Senior Regional Humanitarian Advocacy Advisor at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

The regional humanitarian advocacy advisor provides overall advocacy support to Country offices running humanitarian response in the East and Southern Africa region.  He/she in liaison with the Regional Advocacy Director and Regional Emergencies Director will also be required to effectively provide strategic direction to Save the Children’s humanitarian advocacy work in the region.  The role will be responsible for guiding development and implementation of humanitarian advocacy strategies that will influence government authorities, key donors, Save the Children members and other key stakeholders of the humanitarian response to achieve positive and lasting changes to fulfil children’s rights both in the immediate relief phase of the response as well as in the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction phases. The role will interact with the Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) and represent Save the Children externally in country and internationally.  The function will be a focal person for advocacy enquiries in the Country Office / Response Team and from Save the Children International and individual Save the Children members. The function will involve national, regional and international advocacy leadership on the immediate crisis and response, and related longer-term issues. This function will be part of the Response Team in order to ensure that key advocacy messages and strategies are informed by the response and shaped in close consultation with the Response Team Leader. The Humanitarian Advocacy Advisor will seek clarification on any politically-sensitive matters which may impact upon the response operations and seek appropriate sign off (e.g. Country Director level) on any messaging or products

Contract Duration: 6 Months with possibility of extension

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 7years’ advocacy experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, with experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of advocacy strategies and preferably with humanitarian advocacy experience
• Good knowledge of the international humanitarian structures and systems
• Experience in leading the creation and implementation of a strategy, demonstrating the ability to identify the necessary steps towards an ambitious goal
• Experience of a range of campaigning and advocacy techniques and approaches
• Experience in influencing government, donors, and other organisations through representation and/or advocacy
• Demonstrable creative ability in accessing new opportunities, expertise and ideas
• Demonstrable track record of leading change which has led to significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing and negotiation
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
• Strong research and policy development skills, good capacity to develop policy briefs and papers
• Experience of building networks, resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organisation
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Knowledge of children’s rights key international agreements and conventions

• Commitment to Save the Children values
• Excellence in written and spoken English.