Role Purpose:

The Global Integrated Planning and Strategy Lead will play a central role in developing and driving our global Brand, Marketing and Communications Framework and integrated marketing strategies, as well as planning priority global moments across Save the Children to support our organisational strategy; helping to accelerate growth, strengthen our brand and increase audience engagement.

Working closely with the Global Engagement Director and the Global Communications Director, as well as the Heads of Units within the department, this role will help lead the strategy, planning and integration of marketing communications for the organization, ensuring this is supported by a workplan with clear objectives, audience hierarchy and associated business metrics.

This includes leading on the strategic planning of our global annual narrative helping to ensure we deliver inspiring, audience-centred activations for themes, campaigns and key moments where the global federation can unite to create more impact; accelerating both our financial and non-financial support.

This role will also ensure that change initiatives and critical projects are set up and delivered, bringing in particular strong communication, analytical skills, coordination and performance monitoring.
The post holder will drive effective business partnering with key stakeholder groups such as communications, media, fundraising, advocacy and programme colleagues in Save the Children member and country offices.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Exceptional planning and organisational skills, with an ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple demands and competing priorities, while maintaining high quality standards.
• Exceptional project and change management skills and experience related to multi-stakeholder projects for complex, international organisations and involving cross-functional teams.
• Excellent knowledge or experience of integrated marketing, strategic communications, planning theory and best practice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence and negotiate both internally and externally.
• Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiation.
• Great ability to work as part of a team within a networked structure, and to maintain good working relationships with colleagues across functional and geographical boundaries.
• Experience of working in an international or large organisation, working with different levels of seniority.
• Strong experience of utilising brand, audience insight and the engagement funnel for integrated marketing communications activations.
• Creative communications experience with a good knowledge of latest trends.
• Strong analytics skills, in distilling large amount of information into useable outputs.
• Significant ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt work plans flexibly depending on external opportunities.
• Commitment to Save the Children’s values and ways of working.