Sightsavers works to end avoidable blindness and fight for disability rights in more than 30 countries in Africa and South Asia. We are looking for a Social Media Community Manager to support our Social Media team to promote the organisation’s work, maintain its reputation online and ultimately help make the world a more inclusive place.
Title: Social Media Community Manager (maternity cover) x2
Location: UK, Kenya (Nairobi) and Nigeria (Abuja or Kaduna).
Remote, hybrid or in office.
Contract: 12
month fixed term contract (possibility of extension)
Hours: Full
time / part time / flexible. Ideally four or five days a week.
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
About the role
We are looking for a Social Media Community Manager to grow and manage a global community of online supporters and to develop and deliver social media strategy to promote Sightsavers’ work. This is an exciting opportunity for a social media professional who has experience of using paid and organic social media to grow audiences and deliver engaging social media campaigns for a professional brand or organisation. You’ll be passionate about using social media to make the world a more inclusive place and may be looking for the opportunity to develop your creative and strategic social media skills.
Key duties of
the Social Media Community
Manager role will include:
Community Management
- Developing
and leading on the delivery of Sightsavers’ Global Social Media Approach
on assigned channels
- Protecting
and enhancing Sightsavers’ reputation globally, responding quickly and
effectively to potential reputational risks
- Ensuring
channel output is on-brand with a strong emphasis on accessibility and
inclusion.
Content production and
social media strategy
- Managing
the production of social media posts
- Use
audience insights to offer evidence-based solutions to communications
problems and proactively contributing to communications campaign planning
- Developing,
implementing and evaluating social media strategy to communicate one of
Sightsavers’ thematic areas of work (eye health, neglected tropical
diseases and disability inclusion)
- Identifying
opportunities to engage new supporters online
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an
exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see here for
the Job Description for full details.
Social Media
Community Manager Jobholder Requirements
Essential:
- Proven
track record of creative development and delivery of social media project
or campaign management experience within a professional organisation
- Excellent
storytelling ability
- Project
management and content production skills, including photo and video
editing tools (such as Adobe Photoshop/Premiere Pro or similar)
- Experience
in using social media to grow, steward and convert an engaged supporter or
customer base
- Knowledge
of national and international social media
- Experience
working with stakeholders to deliver strategic, audience-led social media
communications
- Ability
to use learnings from social media monitoring and analysis to continually
optimise social media content
- Ability
to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable:
- Fundamentals
of fundraising and campaigning within the INGO/wider charity sector
- Experience
in using social media internationally to grow a global audience base
- Experience
setting an agile social media strategy
How to Apply
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Closing date: Sunday 26 March 2023
Next Steps
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place mid-April and
the evaluation process will include a demonstration of your previous relevant
work and an oral interview.
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an
application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in
learning of your motivations for applying.
As
an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all
sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a
disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers
is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero
tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be
subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
Closing
Date: 26 March, 2023
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