Advocacy Expert

Vacancy for Advocacy Expert @ CWISH

• Employer : CWISH
• Job Location : Kathmandu, Nepal
• Employment Type : Full Time
• Salary : Negotiable
• Job Level : Senior Level
• No. of Vacancy : (1)
• Apply Before : Jul-22-2020
• How to Apply for this job?

• Applications and Deadlines:

  Applicants who had applied for previous vacancy announcement need not apply again.

  Qualified candidates are requested to email the following documents to CWISH at vacancy@cwish.org.np

  • A cover letter 
  • An updated CV with recent passport size photo
  • A motivation letter mentioning why you think yourself as a potential candidate for the Advocacy Expert position.

  The application deadline for this position is 18:00 hrs, Tuesday, 21st July 2020

  Please follow the link below to see or download the details for the Job Descriptions and Job Profile for the Advocacy Expert position: 

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pgs010YPsxLZxfBtk-yiccc9JASv57I_/view?usp=sharing

  
  

  Interview and Presentations:

  • Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the further selection process including written examination, presentation and interview. 

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  CWISH reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case; all applications will be treated with the highest confidentiality.

Job Specification - Advocacy Expert

• Education : Masters
• Experience : 5 years
• Professional Skill : MS office, Media landscape
• Specification Detail

• 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:

  • At least five years of dedicated work experience in the field of evidence-based advocacy and multi-stakeholder communication
  • Experience of advocacy/policy advocacy to multiple stakeholders at local and national level
  • Experience of working directly with highly vulnerable and marginalized children, adults and communities in particular child laborers
  • Demonstrated experience working with vulnerable children or other marginalized 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 marginalized 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

  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
• Apply Before : Jul-22-2020
• How to Apply for this job?

• Applications and Deadlines:

  Applicants who had applied for previous vacancy announcement need not apply again.

  Qualified candidates are requested to email the following documents to CWISH at vacancy@cwish.org.np

  • A cover letter 
  • An updated CV with recent passport size photo
  • A motivation letter mentioning why you think yourself as a potential candidate for the Advocacy Expert position.

  The application deadline for this position is 18:00 hrs, Tuesday, 21st July 2020

  Please follow the link below to see or download the details for the Job Descriptions and Job Profile for the Advocacy Expert position: 

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pgs010YPsxLZxfBtk-yiccc9JASv57I_/view?usp=sharing

  
  

  Interview and Presentations:

  • Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the further selection process including written examination, presentation and interview. 

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  CWISH reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case; all applications will be treated with the highest confidentiality.