Save the Children Senior Humanitarian Communications and Advocacy Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

Save the Children Senior Humanitarian Communications and Advocacy Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

Role Purpose:

The role holder will collaborate effectively with support and programme functions in ensuring that up-to-date information is communicated, shared and used at all segments of the humanitarian programming cycle in Ethiopia.

S/he is responsible for monitoring key trends and context analyses as well as transforming large sets of data and information into coherently summarized written pieces, dashboards, and other various forms of visualization that will feed into better informed response strategies and programming with key advocacy outcomes.

In addition, the role will lead on response-related special projects, which include media and donor visits, report publications, milestone celebrations, partner liaisons and representation, as needed.

Key Areas of Accountability:

Lead and Support the development of analysis for flagship reports and analytical tools and products, including the annual humanitarian plans and reports and regular crisis briefings.

Create and manage operational data management systems to facilitate the analysis, monitoring, data to inform our info-comms, advocacy, lobbying, promotion and fundraising efforts such as producing convincing communication materials, infographic presentations targeting various stakeholders in collaboration with digital communication lead

Produce regular and periodical external and internal updates, promotion, info-sharing and advocacy/lobbying, fundraising, as well as regular reporting products inclusive of infographics for Humanitarian Programming and Emergency Responses in Ethiopia.

Lead and promote transparent and timely reporting of humanitarian financing and gaps, and enable others to access and use existing data according to protocol.

Contribute data analysis to internal and external publications, on range of humanitarian, risk and vulnerability issues.

Collaborate with teams leading programming work (particularly pilot and humanitarian innovation programming) through generating evidence, conducting forecast and assessments, protocol and standards for validation and implementation of design, implementation and evaluation of the programs.

Conduct data and information analysis’ training sessions, both for internal colleagues and partners. Provide or contribute to ad-hoc bespoke consultancy analysis.

Participate and co-ordinate with external stakeholders (donors, UN, NGOs, academia, think tanks etc.) and inter-agency platforms in exchanging contextual information and conducting joint analysis.

Humanitarian Communications, Media, Fundraising & Advocacy activities’ support

Contribute to, support and collaborate with communications, advocacy and policy and fundraising colleagues to ensure core messaging is consistent with advocacy and policy strategies within a humanitarian programme or response and opportunities are explored to promote these strategies.

Support photography commissions to a high standard, to accompany compelling case studies in collaboration with the CO Media/Comms team. Ensure that multimedia commissions are fundraising-appropriate for key member markets, and speaks to Save the Children’s brand.

Support media activities and identify opportunities within our humanitarian programming/response activities or the external environment for promotional media activities.

Collaborate with advocacy colleagues to ensure core messaging is consistent with advocacy strategies within a humanitarian programme and response and opportunities are explored to promote these strategies.

Act as a focal point for the SCI Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group in support of the Humanitarian Director and/or the Response Team Leader, including working with the HAWG for drafting messages and gathering and sharing key information.

Humanitarian Trends & Situation analysis

Monitor contextual developments in the country and region (trend analysis, key actors, emerging and deteriorating humanitarian crises) to inform response priorities and approaches in accordance with Save the Children’s strategic goals, and produce regular and one-off reports.

Provide analysis and reports of context, situation, humanitarian needs, monitor and track emerging trends to inform response priorities in accordance with Global, Regional and CO humanitarian strategic goals and objectives.

Provide high quality analysis, information and knowledge management support to the CO Humanitarian Team and Response Team(s) during rapid onset and protracted crises.

Humanitarian & Response Programming Support

Support and contribute to information and communication flows

between emergency responses and humanitarian programming, and a variety of internal departments, teams, functions and external stakeholders (including situation reports, dashboards, and trackers).

Support and, when/where required, produce accurate, clear and consistent information and communication outputs relating to humanitarian/emergency situation and Save the Children’s emergency response and other humanitarian programming – including key messages, Q&A’s and factsheets.

Ensure that results from case study collection are fed back into Humanitarian/Response team & other key CO departments.

General

Deliver results in line with the terms of reference agreed in advance.

Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Help be responsible for the security of all staff. Ensure that the security, health and well-being of staff are ensured and staff management and other processes and policies and systems reflect SC 's principles of equity and fairness.

To perform such other responsibilities as agreed with line management.

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Degree required in a relevant subject; Masters or equivalent is desirable.

At least eight years’ post-qualification experience within, but not exhaustive to communications, media, advocacy, policy, information management, qualitative data analysis and report synthesis, humanitarian and development sectors in governmental or non-governmental institutions.

At least two years’ first-hand experience of working on humanitarian responses, either at the global, institutional, donor or recipient country level is highly desirable.

Essential knowledge/technical skills

Proven ability to develop rigorous, efficient and innovative data analysis methodologies and data management systems.

Experience in explaining complex data findings simply and accessibly to diverse audiences, including through intelligent use of graphics and visualisations.

First-rate written skills evidenced in published work, with the ability to present complex issues concisely and clearly to a wide audience.

Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of different audiences including donors, journalists and the ‘general public’.

Proven training skills, with ability to build data analysis capacity of technical specialists and policy generalists alike. Experience of delivering training, presentations and other capacity building activities to varied audiences, ideally within a country programme.

Experience of leading communication activities (including information management) in a challenging environment.

Familiarity with humanitarian issues, systems and actors, understanding of a range of crisis, risk and vulnerability indexes and indicators.

Experience of using the various international humanitarian financing data sources particularly OECD, UN OCHA FTS and World Bank, and/or experience of working with geo-coded data is highly desirable.

Excellent understanding of SC/SCA Member communication and information needs across fundraising, media and campaigning activities.

Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children.

Experience of working sensitively with vulnerable groups.

Expert knowledge of analytical methodologies, approaches and tools.

Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of additional local languages is a plus

Desirable

Solid knowledge of the Ethiopia’s humanitarian landscape and actors

Strong understanding of Ethiopia’s geopolitics, socio-economic issues and conflict dynamics

Experience of creating an advocacy, information and media products such as press releases

Experience of writing effective proposals in emergency responses

Solid command of Amharic language

How to Apply

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