ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children strives to give children in Afghanistan the chance to be heard and to tell their stories. On the issues that matter to children, we want to shape policies, influence public opinion, and raise funds to improve children’s lives. Communications and media are important platforms for achieving this.

As a member of the Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications, and Media (ACCM) team, the Content and Communications Officer will collect compelling, high-quality photographs, videos, and case studies that highlight the needs of Afghan children and Save the Children’s work, while ensuring all communications activities follow our safeguarding guidelines and policies. They will work closely with the rest of the ACCM to collect content to support global fundraising, campaigns, and media work.

This role will involve frequent travel to Save the Children’s programs across the country.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the post holder may be expected to travel to the affected area at short notice and to work outside the normal role profile, including extended working hours where necessary.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Media, Content & External Relations Manager

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Lead in productively, identifying and collecting case studies and success stories (including photo and video content) from programs across nine provinces by building close relations with teams across the organization and staying abreast of all activities.
• Support in documenting, managing, and sharing lessons learned, success stories, and case studies for a range of internal and external stakeholder audiences, ensuring messages achieve maximum impact and are consistent with Save the Children’s brand.
• Collect photos, videos, and case studies to support our media work, following briefs provided by the Head of Media and global media colleagues.
• Develop messaging and write and edit content for a range of purposes.
• Lead on ensuring all field staff is following our safeguarding guidelines and policies when collecting content and stories.
• Edit photos and videos according to to Save the Children branding policies.
• Upload content to our asset library (Content Hub), ensuring all content and metadata adhere to our global Content Hub guidelines.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling SCI-AF values
• Provide support to the line manager to hold the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities;

Ambition:

• Provide support to the line manager to set ambitious and challenging goals for the team, and the team take responsibility for their personal development;

Collaboration:

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to;
• Build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, members, and external partners and supporters;
• Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally;

Creativity:

• Develop and encourage new and innovative solutions;

Integrity:

• Honest encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence;
• Displays consistent excellent judgment;

50% Roving to Kabul, Sar-e-Pul, Jawzjan, Balkh or Faryab