Advocacy Advisor Vacancy-Job Ref: GJKHSTC/2006/2025811

Advocacy Advisor Vacancy-Job Ref: GJKHSTC/2006/2025811

Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Job Description

Save the Children is committed to achieving breakthroughs for the most deprived and marginalized children. The Advocacy Advisor will lead strategic technical support for Save the Children Cambodia’s advocacy, partnership, and Civil Society Organization (CSO) strengthening work with national and sub-national civil society. This unique position combines responsibilities as a technical expert (TE) in advocacy and civic engagement, advisor for strengthening CSO partnerships and local leadership, and facilitator of high-quality, rights-based programme delivery in both humanitarian and development contexts.

The post-holder will provide high-level technical leadership to integrate evidence-based advocacy across programmes, build national staff and partner capacity in policy influence, campaign planning, governance accountability and civil society strengthening. They will also support direct project delivery in line with the localisation agenda, and represent SCI in strategic networks, coalitions, and government engagements.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Qualifications and experience

Master’s degree in Political Science, Economic Development, International Relations, Development, Human Rights or related field
Essential:

At least 7 years of relevant experience in advocacy, governance, civil society strengthening or campaigns
Experience working with or within civil society organisations in Southeast Asia, preferably Cambodia

Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/national/subnational level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights

Proven ability to develop and deliver advocacy strategies, policy-influencing plans and public campaigns
Demonstrated experience in engaging with government, donors, media and coalitions at national and/or regional level
Strong skills in capacity strengthening, partnership brokering, and participatory facilitation
Knowledge of children’s rights key international agreements and conventions
Knowledge of public finance for children, budget monitoring, and fiscal transparency tools is a strong advantage
Fluency in English and strong writing, communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable:

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

Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
Strong research and policy development skills
Experience of partnerships including building networks, resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organisation
Track record of engaging civil society networks, NGOs and government agencies in Cambodia
Familiar with partnership principles, participatory approaches, organizational capacity development methodologies and the localization agenda.
Contract length: Fixed Duration Contract (FDC).

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

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