Overview
Coordinates the strategic design, implementation, and measurement of evidence-based advocacy initiatives to ensure the well-being of children in Latin America and the Caribbean. Provides strategic advice to national offices and builds collaboration with regional bodies, governments, civil society, private sector, and children.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the strategic design, implementation, and measurement of evidence-based advocacy initiatives.
- Provide strategic advice to focal points in national offices.
- Identify, build, and nurture collaboration relationships with regional bodies, national governments, civil society, private sector, and children.
- Advance the rights of children through a local-to-global advocacy approach.
- Coordinate with Communications and Faith and Development (F&D) Mobilization teams.
- Design, implement, and monitor WVLAC regional advocacy strategy.
- Develop and oversee the implementation of the Regional Advocacy & EE Plan.
- Ensure advocacy is grounded in evidence and child rights principles.
- Monitor regional trends and policy developments.
- Coordinate roll out, implementation, and track results of global and regional campaigns.
- Inform the inclusion of advocacy approaches in grant acquisition, programs, and humanitarian responses.
- Map, identify strategic stakeholders and connect them to relevant counterparts.
- Foster collaboration conducive to enhanced positioning and diversification of funding streams.
- Identify, contact, build, and maintain high-level relationships with regional bodies.
- Represent World Vision in regional forums, coalitions, and working groups.
- Connect regional representations to local representations of relevant stakeholders.
- Amplify the voices of children, fostering meaningful and inclusive participation.
- Foster and nurture a regional network of child participation.
- Develop and support mechanisms for meaningful child participation.
- Amplify the voices of children in World Vision’s EE and positioning.
- Collaborate with research, DME, and programs teams to generate data and evidence for advocacy.
- Translate research findings into policy briefs, position papers, and advocacy messages.
- Support National Offices in tailoring evidence for regional and global advocacy efforts.
- Provide technical assistance and training to country offices on advocacy and child participation.
- Foster cross-country learning and sharing of best practices.
- Develop tools and guidance to strengthen advocacy capacity across the region.
- Trace the progress of advocacy initiatives and child participation outcomes.
- Contribute to regional and global reporting requirements.
Required Experience
- 7 years of experience in advocacy, public policy, or child rights promotion, preferably in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Experience working with or within regional bodies and multilateral institutions.
- Demonstrated ability to engage children and youth in participatory processes.
- Proven track record of influencing policy and practice at national and regional levels.
- Strong understanding of displacement, violence prevention, food security, and climate justice from a rights perspective.
Qualifications
• Mínimum Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Policy, or related field.
