Overview
The purpose of the role is to support policy analysis and advocacy strategy development for the CO, supporting priority programmatic areas such as education, child protection, accountability, and humanitarian access issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Support development and implementation of the country office’s advocacy strategy.
- Develop key advocacy messages and identify targets.
- Develop and implement advocacy objectives and initiatives.
- Support the plan for national-level advocacy and influencing.
- Maintain a strategic overview of issues affecting children’s rights.
- Work proactively with partners on joint advocacy, media, and communications objectives.
- Define key advocacy opportunities and targets.
- Support a strong power analysis of relevant actors.
- Support the ACCM Director to provide regular updates to relevant teams on campaign and advocacy progress.
- Support the CO identifying issues affecting children’s rights through new research and information sharing.
- Work with ACCM team and programme teams on the development of advocacy briefs, impact studies, and reports.
- Train national partners on advocacy and support them in development of their advocacy strategies.
- Support programme teams with advocacy training, and feedback on advocacy products/deliverables.
- Collaborate and support the CO team to draft and otherwise support the production of advocacy products.
- Ensure that all advocacy messages, documents, and strategies are evidence-based, of high quality and effective.
- Ensure strategic power analysis of policy makers and other key players.
- Coordinate Save the Children’s engagement on humanitarian policy issues and related advocacy.
- Develop good knowledge of local and national government structures and how to influence them.
- Undertake a range of influencing activities to inform and persuade policy makers.
- Support the development of systems for research, analysis, and documentation.
- Produce or manage the production of reports, briefing papers, and presentations.
- Work closely with media and communications colleagues to highlight humanitarian needs.
- Advise on advocacy angles for media lines and media strategy.
- Ensure children are meaningfully engaged in advocacy activities wherever possible.
- Support programme and operations teams to incorporate child-led advocacy activities in programming activities.
- Develop and cultivate strategic relationships with other agencies engaged in advocacy and policy work.
- Support external advocacy coordination fora.
- Develop and maintain a network of external contacts.
- Represent SC at various policy fora and advocacy opportunities.
- Act as a spokesperson for SC to a variety of external audiences.
- Support the ACCM Director to liaise closely with ACCM staff across Member, Advocacy Offices and Global Teams.
- Support the analysis provided of how children have been affected by the crisis in oPt.
- Support integration of programme insights and focus into advocacy strategy and activities.
- Support the ACCM Director to ensure proper planning and engagement in programme proposals around advocacy activities.
- Support the technical advisers and implementation teams in defining and articulating thematic policy change objectives.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in progressively responsible positions at management levels.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a humanitarian or development environment, preferably leading advocacy and policy change in the oPt or the Middle East region.
- Prior management experience working in emergency response contexts or fragile states.
- Significant prior experience working in advocacy on humanitarian issues, child rights, human rights, and/or development issues.
- Experience of influencing and advocacy work, including policy development and information management on humanitarian issues.
- Demonstrated skills in advocating towards government officials in developing countries.
- Experience in developing and implementing humanitarian advocacy strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and lead research, surveys, and other activities oriented towards developing positions and evidence base.
- Experience in managing risks associated with advocacy in high-risk settings, including in developing risk management plans and mitigation measures.
- Advanced understanding of protection issues arising from a crisis setting, impact on protected populations, and implications for humanitarian aid agencies.
- Experience working for an international humanitarian organisation in oPt or the Middle East preferred.
- Understanding of the wider advocacy ecosystem – for oPt and in general - and distinct roles, responsibilities, capacities and added values of INGOs, national NGOs, humanitarian organisations, human rights organisations, legal actors and activists within it.
- Experience with programmes, programme development, proposal writing, or implementation a plus.
- Experience in coordination of various stakeholders a plus.
- Proven skills in media and communication work, including interviews on Radio and TV.
- Experience in coaching, capacity-sharing and strengthening and supporting the development of a team, including supporting junior members of staff to deliver high-quality output.
- Understanding of the issues concerning the INGO sector with an in-depth knowledge in communications, marketing and/or fundraising.
- Demonstrable track record of leading change, resulting in significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders.
Qualifications
• University degree in Social Science, Journalism & Media or related field.
