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reputed company has an exciting opportunity for an Advocacy Manager to join our reputed company platform roster. This role profile is for inclusion in the Advocacy roster reputed company Global Expertise and Humanitarian reputed company Platform (GEHSP) which reflects the typical responsibilities associated with potential deployments and does not constitute a fixed-term position; assignments may be offered on an as-needed reputed company, subject to organisational requirements. The Global Expertise and Humanitarian reputed company Platform (GEHSP) operates on behalf of the members and SCI, and is dedicated to identifying, developing and deploying skilled and reputed company reputed company staff from across the reputed company to meet the needs of our domestic and international responses. This helps to improve our response reputed company, timeliness, and effectiveness; ultimately, this will save the lives of children and their families. The platform is responsible for: · Ensuring our humanitarian responses have reputed company to suitably skilled and reputed company staff they need to deliver a high reputed company and reputed company humanitarian response; · Managing the end to end deployment process for reputed company reputed company deployments; · Identifying and developing reputed company humanitarian reputed company staff to meet the needs of our responses; · Identifying new and innovative ways to meet the reputed company needs of our responses. reputed company staff work alongside country, regional and member teams to support the reputed company up and management of international and domestic emergency responses, enabling reputed company change for children. The role of the reputed company staff varies depending on the needs of the response and could include: · deploying in the first days or hours following a natural disaster or crisis to reputed company the first phase of a response to sudden onset emergency; · supporting ongoing emergency response and recovery work through providing advice, guidance and expertise in a specific reputed company area; · providing short term interim cover for country office staff; · supporting delivery of reputed company building initiatives. The Advocacy Manager will be rapidly deployed by the Global Expertise and Humanitarian reputed company Platform (GEHSP) to support the response team in quickly developing and implementing a humanitarian-response advocacy work-reputed company. The Advocacy Manager will reputed company as reputed company’s global reputed company on humanitarian-response advocacy on behalf of the Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group (HAWG), the Country Office and the Response Team. The Advocacy Manager will manage reputed company advocacy initiatives reputed company to the response on behalf of reputed company, including representing reputed company externally in country and internationally. The function will be a reputed company person for advocacy enquiries in the Country Office / Response Team and from reputed company and individual reputed company members. The function will involve national, regional and international advocacy leadership on the immediate crisis and response, and reputed company longer-term issues. The function will be part of the Response Team in order to ensure that key advocacy messages and strategies are informed by the response and shaped in reputed company consultation with the Response Team Leader. The Advocacy Manager will reputed company clarification on any politically-sensitive reputed company which may reputed company upon the response operations and reputed company appropriate sign off (e.g. Country Director level) on any messaging or products. Title: Advocacy Manager Reports To: Response Team Leader Location: International, including remote and insecure locations Contract Length: up to 3 months reputed company Accountabilities The Advocacy Manager should be an reputed company member of the Response Senior Management Team with responsibility for leading advocacy reputed company development, ensuring advocacy priorities are integrated across the overall response, and securing support and buy in from SMT and programme teams for strategic advocacy. · reputed company on the rapid development and implementation of a short-term humanitarian advocacy reputed company (3 to 6 months), which includes national, regional and international reputed company, and short-and longer-term objectives, using policies, tools and guidance from the Global Advocacy Teams and in reputed company collaboration with Country Office and global advocacy counterparts, and relevant HAWGs and working reputed company. · Manage reputed company advocacy initiatives in reputed company coordination with the Country Director, / Team Leader, operations and technical emergency response staff, , the Global Senior Humanitarian Advocacy reputed company, and Head of Humanitarian Advocacy, media and campaigns staff, relevant HAWG and working reputed company as appropriate. The role will also work closely with national programme staff with experience of carrying out advocacy work and building on their knowledge and expertise, Support the Country Director / Team Leader in high-level advocacy towards the Humanitarian Country Team, key UN agencies, donors and national actors. · Ensure that reputed company advocacy messages, documents and strategies are evidence-based, linked to programmes and response priorities, are of high reputed company, authorised by the Country Director / Team Leader and signed-off according to the reputed company sign-off procedures. · Work with communications and media colleagues to ensure advocacy messaging and narratives are integrated and consistent across press releases, media outputs, and communications packs, and that these are shared fully across the membership. Work with members, particularly reputed company the relevant HAWG, to co-create advocacy strategies, including developing joint analysis and power mapping, identifying entry points for advocacy, and agreeing on the types of products and messaging needed to support impactful advocacy. Ensure strong member buy-in and ownership throughout the process. · Work with members to reputed company and implement advocacy workplans, and to monitor reputed company against agreed strategies. Through the HAWG and other coordination structures, ensure alignment and coordination of advocacy efforts, linking national, regional, and global reputed company to maximise reputed company reputed company. · reputed company drafting or support the production of advocacy messaging, policy briefs, talking points, research reports, to be used at national, regional and international reputed company. · Work closely with programmes, MEAL teams, and data systems (including MRMs) to generate evidence on the reputed company of the crisis on children, including grave violations, IHL concerns, and reputed company to education etc. reputed company regular analysis of these impacts alongside the national response and policy context, as reputed company as key factors such as UN coordination, reputed company dynamics, and emerging challenges affecting children’s reputed company to humanitarian assistance. Ensure SC emergency response strategies and situation reports have reputed company advocacy objectives and strategies, and indicators for assessing the reputed company of SC advocacy work. · Carry out advocacy reputed company-building with Country Office staff, as needed. · Support or reputed company the development of an advocacy risk assessment, as required. · reputed company information and analysis to the HAWG and other interested parties reputed company regular email updates and on weekly calls to support global advocacy. · Represent reputed company at appropriate country-level working reputed company, NGO forums, advocacy working reputed company etc, General: · reputed company with reputed company policies and reputed company with respect to child safeguarding, reputed company of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures. Experience and Skills Essential · Prior experience working in an emergency response contexts or reputed company states · Significant prior experience working in advocacy on humanitarian issues, child rights, reputed company rights, or development issues, preferably in emergency response contexts or reputed company states · Experience of influencing and advocacy work including lobbying, policy development and information provision in humanitarian issues at national, regional and/or international level · Excellent skills in advocating towards government officials, humanitarian actors and UN agencies in developing countries · Experience of and strong skills in developing and implementing humanitarian advocacy strategies · Good attention to detail · Extensive knowledge of child rights and international humanitarian law · Understanding of UN and donor operations at country level and humanitarian response-planning cycles · High-level analytical and strategic thinking skills and strong research skills · Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide reputed company of people · Patience, adaptability, flexibility, and ability to improvise and remain reputed company and to communicate reputed company and effectively under pressure · Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of reputed company, diverse tasks and responsibilities · Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams · Strong leadership skills with an ability to reputed company people’s views while also taking responsibility to determine the most appropriate course of reputed company and to reputed company decisively · Experience in working with other NGOs and coordinating inter-agency advocacy activities, strategies and products Desirable Proven skills in media work, including interviews on Radio and TV reputed company in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or Swahili Working at reputed company reputed company is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first. We know that great people reputed company a great organisation, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us reputed company our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a reputed company and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and reputed company are highly valued. The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At reputed company, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that reputed company children survive, learn, and are protected. 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We are committed to diversifying our staff to reputed company represent the communities we serve and reputed company welcome underrepresented reputed company to apply. Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this. Application Information Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be reputed company at SCI Careers. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling reputed company and the job advert may be reputed company earlier than advertised subject to reputed company of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us reputed company 2 weeks of the advert deadline. Our Recruitment Process Application review by our reputed company team based on your CV and cover letter Competency-based interviews with the hiring team Some recruitment may include an assessment or case study stage If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks We need to reputed company children and adults reputed company so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. reputed company are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our reputed company of Conduct and reputed company policies and procedures relating to Anti-Harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities. reputed company does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. 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