Regional Advocacy Advisor

World Vision International

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 34,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Through our work, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Regional Advocacy Advisor, you will be responsible for providing technical support and guidance to Field Offices (FO) to implement advocacy and external engagement plans, according to the country context and is aligned to WV partnership strategy – Our Promise 2030 – policies, standards and priorities, to achieve the well-being of most vulnerable children in the South Asia and Pacific Region (SAPO). Assist in embedding advocacy with other lines of Ministry in alignment with partnership policies, strategies and standards to enhance field offices can achieve strategic objectives through advocacy and external engagement as defined in the Partnership Strategy- Our Promise 2030.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree qualifications and/or professional qualification in Social Science or relevant field.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian industry, Child Rights, Child Development.
• High level understanding of advocacy approaches and social accountability models.
• Understanding WV vision, mission, development and HEA standards.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving, collaborative, facilitation and time management skills.
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• High level of awareness of global and regional socio-economic, political and environmental issues.
• Cross cultural and facilitation skills.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office computer programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.