Overview
The consultant will coordinate a National Advocacy Coalition for Early Childhood in crisis in Syria, focusing on coalition building, strategic resource mobilization, and policy integration.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish the coalition by coordinating and guiding members including IDP-led organisations, locally led organizations, government, UN, INGOs, and private sector representatives.
- Support strategic resource mobilization to build an investment case for ECD-in-crisis and secure financing.
- Lead policy integration efforts to integrate ECD into national frameworks and budgets.
- Develop, implement, and achieve the coalition's future advocacy strategy.
- Oversee external coalition communications and campaign activities.
- Monitor and pursue key developments and opportunities aligning with coalition objectives.
- Recruit and onboard core members, mobilize and set up the Steering Committee and Subcommittees.
- Develop the official Coalition Terms of Reference.
- Conduct a stakeholder gap analysis and prioritize new organizational memberships.
- Implement platforms for communication and knowledge sharing.
- Facilitate and support regular coalition and sub-committee meetings.
- Co-develop the multi-year Advocacy Strategy and Workplan.
Required Experience
Experienced in working with diverse actors, shaping partnerships that shift mindsets and priorities at a systems level, comfortable with multi-level power dynamics.
