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Reference: 59103

Date Added: 17 January 2017
Closing Date: 30 January 2017

Job Title: Senior Communications Manager

Working For: Restless Development

Location: London

Salary: £40,344

Length of Contract:

Job Details

Restless Development is a global agency for youth-led development. It supports young people to demand and deliver a just and sustainable world for all.

  • This global agency is run out of strategic hubs in ten countries across Africa, Asia and in the UK and USA, with a wider network of partners across the world.
  • It works to make sure young people have a voice, a living, sexual rights, and are leaders in preventing and solving the world’s challenges.
  • Restless Development has been working with young people since 1985 and its work is led by thousands of young people every year.
  • We listen to young people, our work is led by young people and together we help young people make lasting change in their communities and countries.

The Senior Communications Manager is a vital role within Restless Development. Although located in London, this role will work with colleagues across the agency, lead on the delivery of our global Communications Strategy, manage a multi-disciplinary team of five and ensure our messaging is heard by the right audiences. This is an exciting time for Restless Development – our new agency strategy is ambitious and creative, and can’t be achieved without strong communications at all levels.

You’ll be the driving force in pushing forward our media and communications work to position Restless Development’s new global strategy as well as bringing our work to life through storytelling and appropriate messaging. You’ll understand a range of communications specialities, working with the team to ensure they’re being utilised in the best way to reach the right audiences and stakeholders. You’ll also sit on the leadership team of the UK Hub, working with other senior managers to ensure strategic priorities are being met in the UK, USA and across the globe.

We’re looking for a proactive individual with creativity, energy and vision. A flexible team player with great interpersonal skills and very strong writing skills. If you have experience of working with print or broadcast media at a senior level, set global and media communications strategies or taken an organisation’s communications to the next level, we would love to hear from you.

See http://restlessdevelopment.org/uk-senior-communications-manager.

Closing Date: 30 January 2017

Interview/Start Dates

Application Details

Please send a completed application form (from http://restlessdevelopment.org/uk-senior-communications-manager ) to jobs@restlessdevelopment.org. Please note that we DO NOT accept CVs or covering letters.

Website: http://restlessdevelopment.org/

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