With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on 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.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) 

Job Description:

Strategy development and implementation of humanitarian and policy advocacy

• Co-lead the development and implementation of WV South Sudan’s national advocacy strategy and plans
• Coordinate and collaborate with different functional, technical, and zonal teams in ensuring WV South Sudan’s advocacy strategic priorities are integrated and reflected in all existing programmes and those that are in the pipeline
• Develop policy positions in support of ending child hunger and malnutrition, and violence against children, specific to South Sudan, and to contribute to broader WVI campaign and global humanitarian efforts
• Provide leadership to research, advocacy, and policy briefs

Campaigns, national and global moments: Social mobilisation, staff engagement, and documentation 

• Lead the coordination and integration of the campaign agenda, particularly the ENOUGH Campaign and ending violence against children, across WV South Sudan’s technical programmes and operational areas
• Coordinate, advise, and guide project teams in different zonal offices on campaign activities at national and local levels
• Closely monitor and track the progress of the campaign outputs, outcomes, and impact at the national and local level
• Document the campaigns and global moment participation key milestones and lessons learned

Technical support for development and learning, contributing to resource mobilisation, increased advocacy, and campaign-related programmes

• Participate in resource mobilisation through proposal writing to ensure integration of campaign and policy change agenda in different funding opportunities
• Support the development of fundable concept notes and design of new projects with a focus on ENOUGH campaign and other campaigns and advocacy initiatives
• Support the development of sectoral/programmatic capacity statements
• Work with programmes to increase awareness and understanding of issues of poverty and injustice, and advocate publicly on agreed issues to build World Vision’s credible voice among the public and decision-makers
• Map out successful project designs with campaign and policy advocacy initiatives and keep track of their implementation
• Lead the development of advocacy and campaign training packages and information, education, and communication (IEC) materials
• Support sector-related research, case studies, and learnings, ensuring alignment with World Vision’s positions, and advocacy and campaign agenda

Partnership building, networking, and collaborations contributing to enhanced child well-being, child voice, and child participation

• Advocate and influence partnerships and/or coalitions towards the adoption and /or support for the campaign and policy change agenda at national and local level
• Coordinate implementation of partnership and/or coalition activities relating to the advocacy and campaign-agenda at the national level
• Support functionality of established child participation structures including the children’s parliament/council
• Coordinate activities involving the participation of children in the different advocacy engagements at national level
• Initiate and maintain data base of child advocates that can support advocacy engagements at the different levels including international fora

Qualifications:

University degree in development discipline. A postgraduate training in a related discipline (international relations, humanitarian protection, human rights, social work) will be an added advantage.

At least 3 years of proven experience in coordinating campaigns and/or advocacy related interventions at local and national levels.

Experience in partnership-building and influencing of different stakeholders, and coordination with peer agencies preferred

Experience in building networks and coalitions, preferred.

Humanitarian policy and advocacy expertise, with ability to represent INGO across national and international spaces

Project planning and proposal writing certification, or comparable professional experience with proven results

Team management, capacity building, and mentorship

Good understanding of World Vision, its programs, and policies

Excellent writing and documentation skills

Strong interpersonal, collaboration, networking, and communications skills

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only