Overview
The Regional Coordinator of Advocacy, Campaigns, and Child Participation 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinates the strategic design, implementation, and measurement of evidence-based advocacy initiatives.
- Provides strategic advice to focal points in national offices.
- Identifies, builds, and nurtures collaboration relationships with regional bodies, national governments, civil society, private sector, and children.
- Advances the rights of children through a local-to-global advocacy approach.
- Works in close coordination with Communications and Faith and Development (F&D) Mobilization teams.
- Develops and oversees the implementation of the Regional Advocacy & EE Plan.
- Ensures advocacy is grounded in evidence and child rights principles.
- Monitors regional trends and policy developments.
- Coordinates roll out, implementation, and tracks results of global and regional campaigns.
- Informs the inclusion of advocacy approaches in grant acquisition, programs, and humanitarian responses.
- Maps, identifies strategic stakeholders and connects them to relevant counterparts.
- Fosters collaboration conducive to enhanced positioning and diversification of funding streams.
- Represents World Vision in regional forums, coalitions, and working groups.
- Connects regional representations to local representations of relevant stakeholders.
- Fosters meaningful and inclusive participation of children from LAC.
- Fosters and nurtures a regional network of child participation.
- Develops and supports mechanisms for meaningful child participation.
- Amplifies the voices of children in World Vision’s EE and positioning.
- Collaborates with research, DME, and programs teams to generate data and evidence for advocacy.
- Translates research findings into policy briefs, position papers, and advocacy messages.
- Supports National Offices in tailoring evidence for regional and global advocacy efforts.
- Provides technical assistance and training to country offices on advocacy and child participation.
- Fosters cross-country learning and sharing of best practices.
- Develops tools and guidance to strengthen advocacy capacity across the region.
- Traces the progress of advocacy initiatives and child participation outcomes.
- Contributes to regional and global reporting requirements.
- Uses learning to adapt strategies and scale up impact.
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.
