ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and Communications
Position: Digital Manager
Location: Johannesburg or London
Salary: £38,332 per annum / 457,670 ZAR equivalent (entry salary)
International Grade D
National Terms and Conditions Apply
Purpose of the Role:
A senior specialist and member of the Communications Team responsible for delivery of activities with a significant impact on the success of departmental objectives and acting as an important relationship interface with ActionAid donors and partners in addition to other functions within the organisation. Responsible for AAI’s digital strategy, leading on digital thinking and thought leadership, as well as overseeing the development of the international web platform, continuous improvement of international web content and our social media presence.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Develop and implement an international digital strategy, developing and coordinating on digital KPIs for use in ongoing monitoring audits
- Produce, consult on and implement an annual plan for www.actionaid.org in line with the international digital strategy including the implementation and monitoring of our core planned activities
- Continually monitor the digital content to ensure it is on brand and meets strategic objectives
- Provide support to ActionAid country programmes, as, to develop digital strategies and channels
- Advise across ActionAid on best practice for digital activity to meet strategic objectives
- Test and improve website and other international digital tools usability on an ongoing basis
- Keep abreast of emerging web and eComms technologies and share with relevant staff as appropriate
- Represent communications needs to other parts of ActionAid to enable programs to meet their objectives and maximize opportunities
- Keep abreast of social, communications and fundraising trends and network with appropriate external organizations to inform thinking
- Responsibility of managing delegated budgets
Desired Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will have:
- Relevant degree / Masters or equivalent experience
- Substantial experience working within a digital / communications team
- Experience of editing digital communications and websites for medium to large, preferably international, organisations
- Knowledge of e-Campaigning, e-Fundraising and new developments in digital technology
- Exceptional interpersonal skills to develop effective working relationships quickly with people from many different cultural backgrounds in a complex international environment
- Creative, imaginative and enthusiastic approach to projects, team working, problem solving
How to apply:
Application Procedures
Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 4th November 2014. You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for.
Internal Applications send to:hrworkspace@actionaid.org and External application send to:frcomms.jhb@actionaid.org
Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. ActionAid International will not consider candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.
ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community.
