Senior Communications Manager
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Saferworld
Hybrid- Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: GBP 52,999 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 16/11/2026
- Location: United Kingdom
Saferworld is recruiting a Senior Communications Manager to lead a very small Communications Team and develop, manage and monitor Saferworld’s communications strategy in line with our organisational strategy, values and remodelling process.
This role will support and work together with the senior leadership and teams to develop communication strategies based on the change we are aiming to achieve, propose new communication approaches, listen carefully to what is needed and respond creatively.
This role will support and work together with the senior leadership and teams to develop communication strategies based on the change we are aiming to achieve, propose new communication approaches, listen carefully to what is needed and respond creatively.
They will work with others to strengthen influencing strategies and tactics to support change, rooted in the voices of people affected by conflict and their work in building peace and justice, and strengthen collaborative, value-driven alliances.
The Senior Communications Manager will model collaborative leadership, deliver high-quality communications and be accountable. They will move between being hands-on and involved in the delivery of work and contributing to strategic planning.
The Organisation
The Organisation
Saferworld is an international organisation dedicated to conflict prevention and peacebuilding programming, policy and practice. We collaborate with institutions and work directly with partners across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe to tackle diverse factors that drive violent conflict, injustice and insecurity. We participate in major global policy debates on peace, justice and security to influence change.
Person specification Knowledge and Experience
• Experience developing and implementing communications strategies that bring about significant policy and/or practice change.
• Significant experience of leading people-centred communications initiatives and strategies.
• Experience developing influencing strategies and communications with clear messages, products, targets and channels.
• Strong experience of international and/or domestic policy influencing, with a firm understanding of narrative change and decolonising approaches to communications.
• Experience of providing strategic, integrated communications and compelling organisational storytelling.
• Experience operating independently and thinking about content holistically across multiple channels.
• Understanding of discourses and the international policy environment on peace and conflict, international arms transfers, humanitarian and development work, and feminist and decolonial thinking for change in these areas.
• Proven experience of working in partnership with civil society organisations, NGOs and their networks.
• Track record of monitoring and responding to reputational risks or crises.
Person specification Knowledge and Experience
• Experience developing and implementing communications strategies that bring about significant policy and/or practice change.
• Significant experience of leading people-centred communications initiatives and strategies.
• Experience developing influencing strategies and communications with clear messages, products, targets and channels.
• Strong experience of international and/or domestic policy influencing, with a firm understanding of narrative change and decolonising approaches to communications.
• Experience of providing strategic, integrated communications and compelling organisational storytelling.
• Experience operating independently and thinking about content holistically across multiple channels.
• Understanding of discourses and the international policy environment on peace and conflict, international arms transfers, humanitarian and development work, and feminist and decolonial thinking for change in these areas.
• Proven experience of working in partnership with civil society organisations, NGOs and their networks.
• Track record of monitoring and responding to reputational risks or crises.
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