Media and Communications Coordinatornew

ROLE PURPOSE: 

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners from civil society and government, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

The Media and Communications Coordinator will lead the development and implementation of the humanitarian media and communications strategy for the flood response under the guidance of the PDQI Director. The role will ensure consistent, timely, and accurate communications that support humanitarian objectives, enhance stakeholder engagement, and protect the dignity and rights of affected communities. The position will serve as the focal point for media engagement, external communications, and content development, while maintaining close coordination with field teams and response leadership.

The position will ensure that all information and communications products adhere to organizational safeguarding, consent, dignity, and media standards.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Position reports to: PDQI Director 

Staff directly reporting to this post: None.

Staff indirectly reporting to this post: None. 

Scheme of Delegation: 

Close coordination with: 

Budget Responsibility: 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

• Develop and implement the humanitarian media and communications plan, aligned with the overall flood response strategy and organizational priorities.
• Identify strategic communications opportunities that increase visibility of response efforts, humanitarian needs, and impact.
• Monitor emerging issues, risks, and reputational concerns and propose appropriate communications responses.
• Coordinate and maintain a tracker of media and journalist visits, interviews, media requests, and other external engagement activities
• Support preparation and coordination of media visits to response locations, ensuring adherence to organizational policies and procedures.
• Prepare media briefs, interview notes, talking points, and background information for organizational spokespersons.
• Monitor media coverage related to the flood response and provide regular updates to management.
• Ensure field information is collected using approved tools, formats, and reporting templates.
• Verify information from multiple sources before sharing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Information & Communications Coordinator in the field to identify stories, response data, photos, videos, testimonials, and other content from the field.
• Ensure all communications materials, photos, videos, interviews, and stories meet organizational safeguarding, consent, dignity, and media standards.
• Verify that informed consent has been obtained and documented prior to collecting or sharing personal information, images, or testimonials.
• Develop, refresh, and finalize FAQs, key messages, talking points, briefing materials, media statements, and other communications products.
• Ensure sensitive information is handled appropriately and in accordance with data protection requirements and SCI’s communications principles
• Ensure adherence to SCI’s branding and visibility standards for all materials 
• Maintain a repository of communication products, media coverage, photographs, videos, stories, and communication assets.
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Counter Fraud and Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent abuse, exploitation, neglect, harm and modern slavery within their areas of responsibility, and in the way they conduct themselves, report and respond to all incidents and concerns whether online or in person, and comply with the Safeguarding Policy and Procedure.
• Take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption within their areas of responsibility, report and respond to all incidents and concerns and comply with the Counter-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Procedure. All types of fraud, bribery, and corruption must be prevented, including where it benefits the organisation (SCI).

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Ambition:

Collaboration:

Creativity:

Integrity:

QUALIFICATION:

• A minimum of 3 years’ (2 years for GSI ) experience in communications, humanitarian response, information management, or related areas  with the Master degree in communications/journalism/social science or relevant areas or 6 years ( 4 years for GSI group) of experience in communications, humanitarian response, information management, or related areas  with bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism/social science or relevant areas

   

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Experience collecting, analyzing, and reporting field data during humanitarian or disaster response operations.
• Proven experience developing communication content, including stories, photographs, videos, and situation reports. Strong reporting, facilitation, and communication skills. 
• Ability to travel extensively to flood-affected and remote locations.
• Fluency in English and Nepali, both written and spoken
• Ability to collect and verify information under tight deadlines.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SCI in particular, a good understanding of the SCI mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Ability to establish good working relationships and positively contribute to a team

• Ability to work in a stressful and changing environment with limited resources

   

Additional Job Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Safeguarding obligation:

We need to keep children, adult at risk and community safe. The position holder is responsible to ensure that The position holder conduct is in line with the SCI’s Safeguarding policies. Hence our selection process includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children, adult at risk and community from abuse, exploitation, and harassment.

Health and Safety:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Counter Fraud

The role holder is required to take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption within their areas of responsibility, report and respond to all incidents and concerns and comply with the Counter-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Procedure. All types of fraud, bribery, and corruption must be prevented, including where it benefits the organisation (SCI).