Advocacy and Campaigns Manager

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Advocacy and Campaigns Manager at the Country Office.

Role Purpose:

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.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

To be successful for this role you will bring/have the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in law, public affairs, political science, or any related field.

• At least 6 years’ experience in advocacy, lobbying, media, event management, marketing, public affairs, or any related field.

• 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.

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The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at https://uganda.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Application closes on 21stOctober 2022 at midnight Uganda time.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents

OUR DIVERSITY BELIEF

Save the Children International is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want our people to be truly representative of all sections of society. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, disabilities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve our beneficiaries better. We are guided by our values in everything we do, and recognise that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfil our responsibility to make a difference for children around the world.