Policy & Advocacy Intern

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Policy & Advocacy Intern will support the Communications & Advocay team with ongoing tasks & activities. The position holder will provide support to the advocacy and communications team in Advocacy, Policy, and Content/Campaign development and coordination for the ongoing and upcoming projects.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

1. Support the Advocacy and Communications team to rollout operational work plan of project-based Advocacy & Campaigns deliverables, which includes a detailed timeline of activities.
2. Work jointly with Advocacy & Communications team to organize and implement Campaign and Advocacy initiatives, communications and events.
3. Support the team in ensuring that Save the Children information and visbility material is appropriately displayed at advocacy events.
4. Support Director Policy, Advocacy, Communications & Government Liaison in external correspondences and matters related to Government Liaison.
5. Plan & organise departmental meetings. Record and disseminate meeting minutes.
6. Conduct research work and prepare write-ups, briefs & reports, as & when needed.
7. Provide support to Advocacy & Communications team in the ongoing projects and activities, as & when needed.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Harnesses internal and external technical resources in ways that can benefit the country program

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.
• Actively seeks new ways to develop the application of technical and professional standards within out programs

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

• Area of interest in Public Policy, Communications, Journalism, Social Sciences or a relevant area of study.
• Enrolled in Undergraduate or Post Graduate programs, or has Undergraduate university degree in Public Policy, Communications, Journalism, Social Sciences or a related relevant field.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Essential: Exceptional oral and written communication skills, good computer skills (MS Office), fluency in English and Urdu, good organization and coordination skills.
• Desirable: Well informed about the communications & branding aspects and has previous experience working for a non-for-profit or government agency.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures

Child Safeguarding:

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

Safeguarding our Staff: We need to keep our staff safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of staff from Sexual Exploitation and abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.