Senior Manager - Humanitarian Advocacy
Job Description
Title: Senior Manager - Humanitarian Advocacy
Company Name: Save the Children
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree, preferably in Social Sciences/Communication/English from reputed University
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Senior Manager - Humanitarian Advocacy in his/her capacity is responsible for providing leadership to ensure excellence in our public and private facing Rohingya Crisis advocacy, while also providing support to Rohingya focused Media and Communications colleagues in Cox's Bazar.
∎ S/he will support the Cox's Bazar Area Team to develop and implement the Bangladesh Rohingya Response advocacy work-stream, manage all advocacy initiatives and liaise with other stakeholders on behalf of Save the Children. The function will be a focal person for all advocacy enquiries related to the Rohingya crisis from Save the Children International and individual Save the Children members. The Incumbent will also be responsible for strategically positioning Save the Children in both Cox's Bazar and Dhaka as a leading voice for Rohingya children. This includes ensure that Save the Children is actively engaged and represented in high level fora such as the Heads of Sub Office Group and the Cox's Bazar Advocacy Work Group etc.
∎ Working closely with the Cox's Bazar Area Team (particularly with Programmes), the post holder will ensure that key advocacy messages and strategies are informed by the response and shaped in close consultation with the Bangladesh Country Director, Cox's Bazar Area Office Director and the Director of Programme Development and Quality. The function will ensure that key advocacy messages are adhered to, and will seek clarification on any politically sensitive matters which may impact upon programme operations. The Senior Manager is also responsible for assessing and managing risk to the country office, in consultation with the Senior Management Team, especially when considering any public advocacy or communications initiatives and also will involve advocacy on the immediate crisis and response. It is the responsibility of the person in this post to ensure that all members of the SMT are up to date with current messaging, advocacy priorities and challenges that relate to the Rohingya crisis.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Prior experience working in refugee response contexts
∎ Significant prior experience (at least 7 years) working in advocacy on humanitarian, protection and refugee issues, child rights (including to education), in emergency response contexts, as well as on human rights and development issues
∎ Experience of influencing and advocacy work including lobbying, policy development and information provision in humanitarian issues at national, regional and/or international level
∎ Experience of and strong skills in developing and implementing humanitarian advocacy strategies
∎ Understanding of UN and donor operations at country level and humanitarian response-planning cycles
∎ Experience working and developing relationships with the media, including doing live broadcast interviews on both TV and Radio.
∎ Excellent skills in advocating towards government officials, humanitarian actors, donors and UN agencies in developing countries and emergency context
∎ Extensive knowledge of child rights and international humanitarian law
∎ High-level analytical and strategic thinking skills and strong research skills
∎ Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
∎ Excellent communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams
∎ Strong leadership skills with an ability to seek people's views while also taking responsibility to determine the most appropriate course of action and to act decisively
Application Deadline: 12 Nov 2020
Company Information:
∎ 28 Oct 2020
∎ Save the Children
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 12th Nov 2020
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