Advocacy and Communications Expert
Advocacy and Communications Expert Job in Nepal
Vacancy for Advocacy and Communications Expert @ CWISH
- Employer : CWISH
- Job Location : Kathmandu
- Employment Type : Full Time
- Salary : NPR 24 to 26 lakhs per annum pro rata (all inclusive)
- Job Level : Senior Level
- No. of Vacancy : (1)
- Apply Before : Jul-01-2020
- How to Apply for this job?
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 brief approach paper of no more than two pages highlighting on the current situation of worst forms of child labour in Nepal with a specific focus on children in the Adult Entertainment Sector
The application deadline for this position is 18:00 hrs, 1st July 2020
Please click the link below to see or download the details of Advocacy and Communications Expert position:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrqvevJoH-_7rSw6TWy4RuJUBJFrhfxg/view?usp=sharing
Interview and Presentations:
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the further selection process including written examination, presentation and interview.
CWISH reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case; all applications will be treated with the highest confidentiality.
Job Description - Advocacy and Communications Expert
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
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
- Apply Before : Jul-01-2020
- How to Apply for this job?
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 brief approach paper of no more than two pages highlighting on the current situation of worst forms of child labour in Nepal with a specific focus on children in the Adult Entertainment Sector
The application deadline for this position is 18:00 hrs, 1st July 2020
Please click the link below to see or download the details of Advocacy and Communications Expert position:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrqvevJoH-_7rSw6TWy4RuJUBJFrhfxg/view?usp=sharing
Interview and Presentations:
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the further selection process including written examination, presentation and interview.
CWISH reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case; all applications will be treated with the highest confidentiality.
Job Specification - Advocacy and Communications Expert
- Education : Masters
- Experience : 5 years
- Professional Skill : Master’s degree in human rights law, Training in rights-based advocacy
- 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:
- 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
- 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-01-2020
- How to Apply for this job?
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 brief approach paper of no more than two pages highlighting on the current situation of worst forms of child labour in Nepal with a specific focus on children in the Adult Entertainment Sector
The application deadline for this position is 18:00 hrs, 1st July 2020
Please click the link below to see or download the details of Advocacy and Communications Expert position:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrqvevJoH-_7rSw6TWy4RuJUBJFrhfxg/view?usp=sharing
Interview and Presentations:
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the further selection process including written examination, presentation and interview.
CWISH reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case; all applications will be treated with the highest confidentiality.
