Snr. Specialist, Social Media & Digital Comms (Contract)

Senior Specialist, Social Media and Digital Communications (12-Month Contract)

This position is covered under CUPE Bargaining Unit

Save the Children believes every child has the right to a future. In Canada and around the world, we do whatever it takes – every day and in times of crisis – to support children to fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. With over 100 years of experience, Save the Children is the world’s first and leading independent children’s organization – transforming lives and the future we share.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE:

Reporting to the Head of Communications, Media and Public Relations the Senior Specialist, social media and Digital Communications will be responsible for supporting the organization’s core social media and digital communication functions and will play a key role in shaping the public voice of Save the Children Canada (SCC) on digital and social channels. As a member of the Brand and Communications Team, the Senior Specialist is primarily responsible for delivering social media and digital communications strategies and executing on them, ensuring that Save the Children Canada’s public voice reflects and conveys the organization’s purpose, values, focus and identity.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Develop and execute a strategic social media plan with measurable KPIs to support brand, advocacy, communications, and fundraising goals.
• Manage SCC’s social media channels by creating, scheduling, and posting content, and moderating engagement.
• Create and post engaging content to social media and digital channels while ensuring all digital communications adhere to child safeguarding, branding, and information-sharing policies.
• Launch and manage digital campaigns aligned with SCC’s strategy.
• Support media and brand visibility through social platforms.
• Contribute to the influencer engagement strategy through research and outreach.
• Deliver social media training and guidance to build internal capacity and engagement.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on social media performance and trends.
• Produce creative content for digital platforms (videos, photos, blogs, etc.).
• Design and deliver digital communications materials for campaigns and special initiatives.
• Manage digital production processes with internal and external collaborators.
• Deploy newsletters and email campaigns, ensuring alignment with digital strategy.
• Provide analytics and performance reporting to guide digital strategy improvements.
• Maintain and update website content using the content management system.
• Ensure web content reflects branding, editorial, and accessibility standards.
• Generate and share reports on web and digital channel performance, including insights and recommendations.

Qualifications include (but are not limited to):

• Post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a similar role with experience managing social media channels and creating digital communications.
• Experience in International Development, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO/INGO), or other not-for-profit sectors is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of website and social media best practices, AODA and CASL.
• Proven experience in various software and tools such as, online acquisition (AdWords), reporting tools (Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, Twitter Analytics), and Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Photoshop, InDesign).
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain internal and external partnerships and relationships.
• Advanced communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills for diverse audiences to build strong working relationships across cultural and organizational settings, both internally and externally. French/Spanish/Arabic language skills is an asset.
• Demonstrated project management experience for task execution of assigned objectives supported by proficiency with MS Office tools and relevant technologies. Ability to work under pressure within tight timelines to achieve SCC objectives.
• Displays analytical and problem-solving skills to support initiatives with demonstrated adaptability to support change management for successful task implementation.
• Applies judgment and make sound decisions that are accountable, justifiable, and in adherence to policies and procedures.
• Considers organizational strategy and thinks creatively to support innovative initiatives and collaborations that deliver benefits for the children and families we serve.
• Ability to occasionally travel locally, nationally and internationally (less than 10%) as required.

WHAT WE OFFER 

This position salary range between $75,543.87 – $90,652.65 CAD depending on skills and experience. In addition to this, our employees will have the following package of additional benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package for you and your dependents available in three months after employment.
• Coordinated benefits for your partner paid by Save the Children Canada.
• Hybrid workplace, and flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and productivity.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment.
• Discounted rate for a GoodLife membership.
• Organization-wide membership with Headspace.
• 3 weeks of annual leave.
• In addition to annual leave, we offer a Dec 25- January 1 office closure (SAVE Days) so we can all recharge simultaneously.
• Paid 5-day-personal days.
• Paid 1-day-float days.
• Paid 10-day-sick leave.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Employer contributions to group pension plan.
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training.

HOW TO APPLY?

If you are interested in this position, please visit https://www.savethechildren.ca/ and submit your resume and cover letter by 5:00 PM EST December 31, 2025. Internal candidates, please apply via ADP by 5:00 PM EST December 3, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that AI is used in some components of the recruitment process.

It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure all children are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that lead to the risk of, or actual, harm caused by our employees. Each employee shall be aware that there may be additional vulnerabilities facing children associated with their age, socio-economic background, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, identity, sexual orientation or identity, and is committed to ensuring this does not form barriers to effective safeguarding.

Each employee is committed to fostering and sustaining a safe environment through proactive, accessible, and effective approaches that seek to prevent and respond to any harm to the children including but not limited to sexual exploitation and abuse. SCC and all its employees will take all reasonable steps to make itself safe, both as an organisation and in the conduct of all aspects of its day-to-day operations of emergency, humanitarian, developmental, policy, campaigning and administrative work.

SCC support and acts in compliance with the Human Rights Code. SCC is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). Providing an accessible and barrier-free environment is a shared effort, and as an organization, SCC is committed to working with the necessary parties to make accessibility for all a reality. If you require an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment or employment process, please notify People & Culture at peopleandculture@savethechildren.ca

Please Note: This job opportunity is to fill an existing vacancy.

Please note that AI may be used to support certain parts of the recruitment process (e.g., application screening); however, all final hiring decisions are made by our hiring team.