Thursday, August 7, 2014

Campaigns and Advocacy Director (based in Jakarta)

Save the Children invites applications for the following position:


Campaigns and Advocacy Director (based in Jakarta)

About us
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's rights; we fight for their rights; we help them to fulfill their potential.
In Indonesia, we deliver health, nutrition, education and protection programmes across several provinces and we advocate for better policies and practices to fulfill children's rights. We also respond to humanitarian crises to save the lives of children affected by disasters.  Our reach, our income, our influence in Indonesia have gone up. It's an exciting time to be part of Save the Children in Indonesia.


About the role
The Campaign and Advocacy Director provides overall leadership, management and strategic direction to the campaigns, advocacy and communication work of Save the Children in Indonesia. He/she is responsible for the development and implementation of campaign and advocacy strategies that will influence government, other institutional policies and practice and the public to achieve positive and lasting changes to fulfill children's rights.
The Campaigns and Advocacy Director will ensure that Save the Children develops and implement vibrant public campaigns and engage with various audiences to raise children's issues profile.

S/he will build awareness, stimulate inclusion of advocacy components in existing and proposed Save the Children projects and programmes and ensure strong and effective synergies between programme and advocacy to maximise Save the Children's impact. S/he will provide training and support to Save the Children staff and partner organisations engaged in advocacy

The Campaigns and Advocacy Director will work closely with the Senior Manager Fundraising and Marketing to ensure strong synergies between campaign strategies and the fundraising strategies and ensure that Save the Children projects a coherent and engaging public facing image


About you
You will have strong track record in successfully leading the development and implementation of campaigns and advocacy strategies. You will bring to the role good programme management skills, with the ability to plan work, meet deadlines and drive delivery across a large organisation.
You will be expected to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills including influencing and negotiation, strong research and policy development skills and experience of building networks. Experience in analysing policy contexts, developing influence maps around a particular policy issue and in strategic analysis will be required. You will have excellent written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia.


Interested candidates meeting the above requirements should apply through
Application deadline: 24 August 2014
Only short listed candidates will be invited for interview
'Save the Children promotes diversity in its workforce'

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