LOCATION: Addis Ababa
GRADE: Executive A
CONTRACT LENGTH: 2 years, renewable
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently
ROLE PURPOSE:
The purpose of the role is to lead and manage the external and internal Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications and Media work for the Ethiopia country office including the policy, advocacy, campaign strategy development and implementation as a prioritized Category 1 response, supporting the priority programmatic areas, such as Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Food Security, Education in Emergencies and humanitarian space/operational/ civic space issues. The role will support the Senior Management Team in risk mapping, mitigation and management on issues identified as most relevant for the CO and develop policy analysis and strategic planning in response to those issues.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Country Director with matrix management from the Regional Director, Advocacy, Campaigns, Communication and Media.
Role Dimensions: Ethiopia country office is a high complexity country, multi-member interest, with an annual budget of around $80m - 90m , and approximately 1500 staff and numerous partners, volunteers.
ACCM is an integrated and critical part of our work in Ethiopia, with the need to ensure humanitarian access, increased international visibility and donor interest in the crises, protection of children and public engagement. Ethiopia occupies a strategic role in the Horn of Africa with critical linkages to Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti. At the same time, Ethiopia does host the African Union, the UN Economic Commision for Africa and other strategic partners so this this role would have some responsibility for regional and continental engagements with linkages to the global.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Advocacy and Campaign manager, Senior Media & Comms Manager, Humanitarian Communications and Advocacy manager, Info Comms Coordinator, Event and ACCM admin coordinator. The ACCM team by 2023 will be composed of 9 staff. ( TBC)
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
As a member of the Senior Management Team, contribute to:
Advocacy Strategy Development and Implementation
Situation and advocacy analysis
Strategic Policy, Advocacy and Campaign products
External Engagement and Influencing
Coordination & Representation
Campaigns Planning and Delivery
Integrated Policy Programming Support
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
Desirable
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
KEY COMPETENCIES
Generic Competencies
· Child Rights: Promotes an enabling environment for participation, and accountability to children
· Be the Innovator: Promotes innovation to find new and better approaches to driving progress for children
Deliver Results at Scale: Promotes a clear focus on impact in a project and programme design, management, and oversight
Generic Competencies
Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers,
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SC Health and Safety policies and procedures.
We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be in Addis Ababa This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.