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Head of Stories, Content Gathering and Information

Employer
ActionAid
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£45,682 - £47,065
Closing date
17 Jul 2018

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Job Details

Could you help build ActionAid’s identity as a leading authoritative voice on the rights of women and girls living in poverty?

 

As Head of Stories and Content Gathering you will lead the planning and gathering of multi-media content for use by all departments across ActionAid UK including first-hand testimony, video and images and build strong relationships with colleagues across over 40 countries.

This critical role also takes responsibility for ensuring that all staff and crews gather authentic, responsible content which meets the highest safeguarding standards.

You will share our passion and commitment for working alongside women and girls and will ensure that no women or girl is put at risk through sharing her story or image. 

You will be responsible for managing and motivating a Stories and Content Gathering team as well as contributing actively to the wider leadership and management of the Communications and Public Engagement Department.

You will bring innovative thinking to the role, ensuring that ActionAid can deliver exceptional audience experience through gathering outstanding content which will work across digital, broadcast and offline channels.  

Used to working in high pressure environments to tight deadlines, you will be able to think on your feet, manage multiple stakeholders and projects, as well as troubleshoot swiftly, effectively and diplomatically.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of gathering multi-channel content in challenging environments and in the global south.

You will have a background in leading and managing a stories or content team, ideally with specific experience in managing projects across multiple teams and countries. Expertise in editorial, journalism or visual storytelling is also a requirement.

A strong leader and exceptional project and line manager you will have the ability to lead a team of specialists who have strong expertise in both short and long form story gathering, visual content, logistics and post-production.

You will have expert knowledge gained over several years about the key components of effective storytelling and ensure your team gather extremely high quality, multi-channel content that engages the UK public and helps AA build its supporter base.

If you meet all the requirements set out above and are committed to promoting a world where women and girls are valued and live free from violence, can exercise their rights to promote their own economic empowerment, safety, equality and voice, please apply.

Please note that this role is being offered as a 12 month fixed term contract- maternity cover.

Company

ActionAid is an international development charity which works in 45 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Founded in 1972, ActionAid is an international federation and has offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Washington DC, as well as London.

ActionAid UK is part of the international federation and almost all of the people and partners who run ActionAid programmes are from the developing world. This means its staff are on the ground, experiencing poverty at first hand. They see day-to-day how poverty affects people’s lives, and are uniquely placed to give a voice to the women and children who suffer most.

ActionAid’s work has several different components, unified by a commitment to place women and girls at the centre of its work. The charity aims to end hunger by giving millions of people in extreme poverty the skills they need to grow sustainable food, and campaigns to address the causes of hunger.

ActionAid also responds to emergencies and conflicts. It provided emergency assistance to more than 600,000 people in 2015 and trained nearly 46,000 others to protect lives and prepare for emergencies. In total the charity responded to 27 emergencies around the world last year.

Improving access to education is another facet of its mission. 59 million children, more than half of them girls, were out of school in 2013. ActionAid works with more than 5,000 schools across Africa, Asia and Latin America to help over a millions girls and boys get the free, quality education they are entitled to.

Women’s rights and gender equality informs all of ActionAid’s activities. The charity works with communities against female genital mutilation, gender-based violence and forced early marriage.

ActionAid also campaigns for tax justice, fairer wages and more effective aid which can tackle the roots causes of poverty. It estimates that poorer countries lose around $200 billion a year from tax dodging by companies.

A variety of different roles are available at ActionAid including policy adviser, fundraising offer and HR manager. Employee benefits are plentiful, encompassing the opportunity to develop new skills, a pension scheme, childcare vouchers and free advice services.

ActionAid also supports selected UK employees to travel to host countries in order to gain first-hand experience of its in-country work. Frequent secondments, whereby employees work, for a period, in another department or different country in the federation, take place. The charity encourages job shares.

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020 3122 0561
Location
33-39 Bowling Green Lane
London
EC1R 0BJ
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