JOB ANNOUNCEMENT : Global Advocacy Manager -  PLAN International Cameroon - NGO, Flexible

Global Advocacy Manager
Date: 13 Aug 2024

Location: Globally, Flexible

Company: Plan International

The Organisation

 

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

 

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

 

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

 

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

 

 

The Opportunity

 

As the Global Advocacy Manager you will support the Director of Policy, Advocacy, Campaigns & Engagement (PACE) in the Strategy & Engagement Department of Global Hub to manage the implementation of the newly refreshed Global Advocacy Strategy 2022-27, known as the GLAS. The refreshed GLAS was launched in September 2022 to align with Plan International’s new Global Strategy All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change and informs the organisation’s advocacy work over the next five years (2022-2027). It provides a shared strategic framework that connects advocacy efforts across Plan International offices and supports choices and priority-setting at each level of the organisation. It puts girls’ and young women’s agency, leadership and organisation at the heart of our advocacy and reflects significant contextual shifts (COVID-19 pandemic, escalating humanitarian and climate crises) and our commitment to principles of human rights, social justice, anti-racism, decolonization, localisation, inclusion and intersectionality.  

 

In this role you will support the implementation of the GLAS across the Plan International Federation, facilitating effective linkages across thematic agendas and offices, and will support, coordinate, and manage integrated local-to-global advocacy plans that contribute to the global-level 2022-2024 influencing priorities (set out in the Global Influencing Ambition). You will support the piloting and implementation of a monitoring framework currently being developed to track progress against the GLAS Goals and will develop best practice for key approaches to guide GLAS implementation.  You will also be responsible for coordinating and leading on the new global policy agendas that underpin the successful implementation of the GLAS.

 

About You

 

Experience of managing advocacy strategies across multiple countries to achieve impact in global processes, including coordination of advocacy and strategic communications, ideally within an INGO  
Understanding and experience of engaging with multiple external stakeholders to achieve influencing impact, including governments, multilateral agencies and INGOs  
Strong political awareness and understanding including understanding of intergovernmental political dynamics  
Sound understanding of children’s rights and gender equality, and rights-based approaches likely based on experience of working within an NGO, a UN agency, a government department, or other relevant institutions  
Experience of drafting and producing compelling policy and advocacy briefings and other resources  
Able to consult, gather and integrate feedback into concise and accurate products  
Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, able to manage multiple demands, prioritise competing workloads, deliver high-standard work to tight deadlines and plan effectively  
 

Please follow this link for the full role profile; PACE_Global Advocacy Manager _FINAL.docx

 

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.  

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.   

 

Location: The locations of this role can be flexible where Plam International an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Huub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live. You may be office, home, or hybrid-based.

Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions.

Reports to - Director, PACE

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that the salary and employment benefits will be set according to your location and therefore it is not possible to include full details here

Grade: Level 17

Closing Date: Wednesday 28th August at 11.59 pm UK

Interviews are proposed from w/c 9th September

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at  : https://jobs.plan-international.org/search/?createNewAlert=false&q=cameroon