Communications & Public Relations Manager

Save the Children International; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 90,000,000 - 130,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Save the Children International in Jakarta seeks an experienced Communications Lead to coordinate integrated plans, manage media relations, and ensure consistent messaging across channels in line with the Strategic Communications strategy.

The role requires strong senior-level writing, stakeholder management, and project management skills, with experience in humanitarian or development communications preferred. Bahasa Indonesia and English proficiency is essential for diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and editing skills with a ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences.
• Strong storytelling and narrative development across multiple channels.
• Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to deliver campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated communications plans aligned with organizational priorities and fundraising goals.
• Oversee media relations, public relations, and external communications for visibility and credibility.
• Develop and oversee content briefs, messaging frameworks, and channel recommendations.
• Support crisis communications, risk management, and issues response.
• Coordinate internal communications and stakeholder engagement across departments.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Storytelling

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications

Master’s degree (advantage)

Tools

Media relations

Job description

ROLE PURPOSE

Coordinate and implement integrated communication plans and messaging that support organizational priorities, strengthen brand reputation, and contribute to fundraising objectives. Act as the central communications focal point for programmatic and departmental communication needs beyond fundraising, ensuring communication opportunities are identified, prioritized, and translated into clear content briefs and communication initiatives. Lead media relations, public relations, and external communications efforts to enhance organizational visibility, credibility, and influence, while ensuring consistent messaging across owned, earned, and shared channels in alignment with the Strategic Communications strategy.

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE

Coordinate and implement integrated communication plans and messaging that support organizational priorities, strengthen brand reputation, and contribute to fundraising objectives. Act as the central communications focal point for programmatic and departmental communication needs beyond fundraising, ensuring communication opportunities are identified, prioritized, and translated into clear content briefs and communication initiatives. Lead media relations, public relations, and external communications efforts to enhance organizational visibility, credibility, and influence, while ensuring consistent messaging across owned, earned, and shared channels in alignment with the Strategic Communications strategy.

KEY AREA OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Communication Planning and Coordination
• Lead the development and implementation of integrated communication plans that support organizational priorities, advocacy initiatives, brand objectives, and fundraising goals.
• Translate strategic communications priorities into actionable communication initiatives and oversee their effective execution
• Ensure communication activities across departments are strategically aligned, prioritized, and coordinated to maximize organizational impact and visibility
• Internal Communications Hub and Stakeholder Management
• Serve as the primary communications partner for internal departments, ensuring communication needs are identified, prioritized, and addressed effectively.
• Lead cross-functional coordination to surface communication opportunities arising from programs, partnerships, research, advocacy initiatives, and organizational priorities.
• Foster strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration to support effective communication planning and delivery across the organization.
• Content Planning and Communication Briefing
• Oversee the development of communication briefs and messaging frameworks that support organizational priorities and communication objectives.
• Ensure communication requirements, target audiences, key messages, and channel recommendations are clearly defined and communicated to the Brand Experience team.
• Ensure communication outputs are accurate, consistent, and aligned with approved

organizational positioning, messaging, and safeguarding standards

• Public Relations and Media Relations
• Lead the implementation of public relations and media engagement initiatives that strengthen organizational visibility, credibility, and influence.
• Oversee relationships with media organizations and strategic communication partners to

maximize earned media opportunities.

• Ensure effective media materials, key messages, and spokesperson support are developed to advance organizational priorities.
• Issues Monitoring and Communications Support
• Oversee the monitoring of media coverage, emerging issues, and external developments that may affect organizational reputation and stakeholder trust.
• Ensure communication and reputational risks are identified, assessed, and escalated appropriately to senior leadership.
• Support communication preparedness and coordinated responses during sensitive issues, safeguarding concerns, crises, and emergency situations.
• Program and Humanitarian Communications
• Lead communication planning and coordination for programmatic initiatives, advocacy campaigns, partnerships, organizational announcements, and humanitarian responses
• Ensure program achievements, evidence, and impact are translated into strategic

communication opportunities that support organizational objectives.

Qualifications And Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, International Relations, Development Studies, or a related field. Master's degree is an advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in communications, public relations, media relations, journalism, corporate communications, development communications, or related fields, with at least 3 years of experience managing teams or communication functions.
• Proven experience developing and implementing integrated communication plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, and communication campaigns that support organizational objectives.
• Strong experience serving as a communications focal point for multiple departments or stakeholders, coordinating priorities and translating communication needs into actionable communication initiatives.
• Proven experience managing me dia relations, press engagements, media partnerships, spokesperson support, and development of communication materials for earned media opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop messaging frameworks, communication briefs, key messages, and communication products for diverse audiences and channels.
• Experience supporting crisis communications, reputational risk management, issues management, and communications response during sensitive or high-profile situations.
• Experience supporting humanitarian, emergency response, safeguarding-related, advocacy, or development communications is highly desirable.
• Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, stakeholder management, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of content planning, communication channels, audience engagement, brand management, and communication performance measurement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English.