Advocacy and Campaigns Manager NGO Jobs – Save the Children International

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Job Title:   Advocacy and Campaigns Manager  

Organisation: Save the Children International

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

 

About US:

Save the Children International is an international relief organization that was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.

 

Job Summary:  The Advocacy & Campaigns Manager will lead SC Uganda’s advocacy strategy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and provide technical leadership, strategic leadership, and support to the advocacy and campaign work in line with the Country’s Strategic Plan.

 

The role holder will support the coordination of the global and regional advocacy campaign efforts and ensure child rights are upheld. And they will contribute to the positioning of Save the Children as a leading child-focused campaign and advocacy organisation in Uganda. He/she will be responsible for designing and implementing advocacy and campaign efforts in our thematic programme areas and creating an enabling internal environment for campaigning and advocacy by leveraging resources, building partnerships and strengthening the capacity and capability of the staff.

 

The role holder works closely with the Programme Development and Quality Director and Programme Operations Director, their team, and multiple external partners to ensure our advocacy work at all levels is evidence-based, aligned, and reflective of programmatic priorities. He/she supports developing and delivering strong country advocacy and campaign plans backed by media and communication strategies. This role will support the Director Advocacy Campaigns, Communications and Media in engagements with Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies at the National and County levels.


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant for the Save the Children Advocacy and Campaigns Manager job role must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in law, public affairs, political science, or any related field.
  • At least six years’ experience in advocacy, lobbying, media, event management, marketing, public affairs, or any related field.
  • Advocacy and Technical Skills
  • Strong awareness and knowledge of the Uganda context
  • Significant prior experience working in advocacy on humanitarian issues, child rights, human rights, or development issues.
  • Deep 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 advocacy strategies
  • Good attention to detail
  • Understanding of UN and donor operations at country level and humanitarian response-planning cycles
  • Experience in working with other NGOs and coordinating inter-agency advocacy activities, strategies and products
  • High-level analytical and strategic thinking skills and strong research skills
  • Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
  • Patience, adaptability, flexibility, and ability to improvise and remain responsive and to communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
  • Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
  • 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
  • Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English
  • Ability to manage small teams and work across a variety of internal stakeholders.
  • Good people management skills/experience and proven ability to create an environment, which encourages team working and motivates a team across various geographical areas.

General:

  • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children
  • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
  • Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy
  • Ability to travel on regular basis
  • Willing to commit to Save the Children’s aims, values and principles

 

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Save the Children should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 21st October 2022

 

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