Advocacy Specialist | ReliefWeb

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.

Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant position and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for the operations.

Advocacy Specialist – (1) position) – Kampala

Job Purpose:

The Advocacy Specialist shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office program and leads our policy and political influencing in a country. The role provides overallsenior leadership, management and strategic direction to the advocacy work in country x. He/she is responsible for the development and implementation of advocacy strategies that will influence government and other institutional policies and practice to achieve positive and lasting changes to fulfil children’s rights.

Academic back ground and Experience;

• A degree in Development Studies, Social Science, Law, Public Policy or equivalent.


• A minimum of 7 years advocacy experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, with experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of advocacy strategies


• Experience of a range of campaigning and advocacy techniques and approaches.


• Experience in influencing government, donors, and other organisations through representation and/or advocacy.


• Demonstrable track record of leading change which has led to significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders

General specifications applicable to all positions;

• Experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.


• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.


• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.


• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.


• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.


• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.


• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.


• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.


• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.


• Excellent time management and planning capacity.


• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.