Position: Advocacy and Communications Expert

Position: Advocacy and Communications Expert

Organization: Children-Women in Social Service and Human Rights (CWISH)

Deadline: 18:00 hrs, 1st July 2020

Competencies required:

Education and training

Master’s degree in law, human rights, social studies, child rights/protection or similar qualification

 Experience and skills

§  Experience of advocacy/policy advocacy to multiple stakeholders at local and national level

§  Experience of working directly with highly vulnerable and marginalised children, adults and communities in particular child labourers

§  Demonstrated experience working with vulnerable children or other marginalised groups to bring out their voices to decision- and policy-makers

§  Experience of overseeing and implementing child-led / participatory processes

§  Experience and knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessment with vulnerable and marginal groups

§  Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

§  Ability to network effectively with key local, national and international stakeholder

§  Demonstrated understanding of using Twitter and Facebook to communicate

§  Ability to identify and write blogs and articles in an accessible and engaging way for different audiences

Knowledge

§  Fluency in spoken and written Nepali and English

§  Knowledge of children’s rights and the relevant national legal/policy framework

§  A good understanding of the local context and opportunities and barriers to creating change

§  Knowledge of child safeguarding

§  A good understanding of the realities faced by children in the worst forms of child labour and those who are vulnerable to being drawn into it.

§  Competence in using MS office

§  Knowledge of media landscape

§  A good understanding of communications tools and approaches

 

Personal attributes

§  Passion for the programme contents, issues and approach e.g. child labour, participatory approach, child-centredness

§  Commitment to the principles of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices

§  Willingness to travel to and work with communities living in poverty in remote areas

§  Self-motivated, goal-oriented, pro-active, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial attitude

§  Commitment to team and collaborative working

§  Comfortable facilitating emergent processes, allowing outcomes to emerge through dialogue and action over time

Major Responsibilities:

Work in close collaboration with the country team and CSC HQ staff to ensure that children involved in the action research are empowered to speak out about their lived realities.

Explore possibilities of engaging with and strengthening existing platforms for child-led advocacy.

Together with the country team and CSC HQ staff, be responsible to develop context appropriate and child-friendly advocacy training materials and packages.

Coordinate the development of an advocacy plan with the country team, and support from CSC HQ staff where necessary.

Support the country team and CSC HQ staff in engaging with regional and international UN institutions and mechanisms for advocacy purposes.

Participate in shared learning activities, such as webinars, input into e-learning materials, sharing case studies of successes, challenge and good practices, that will be shared with the project partners, as well as the global CSC Network.

Support CLARISSA’s communication activities on a country and global level via social media; blog commissioning and writing; identifying key moments to communicate and share messages; even promotion; and media engagement.

 

Applications and Deadlines:

§  Qualified candidates are requested to email the following documents to CWISH at vacancy@cwish.org.np

·         A cover letter

·         An updated CV with recent passport size photo

·         A brief approach paper of no more than two pages highlighting on the current situation of worst forms of child labour in Nepal with a specific focus on children in the Adult Entertainment Sector

§  The application deadline for this position is 18:00 hrs, 1st July 2020

§  Please click the link below to see or download the details of Advocacy and Communications Expert position: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrqvevJoH-_7rSw6TWy4RuJUBJFrhfxg/view?usp=sharing

 

Interview and Presentations:

§  Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the further selection process including written examination, presentation and interview.

 

CWISH reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case; all applications will be treated with the highest confidentiality.

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