Digital and Communications Lead
ChildFund Uganda
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Lead the development and execution of ChildFund Rugby’s global communications for impact strategy
- Engage audiences across sport, government, and international development.
- Manage the ChildFund Rugby digital ecosystem, including website, social media channels, CRM-linked communications, digital campaigns, paid media and analytics.
- Shape and deliver a global content calendar integrating delivery milestones, partner activations, rugby events, and audience engagement trends.
- Test, refine and report on performance to improve.
- Manage proactive and reactive media engagement across sport, international development, and mainstream outlets.
- Create engaging multi-format content (video, editorial, graphics, campaign assets) that resonates with diverse audiences across both rugby and international development stakeholders.
- Work effectively across a multi-country, multi-disciplinary team, operating within agreed timelines and performance expectations, engaging key staff and external collaborators (designers, videographers, agencies).
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in senior communications, digital strategy, sport communications, or related roles
- Experience in international development or social impact is desirable - an understanding of ethical storytelling and social change is essential.
- Experience within sport organisations and/or within major sporting event environments.
- Demonstrated experience managing agencies, vendors, and production teams.
- Authentic, creative and compelling storytelling skills.
- Digital channel management experience.
- Strategic thinking, forward planning, and strong analytical capabilities.
- Ability to operate across commercial, sport, and international development.
- Excellent relationship-building skills across cultures and sectors.
- High resilience, adaptability, and ability to manage competing deadlines.
- Fluency in English, with French an advantage.
- Apple user.
Benefits
- All candidates are expected to remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding and Sexual Exploitation, Abuse or Harassment (SEAH) risks
- acquire relevant knowledge and skills to promote strong safeguarding practices
- understand the child safeguarding and PSEAH policy and procedures
- ensure conduct consistent with those policies
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
digital strategycontent creationanalyticsdigital channel managementcampaign managementmedia engagementstorytellingperformance reportingproject managementaudience engagement
Soft skills
strategic thinkingrelationship-buildingcreativityadaptabilityresilienceanalytical capabilitiescollaborationcommunicationcultural awarenesstime management