Enough Campaign Specialist

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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 33,000+ 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:

Planning and Execution

  • Lead in planning and execution of ENOUGH campaign in Ethiopia by working closely with Advocacy and External Engagement Associate Director, Communications Team, and East Africa Regional Office and building partnership with concerned government offices and non-governmental organizations

  • Work closely with all technical teams across sectors at the NO level to align the ENOUGH campaign themes with all Technical Program (TPs) and sectors;

  • Work closely with special attention to ILaNS, Health, and HEA Technical teams in terms of joint planning, monitoring, reporting, exchanging up to date information, creating/joining networks and collaborations and well position WVE as a thought-leader in the area
  • Engage and work with Vision Fund Micro Finance and other private sector institutions to strengthen partnership towards addressing child hunger and malnutrition

  • Work closely with monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability (MEAL) team and to establish clear and standard monitoring, learning and evaluation systems for ENOUGH;

  • Conduct capacity assessments, training, technical capacity building plan and monitoring for AP staff and partners together with Technical Program Managers, Hub Leads and Area Program Managers to ensure staff are equipped with ENOUGH campaign requirements;

  • Promote Child Safe Organizational practices and contribute to the enhancement of technical models and resource/tools for ENOUGH campaign implementation;

  • Work with Resource Development team to acquire funding support for ENOUGH;
  • Work with media outlets to promote ENOUGH;
  • Work and collaborate with regional and international NGOs and other entities with a view of creating partnerships towards ending child hunger and malnutrition;
  • Work closely with the government of Ethiopia relevant ministries and functions including Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Seqota Declaration, Nutrition Coordination Office, and others;
  • Ensure ENOUGH is mainstreamed with all technical programs and projects;
  • Prepare and submit periodic and non-periodic reports, monitor campaign progress, and work with consultants during evaluations and analysis works;
  • Lead in mobilizing faith and community leaders, child clubs, child parliament, local NGOs, government affiliated associations and other partners for the purpose of addressing child hunger and malnutrition;

Networking, coordination and collaboration

  • Provide basic and progress update for periodic internal coordination meetings with WVE’s SLT, Hub Leads, and AP Managers to review the progress of ENOUGH,

  • Represent WVE in external consultative meetings and forums with government stakeholders, CSOs, NGOs and community leaders in subjects related to ENOUGH,

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

  • Master’s degree in Public Health, Nutrition, law, social work, psychology, sociology or related fields with minimum of five years’ experience or Bachelor degree in the similar fields with at least ten years’ experience;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as policy advocacy experience; Knowledge and proven experience in addressing child hunger and malnutrition issues in Ethiopia;
  • Experience in campaign design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and report writing, and proposal writing Experience in the area of food and nutrition working with government and partners Experience in campaign and policy advocacy in the area of food and nutrition Experience in policy analysis Competent in written and verbal English communication; Strong computer literacy (including MS Word, Excel, PPT, internet and Email usage)
  • Experience in handling campaign related dynamics /challenges, changes, demands/, and decision is highly appreciated.

World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.

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Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

Added 3 months ago - Updated 3 months ago - Source: wvi.org