Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Wed, 8 Mar 2017
Job type: Permanent
Location:
United Kingdom
Salary: £34,000 per annum, Permanent Contract based in London
We are looking for an ambitious and professional individual to join us as Conflict and Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser and help implement advocacy strategies for crisis situations around the world and on thematic policy priorities.
Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Policy, Advocacy, and Campaigns department is where we drive political agendas at national and global levels. We’ve integrated lobbying, policy, research and campaigning into one agile, powerful engine for change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
As Conflict and Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser you will develop and communicate policy positions, strategies, tactics and products in order to influence policy and practice affecting children in crises. You will represent Save the Children effectively to external contacts, including partners and advocacy targets and forge collaborative relationships with external partners and other contacts. In addition you will:
- Support and improve the organisations thinking on humanitarian and conflict issues, staying abreast of developments and analysing their implications for advocacy
- Work closely and effectively with colleagues to ensure all work is aligned internally and globally, makes creative and ambitious use of all resources and is responsive to opportunities and new developments
- Support the wider work of the Conflict and Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Team and raise the profile of what we do.
To be successful you will possess significant knowledge of foreign policy and conflict issues, especially in relation to humanitarian action. Flexible and ambitious, you will have a strong team ethic, a personable approach and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a complex organisation. In addition you will have:
- A proven ability to achieve change through advocacy, with a strong track record of changing policy
- Excellent verbal communication skills, appropriate for high-level external representation with the ability to influence others
- The ability and willingness to learn more, develop skills and fill gaps in knowledge whilst supporting others in doing the same
- Strong strategic-thinking and analytical skills and the ability to quickly absorb, make sense of and communicate new information and ideas
- Willingness to travel at short notice, including to high-risk and uncomfortable locations.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
To apply please visit our website.
Closing date: 8th March 2017
Conflict and Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser
Job posted by: Save the Children UK - Thu, 23 Feb 2017Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Wed, 8 Mar 2017
Job type: Permanent
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £34,000 per annum, Permanent Contract based in London
We are looking for an ambitious and professional individual to join us as Conflict and Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser and help implement advocacy strategies for crisis situations around the world and on thematic policy priorities.
Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Policy, Advocacy, and Campaigns department is where we drive political agendas at national and global levels. We’ve integrated lobbying, policy, research and campaigning into one agile, powerful engine for change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
As Conflict and Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser you will develop and communicate policy positions, strategies, tactics and products in order to influence policy and practice affecting children in crises. You will represent Save the Children effectively to external contacts, including partners and advocacy targets and forge collaborative relationships with external partners and other contacts. In addition you will:
To be successful you will possess significant knowledge of foreign policy and conflict issues, especially in relation to humanitarian action. Flexible and ambitious, you will have a strong team ethic, a personable approach and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a complex organisation. In addition you will have:
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
To apply please visit our website.
Closing date: 8th March 2017