CWISH

NGO / INGO / Development Projects

Advocacy and Communications Expert

Views: 3236|Published on: Jun 19, 2020

NGO / INGO / Social work

Senior Level

Contract

Vacancy: 1

Kathmandu|

Experience: Not Required|

NRs. 2,400,000 - 2,600,000 Yearly

Position: Advocacy and Communications Expert for Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) Programme

Post Type: Full time (40 hours per week)

Work Station: Kathmandu

Salary: NRs 24 to 26 lakhs per annum pro rata (all inclusive)

Contract Type: Two and a half years with 3 months probationary period

Competencies required:

Education and training

Essential requirements for the post holder:

Master’s degree in law, human rights, social studies, child rights/protection or similar qualification

Desirable:

Master’s degree in human rights law
Training in rights-based advocacy

Experience and skills

Essential requirements for the post holder:

Experience of advocacy/policy advocacy to multiple stakeholders at local and national level
Experience of working directly with highly vulnerable and marginalised children, adults and communities in particular child laborers
Demonstrated experience working with vulnerable children or other marginalised groups to bring out their voices to decision- and policy-makers
Experience of overseeing and implementing child-led / participatory processes
Experience and knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessment with vulnerable and marginal groups
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
Ability to network effectively with key local, national and international stakeholder
Demonstrated understanding of using Twitter and Facebook to communicate
Ability to identify and write blogs and articles in an accessible and engaging way for different audiences

Desirable:

Existing relationships with relevant government and other relevant stakeholders
Experience facilitating advocacy trainings, workshops or dialogues with vulnerable and marginalised children
Experience in engaging with regional and international human rights mechanisms
Understanding of complexity based approaches to change’ (or willingness to learn)
Experience with existing platforms for children to voice their views, such as child clubs
Experience of creating multimedia products-i.e. short films and interviews

Knowledge

Essential requirements for the post holder:

Fluency in spoken and written Nepali and English
Knowledge of children’s rights and the relevant national legal/policy framework
A good understanding of the local context and opportunities and barriers to creating change
Knowledge of child safeguarding
A good understanding of the realities faced by children in the worst forms of child labour and those who are vulnerable to being drawn into it
Competence in using MS office
Knowledge of media landscape
A good understanding of communications tools and approaches

Desirable:

Knowledge of the local contexts such as socio-cultural norms in which the child labour work will take place

Personal attributes

Essential requirements for the post holder:

Passion for the programme contents, issues and approach e.g. child labour, participatory approach, child-centredness
Commitment to the principles of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices
Willingness to travel to and work with communities living in poverty in remote areas
Self-motivated, goal-oriented, pro-active, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial attitude
Commitment to team and collaborative working
Comfortable facilitating emergent processes, allowing outcomes to emerge through dialogue and action over time

Desirable:

High level of social intelligence

Major Responsibilities:

Work in close collaboration with the country team and CSC HQ staff to ensure that children involved in the action research are empowered to speak out about their lived realities
Explore possibilities of engaging with and strengthening existing platforms for child-led advocacy
Together with the country team and CSC HQ staff, be responsible to develop context-appropriate and child-friendly advocacy training materials and packages
Coordinate the development of an advocacy plan with the country team, and support from CSC HQ staff where necessary
Support the country team and CSC HQ staff in engaging with regional and international UN institutions and mechanisms for advocacy purposes
Participate in shared learning activities, such as webinars, input into e-learning materials, sharing case studies of successes, challenge, and good practices, that will be shared with the project partners, as well as the global CSC Network
Support CLARISSA’s communication activities on a country and global level via social media; blog commissioning and writing; identifying key moments to communicate and share messages; even promotion; and media engagement

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About the organization

CWISH

NGO / INGO / Development Projects

Shram Marg, Buddhanagar, Kathmandu

Children-Women in Social Service and Human Rights (CWISH), a non-profit civil society organization established in 1993 with an aim to ensure social justice, protection and promotion of human rights especially the rights of children and youths, invites applications for different posts: Project Coordinator, Youth Advocacy Coordinator and District Youth Mobilization Officers from interested and eligible candidates (Nepali citizens only) who are reliable, accountable, and have ability to deliver results with highest level of integrity.

The vacancy is called for Nepal based positions for a south Asian regional (Nepal, India, Pakistan) project, “From LOCAL to GLOBAL: strengthening, networking and capacity building of youth-led activities for the right to a clean and healthy environment” funded by Terre Des hommes (TDH Germany) and Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Germany.

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