Stories and Content Gathering Specialist

ActionAid International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international charity based in the Greater London area is seeking a dedicated individual to support storytelling initiatives that advocate for women's and girls' rights. This role involves researching and developing stories, coordinating content gathering during emergencies, and collaborating with creatives worldwide. Candidates should possess at least two years of relevant experience and demonstrate strong research, writing, and project management skills. A hybrid working model is adopted, ensuring flexibility while fostering impactful storytelling.

Qualifications

• At least two years of editorial, production, or journalism experience.
• Commitment to telling stories with integrity, care, and critical awareness.

Responsibilities

• Nurture relationships with colleagues across regions.
• Support storytelling commissions across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• Coordinate content gathering during humanitarian emergencies.

Skills

Excellent research and writing skills

Strong project management skills

Sharp editorial eye

Job description

Day-to-day, you'll nurture strong relationships with colleagues across the global majority and ensure every story reflects the lived realities of the communities we work with. You'll support photography, video and story gathering commissions across Asia, Africa and Latin America, researching story leads, developing strong angles, liaising with teams worldwide and helping brief and contract photographers, videographers and journalists. You'll move content through post-production; from translation and consent checks, to safeguarding reviews and story write ups, preparing everything for upload to our global content SharePoint.

You'll also help build a global network of freelance translators, editors and creative professionals, and curate strong existing stories and assets so they can be used across advocacy, fundraising, events, exhibitions and federation-wide communications. You may also support with training colleagues in best practice storytelling, contribute to internal and external meetings and help gather feedback to continually improve our processes.

When humanitarian emergencies strike, you will join the emergency communications team to help coordinate rapid content gathering. You'll support with logistics, contracting in-country creatives, organising translation and ensuring testimonies and information are shaped into accurate, safe, timely content that reflects ActionAid's feminist, anti-racist and decolonial principles.

We're looking for someone with at least two years editorial, production or journalism experience, excellent research and writing skills, a sharp editorial eye and strong project management skills, as well as a commitment to telling stories with integrity, care and critical awareness.

ActionAid UK is a member of the ActionAid Federation, an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. We work with our partners and dedicated staff in 43 countries to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.

Are you a keen advocate of women and girls' rights in emergencies?

Are you passionate about storytelling and its power to inspire, educate and lead change?

Then we'd love to hear from you!

At ActionAid UK, storytelling sits at the heart of our work. We champion anti-racist, decolonial storytelling by collaborating with creatives rooted in the countries we feature and ensuring every story is told, with dignity, care and integrity. We believe storytelling is a tool to shift power, reframe narratives and challenge the inequalities that shape our world. In this specialist role within our Stories and Content Gathering Team, you'll help shape bold, authentic content that showcases the work and impact of ActionAid's partners worldwide, as well as the global movements for social justice and gender equality. ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

ActionAid UK has a hybrid working policy for many of our roles. The requirement will vary from team to team and the responsibilities of individual roles. As a minimum, all colleagues are expected to attend the office 12 days per year, plus additional time for induction, training, and company connection days. Some roles may require in-office attendance on all days and if so, these will clearly be marked as in‑office roles.

Please note that ActionAid UK does not offer fully remote working options. We encourage you to discuss hybrid working expectations at interview.

Recruitment processes

Please note that ActionAid UK may review, shortlist and interview candidates prior to the closing date so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible. If we receive a very high response, we may close the vacancy early and will not accept further submissions. Vacancies close at 23:55pm.