Head of Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children

As a key member of the Programme Development and Quality Team, the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns supports the delivery of Save the Children’s 2030 ambition and strategy, working in close collaboration with the Director of Programme Development and Quality , Country Director and thematic leads. The role holder is responsible for creating an enabling internal environment for campaigning and advocacy by leveraging resources, building partnerships, and strengthening capacity and capability of Country Offices. He/she supports the development and delivery of strong country advocacy and campaign plans backed by media and communication strategies.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Advocacy and Campaigns

• Develop and nurture relations with key advocacy coordination groups across national and international organisations to ensure that Save the Children’s advocacy work in country is informed, timely and visible.
• Work closely with the regional office and SCI centre to ensure advocacy strategies and activities are guided by Save the Children global campaign strategy, Global Themes advocacy strategies, the advocacy steer of the Global Advocacy Group, and ESA Regional Office influencing priorities.
• Responsible for delivering the ‘be the voice’ components of the Country Strategic Plan, working closely with technical advisors and the Head of MEAL and Research to enable strategic milestones to be achieved through exploring avenues for advocacy and policy development.
• Position Save the Children as the leading organisation for advocacy on children’s issues in Kenya and Madagascar, with child rights at the core of the advocacy work.
• Oversee the implementation of SCI campaigns, working in close relations with programme implementation and technical leads. Devise appropriate campaign tactics to achieve results and regularly review and monitor the impact of these tactics.
• Technical lead on aspects of proposal development relating to advocacy and ensure that common approaches are implemented in order to achieve the country strategic plan and in line with SCI global campaigns and informed by field visits.
• Secure sufficient funding to maintain or expand the country office’s advocacy & campaign activities through stand-alone or integrated programming initiatives as per the country strategic plan needs.
• Lead on the development and delivery of emergency response advocacy and campaigns strategy with a focus on safe and appropriate child participation
• Pro-actively work with external facing SMT members to ensure unified and strategic external representation and advocacy for children in Kenya and Madagascar.

Monitoring, evaluation and learning 

• Establish monitoring and evaluation processes of advocacy work and ensure that advocacy implementation and impact are effectively monitored and evaluated (including through the use of the Advocacy Measurement Tool)
• Ensure Save the Children’s key performance indicators and standards are met.
• Report on an annual basis as part of the Country Annual report on key achievements of advocacy and campaigns and a bi-annual basis on the CSP
• Support evidence-based learning and ensure that lessons learned are collected, analysed and shared demonstrating effective advocacy and campaigns activity

Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development

• Lead the advocacy and campaigns by leading the strategic development and delivery process with the team and building a capacity plan to ensure the team are supported to meet the demands and requirements of the team
• Performance manage the CRG Specialist and Humanitarian Advocacy Coordinator  including day to day management, direction and communication and ensuring delivery against clear, measurable objectives, with regular feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations;
• Coach and mentor and build capacity of staff to achieve their objectives and ensure a succession plan is developed and delivered

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master Degree in policy, social studies or equivalent
• Minimum of 7 years' experience of working with INGOs in senior position in advocacy/policy roles
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in designing and implementing advocacy, campaigns and CRG initiatives/projects
• Experience in engaging the public in campaigns, including the ability to identify “campaign able” objectives within the policy goals, and to plan and evaluate campaign activities
• Experience of working with implementing partners in a consortium and of building coalitions to affect change in policy and issues
• Substantial experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of advocacy, campaigns strategies
• Demonstrable track record of leading change which has led to significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate influence and negotiate both internally and externally.
• Experience of building, leading and developing colleagues and staff with different backgrounds and expertise.
• Cultural sensitivity, with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching. 
• Experience of working within a complex and matrix organisation structure. Excellent training, facilitation, and team building skills. Innovative and creative approach to problem solving.
• A general appreciation of the issues concerning the INGO sector with an in-depth knowledge of advocacy issues in Kenya and Madagascar
• Demonstrated understanding of news media and experience of acting as a spokesperson.
• Familiarity with social media to achieve policy changes an advantage.
• Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, in the event of emergencies
• Commitment to Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Closing: 31st September 2022