with extensive Policy & Advocacy Adviser experience to join us as our Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communication where you will work within the Health Policy, Advocacy and Research Team.This is a London-based role.About UsSave the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.About the roleAs Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communication, you will will be responsible for the knowledge management and MEAL functions for the health team. This will include collection, collation and dissemination of learning and evidence from across key country and donor markets. You will also be responsible for the dissemination and communication through various platforms, social media outlets. Within this role you will play a key role in highlighting both internally and externally the health team’s achievements and keep the Movement updated on the impact they have had both in the UK and globally, while also reporting on all active grants and partnerships. You will get to work closely with all technical advisors and play an important role in the production of the team’s publications as well as in organising policy advocacy events at the UK parliamentary and global levels.In this role, you will:

  • Lead on the learning, reporting and communications for the health team, including on the various advocacy projects, grants and workstreams.
  • Play a leading role in editing the health team’s reports and policy briefing documents, including any research, fact-checking or writing that is required.
  • Lead on updating and maintaining the health team’s web pages. While maintaining brand requirements.
  • Deliver high-quality editorial content for a wide range of planned key corporate communications, in line with the organisation’s priorities and brand, implementing Save the Children’s editorial style and standards.
  • Ensure health team develop quality materials, blogs and thought pieces, while implementing our brand positioning, communications guidelines, and house style.

About youTo be successful, it is important that you have

  • Demonstrable experience of high-quality health policy advocacy work, including writing and editorial skills.
  • Experience of working with a range of partners to engage key policy stakeholders.
  • Ability to write compelling, imaginative copy tailored for different audiences, explain complex issues in accessible and motivating language.
  • Ability to research, absorb and retain information accurately and to lead publication projects where necessary.
  • Experience of writing for the internet and other digital outlets. Understanding of basic web processes and ability to perform basic alterations to our website where necessary or liaise with developers to progress these.
  • Commitment to Save the Children’s vision, mission and values.

What we offer you:Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

  • We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
  • We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits

.To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.Closing date: 5th May 2024Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.Ways of Working:The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.Flexible Working – We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be “Free to Be Me”. We are not looking for just one type of person – we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences – of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability – help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.To see our full statement please visit this link:Salary Structure:Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link:Interview Expenses:Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.Pre-employment Checks:Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

  • a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)

Expected salary

£35100 – 39000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:22:19 GMT

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