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!

• Provide strategic leadership guidance in designing effective advocacy issues/topics for the ILaNs TP inn general and RtG project specifically within the framework of WV advocacy and communication policy, principles, and values;

• Provide overall technical support and coordination in the designing, preparation of FMNR scale up advocacy statements during the RTG project implementation period according to WVE policy

• Provide overall technical support and coordination in the designing ILaNS TP advocacy program

• enhance understanding regarding advocacy standards and accountability in FMNR scale up programming across the COE & national alliance, partners and WVE;

• Actively participate and take the lead/initiatives on the development of national FMNR scale up advocacy strategy

• Coordinate and lead the RTG project during DIP preparation, implementation, and M&E ensuring quality and standards through enhanced partnership with the RTG stakeholders

• In collaboration with the RTG project staffs ensure the project implementation is technically sound, environmentally friendly, socially and cultural acceptable

• Work closely with project managers, technical leads, and Communication and External relation team to increase RTG visibility within the partnership through different mediums, such as connection, regional newsletter

• Play a key role in the identification, capturing, distributing, sharing of best practices and success stories with in the ILaNS TP programs

• Create and manage standardized templates related to information gathering/synthesis, public communication and other purposes (e.g., narrative, graphic presentation, mapping, etc.)

• Produce summary for quick update on key RTG program activities for update in e-platforms that includes website and social media, etc.

• Work on editing and formatting of the different training and orientation materials prepared by the technical program before final printing and distribution

• Support project  staff in organizing and managing seminars, workshops, press conferences and support in producing summary report of the events

• In collaboration with MEAL coordinator, develop indicators and framework for measuring effectiveness and impact of advocacy messaging.

• Ensure that all advocacy messages, documents and strategies are evidence-based, drawn from field experience and assessments, of high quality and effective

• Suggest key advocacy opportunities and targets at national and regional levels and develop an advocacy engagement plan

• Provide trainings and capacity building for WVE RTG  teams on consistent messaging in line with communication and advocacy strategy and protocols

• Ensure effective partnership, networking and coordination/collaboration with government, NGOs, agencies and other international partners networks in the re-green the globe intervention

• Regularly participate in RTG stakeholder national and regional level  meeting or other platforms to ensure effective information sharing and raising advocacy issues within WVE

• Ensure documentation of generated evidences and lesson from RTG project intervention sites and other sources for advocacy, scalable approaches and best experiences;

• Strengthen and maintain linkages with key implementing and research partners within Ethiopia in Re-green the globe programming.

• In collaboration with RTG team, create a discussion forum between consortium partners, regional/zonal/district level government representatives on FMNR practices and policies;

•  Participate on online and face to face research forums and create networking to disseminate RTG FMNR  experiences;

• Activity participate on planning designing and implementation of need and gap assessments, surveys and operational research in relation to the RTG project;

• In collaboration with the RTG MEAL coordinator and other stakeholders/ partners, contribute on the writing of articles and or abstracts and or project concepts for advocacy and resource mobilization for RTG

• Work with RTG MEAL Coordinator in knowledge management, learnings and monitoring.

Job Requirements

Academic background and experience

• 7 & Above  years for university degree & Above 5 years for MA in communication, social sciences, information management or a similar field in INGOs/NGOs and National level project management and or Information and Knowledge management;

• Experiences in advocacy, communications, and dissemination in an international environment with good understanding of the current climate change related development and FMNR issues

• Proven experience crafting messages in various formats (articles, press releases, websites, photos, success stories, blog entries, tweets, etc.) targeting a variety of audiences

How to Apply

Register using the following LINK