Senior Communications Officer
- Employer
- Sightsavers
- Location
- Haywards Heath, West Sussex
- Salary
- £36,000
- Closing date
- 8 Jul 2018
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- Function
- International Development, Policy & Research, PR & Communications
- Sector
- Community, Health & Medical, International
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Contract
Job Details
Job title: Senior Communications Officer
Office Location: Haywards Heath
Salary: £36,000
Contract: 2 year Fixed Term Contract
Sightsavers are seeking a tenacious, committed and experienced communications professional to join the organisation at a very exciting time for our Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) work. Following global celebrations in 2017 led by Professor Stephen Hawking for the one billion treatments Sightsavers and partners delivered to people affected by NTDs, your focus will be to help build on this momentum and increase support for our efforts towards eliminating NTDs.
You will join Sightsavers at a historic time, where through global collaboration, we could be just years away from eliminating NTDs like trachoma. As part of this you will work with the NTDs Communications Manager and other colleagues to develop, deliver and evaluate integrated communication campaigns and lead high-profile communications activities to raise awareness of our NTD programmes. You will also be responsible for delivering engaging and creative digital content for a variety of audiences whilst working with relevant teams, designers, suppliers and agencies.
You will also help to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including INGOs, donors, academic and research bodies and coalition groups to help raise awareness of NTDs and related issues. You will also work closely with the NTDs Communications Manager and other teams to ensure departmental success, learnings and opportunities are communicated and contributes towards continuous improvement in communications across Sightsavers.
The ideal candidate will possess previous experience in a communications role, will be degree educated or have significant related experience or strong commitment to this area, able to demonstrate prior work across a wide range of communication channels, have strong project management skills and show interest in NTDs, global health and international development.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, please read the complete Job Description for further details.
Closing date: 8 July 2018
Interviews: Week commencing 30 July 2018
Company
Sightsavers Head Office
35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 3BW
Postal Address
Bumpers Way,
Bumpers Farm,
Chippenham SN14 6NG
Sightsavers is an international charity that works in more than 30 countries around the world to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. Sightsavers is headquartered in the UK and has over 400 employees. It also has branches in Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, India, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
Sightsavers works with partners in order to provide a comprehensive range of eye care services. In 2013, Sightsavers' projects provided eye health examinations for nearly 14 million people, performed 300,000 eye operations, and treated over 100 million people for neglected tropical diseases.
People are also referred for treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Through community volunteers in developing countries, Sightsavers distributes medication to prevent blinding diseases. The charity also trains eye care workers and surgeons and funds operations.
Of the 30 countries Sightsavers works in, 23 are in Africa. These include Mozambique, Mali, Liberia and Kenya. Sightsavers is also present in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.
In addition to its medical work, Sightsavers works with partners in order to train specialist teaching staff and supply glasses, Braille kits and other learning tools. The charity aims to educate communities and reduce stigma around visual impairment and blindness. Through its work, people with visual impairments and other disabilities are supported to live independently, get an education and earn an income.
Sightsavers is also a campaigning organisation, working with national governments to tackle the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The charity’s ‘Put us in the Picture’ campaign calls on the international community to make global development inclusive of the world’s 800m people with disabilities. The campaign’s vision is for all people to have equal access to employment, education, healthcare and participation in society.
Backing up Sightsavers’ work around the world is a strong research capability. Research and policy work revolves around three priorities – health, education and social inclusion. Gathering and disseminating sound research evidence helps to ensure the charity’s programmes meet the needs of the people they are designed to serve. Research evidence is also a strong tool when advocating for policy changes with governments.
Sightsavers has many partners that assist with its aim of eliminating avoidable blindness and may also provide funding. Partners include the UK government’s Department for International Development, the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Read our latest article on Third Sector: Sightsavers: Work for an award-winning charity tackling blindness worldwide
- Website
- http://jobs.sightsavers.org/
- Telephone
- 01444 446600
- Location
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35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB
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