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About us: 

ActionAid is a global federation working for a world free from poverty and injustice. We want to see a just, fair and sustainable world, in which everybody enjoys the right to a life of dignity, and freedom from poverty and oppression.  We work to achieve social justice and gender equality, and to eradicate poverty.

Areas of Responsibilities
Strategic Impact and contribution
• Leading on strategy and planning for all global media moments linked to ActionAid’s humanitarian Orange Alerts and protracted crises, major report launches, emergencies, journalist trips.
• Lead an impact review of external humanitarian publications and media pieces; and deliver a new global framework for hardhitting media briefings, research ideas and newsworthy reports which drive public opinion, fundraising, influencing and brand awareness. 

Policies and Procedures and Product Management
• Alongside the Media Lead, periodically review key media management systems including media monitoring and impact, global media sovereignty agreements, emergency communications protocols, with a view to improving processes, efficiencies and maintaining strong, geographically remote relationships with colleagues across the federation.

 Issue Resolutions, Crisis/Risk Management
• Leads humanitarian social media listening and media monitoring and implements efficient systems of escalating potential crisis issues.
• Final media sign off and risk owner for all international humanitarian media and communications work within area of responsibility.

Communications, Influencing and Coordination
• Media relations Strategy and Delivery – developing and supporting high quality and responsive humanitarian media work for the federation
•  Leading ActionAid’s humanitarian social media content
• Content generation - Proactively support the development of quality humanitarian content

People Management
• Ensure adherence and delivery of ActionAid’s Talent Management for Media team including recruitment, selection, retention, development, and succession planning.
• Conduct probation, performance management of staff under line management according to HR timelines ensuring high performing staff.

Delivery on functional priorities
•  Capacity–sharing and strengthening – Work closely with countries and/or partners to share, enhance and strengthen humanitarian media capacity across the federation
•  Overseeing and managing humanitarian content and strategy for ActionAid International’s social media channels
•  Managing Media Relations work

Education and Qualifications 
• BA degree in journalism, communications, or relevant fields. Essential Experience 
• Substantial experience in media relations in a humanitarian or INGO context.
• Keen news sense and proven experience to identify and promote engaging humanitarian stories. 
• Good experience of working with external network of journalists, editors, and media colleagues of other international humanitarian organisations. 
• Good experience of devising, coaching, advising, or delivering media training to diverse stakeholder groups, either remotely or face to face. 
• Track record of creating and driving humanitarian media strategies to increase profile. 
• Experience living and working in fast-paced emergency or humanitarian contexts. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.