CO Advocacy and Policy Manager (Maternity cover)

**\*\*\*Due to the urgency to fill this role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Kindly note that the position might be filled before the vacancy announcement is closed; therefore, early applications are encouraged.\*\*\***

**The Opportunity –** CO Advocacy and Policy Manager (Maternity Cover)

**Post location:** oPt Country Office based in Ramallah

**Contract Duration and Level of Effort:** 6 months

**ROLE PURPOSE:**

The purpose of the role is to support policy analysis and advocacy strategy development for the CO, support priority programmatic areas such as education, child protection, accountability, and humanitarian access issues. The Advocacy Manager will support advocacy and campaigns work with and for children, work in close collaboration with programme colleagues, and support Save the Children’s external engagement. The role will support development of policy analysis and strategic planning and work closely with advocates across the Save the Children movement. The post-holder will be key in ensuring child participatory advocacy and campaigning activities across strategic priorities, ensuring current and consistent messaging, and identifying and building relationships with key stakeholders including strategic local partners.

S/he will have strong strategic thinking, risk management, policy analysis, diplomacy, and negotiation skills and experience, with demonstrable ability to work effectively autonomously and as part of a team.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

**SCOPE OF ROLE:**

**Reports to:** Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications and Media Director

**Staff reporting to this post:** None.

**Budget Responsibilities:** None.

**KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:**

**Advocacy Strategy Development and Implementation**

- In collaboration with ACCM Director and team and others at CO and RO, support development and implementation of the country office’s advocacy strategy, ensuring coordination and engagement across all departments to deliver on strategic objectives.
- Support regular revision, strengthening, and implementation of the Country Office’s advocacy strategy that identifies key changes for influencing policy and practice change, on the basis of Save the Children’s experience, that would promote and protect the rights of children in the oPt, with support from the ACCM Director and Global Teams, and in line with the CO Country Strategic Plan.
- Based on Save the Children programme priorities and identified priority issues for children, develop key advocacy messages and identify targets from lessons learned, assessments, research, and evidence through project implementation.
- Develop and implement advocacy objectives and initiatives, both short and long term, encompassing a wide range of issues and audiences with support from the ACCM Director and Global Teams.
- In collaboration and support from relevant CO functions, support the plan for national-level advocacy and influencing, involving partners, technical experts, and national actors where appropriate.
- Maintain a strategic overview of issues affecting children’s rights in oPt, monitoring trends in the external environment and inputting and/or leading as required to organisational strategy and planning processes, in coordination with other team members.
- Work proactively with Save the Children oPt’s partners on joint advocacy, media, and communications objectives and support partners to identify and address capacity strengthening opportunities, both for partners and wider civil society in oPt.
- Define key advocacy opportunities and targets at national and regional levels, if relevant, and if needed mobilize international advocacy support for these working closely and supporting the ACCM Director.
- Support a strong power analysis of the relevant actors and where opportunities for influence and leverage lie to inform the national and international advocacy strategy.
- Ensure coordination and engagement across all departments to deliver on the strategic objectives. Including:
- Support the ACCM Director to provide regular updates to relevant teams on campaign and advocacy progress
- Support to the CO identifying issues affecting children’s rights in oPt through new research and information sharing with peer organisations
- Work with ACCM team and programme teams on the development of advocacy briefs (public and private), impact studies, and reports to ensure visibility and strategic external communications
- Train national partners on advocacy and support them in development of their advocacy strategies
- Support programme teams with advocacy training, and feedback on advocacy products/deliverables

**Producing Advocacy Products**

- Collaborate and support the CO team to draft and otherwise support the production of advocacy products as outlined in the advocacy strategy for use a