Media and
Advocacy Manager - Somalia/Somaliland Country Office
Team/Programme: PDQ
Location: Nairobi
Grade: TBC (Competitive Package)
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
Role Purpose:
Team/Programme: PDQ
Location: Nairobi
Grade: TBC (Competitive Package)
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
Role Purpose:
The Media and Advocacy
manager will shares in the overall responsibility to undertake advocacy work to
advance Save the Children’s policy positions and influence decision-makers,
both at Nairobi level and internationally.
S/he will manage media
enquiries regarding Save the Children in Somalia and will provide support the
PDQ department on all issues of advocacy and media.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Director of Quality Programmes
Dimensions: Save the Children International works in 4 regions in Somalia/Somaliland with a current staff complement of approximately 450 staff and current expenditure of approximately 64$ million in 2012.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
The Media and Advocacy manager is responsible for contributing to advance Save the Children’s policy positions and influence decision-makers, both at Nairobi level and internationally.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Director of Quality Programmes
Dimensions: Save the Children International works in 4 regions in Somalia/Somaliland with a current staff complement of approximately 450 staff and current expenditure of approximately 64$ million in 2012.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
The Media and Advocacy manager is responsible for contributing to advance Save the Children’s policy positions and influence decision-makers, both at Nairobi level and internationally.
S/he will provide support
the PDQ department on all issues of advocacy and media within the Country
Office.
S/he will have a
support role in establishing and promoting an advocacy strategy to ensure that
our Country Office:
- is
informed on the extent to which both the emergency response and
development interventions are affecting the lives of the targeted
populations;
- have
evidence-based knowledge on the positive and negative impact that both the
emergency response and development interventions are having over the
communities where SCI works;
- receives
regular, timely and context-specific, meaningful feedback from our staff,
partners, programme participants (who are or are not targeted by our
interventions), and that feedback effectively informs and signals areas
where strategic attention is required.
Media
Work
- Develop
and implement media guidelines for local and international media for SCI
programme in Somalia/Somaliland.
- Act
as media focal point for Somalia programme with SCI media team, ensuring
appropriate communications and procedures for media all followed as per
SCI guidelines;
- Lead
on building a close network of media professionals, stakeholders and
communities to ensure appropriate media coverage of SCI’s initiatives in
relation to Somalia/Somaliland;
- Lead
on journalist and any media visits to Somalia/Somaliland
- Writing
relevant articles on child-rights issues for media purposes and develop
message points in response to media queries;
- Produces
materials for print/online/voice/visual and social media outreach, where
appropriate;
- Compile
and circulate updates on the situation including figures, key highlights,
and links to news stories;
- Collect
and gather interest case studies and stories that are newsworthy for use
in media work;
- Draft
media briefings, talking points, Q&As, press releases and media
statements based on the advocacy priorities identified;
- Ensure
the internal and SCI sign off procedure for all external
communication;
- Evaluates
results and impact of external communications activities.
Advocacy
Work
- Develop
and implement an advocacy strategy to guide SCI’s work in relation to the
Somalia Programme;
- Draft
and support the production of advocacy material to be used at regional and
international levels;
- Manage
advocacy initiatives on Somalia in close coordination with the PDQ, the
Operations department and the Country Director, the Humanitarian Advocacy
Working Group, and communications and media staff;
- Ensure
SCI Somalia Country annual Plan and reports have clear advocacy objectives
and strategies, and indicators for assessing the impact of SCI’s advocacy
work;
- Support
the SMT in high-level advocacy work towards the Humanitarian Country Team,
key UN agencies, donors and other agencies, including the Nairobi NGO
Consortium;
- Ensure
that all advocacy messages, documents and strategies are evidence-based
drawn from field experience and assessments, of high quality and
effective, and are authorised by the Country Director, and when necessary
ensure products are signed-off according to the Save the Children
International sign-off procedures;
- Contribute
to international advocacy strategies on improved and timely emergency
response, resilience, child protection as well as long-term needs in
Somalia;
- Define
key advocacy opportunities and targets at national and regional levels,
and if needed mobilise international advocacy support for these;
- Work
with colleagues operational in the field to identify key coordination or
protection issues that need to be raised with key donors or agencies;
- Collect
and gather interest case studies for quality reporting purposes;
- Contribute
to keep track of all sources of funding allocated to Somalia, and help the
PDQ department to develop advocacy objectives;
- Lead
Save the Children’s advocacy in Somalia on issues including Protection of
Civilians, Rights Violations, Humanitarian Access, Governance and
Security, Child Protection, IDPs, Refugees and Returnees; as well as on
the possibility of renewed crises;
External
Representation
- Act
as the first focal point for media enquiries on Somalia;
- Conduct
interviews with the media, and keep track of all SCI’s interviews and
media coverage of SCI in Somalia;
- Build
alliances and partnerships with other INGOs to undertake coordinated
advocacy, as well as coordinating activities with other SCI Regional
Country Programmes;
- Organise
media visits to the affected areas, accompanying journalists during these
field visits;
- Lobby
and influence key stakeholders (UN agencies, Donors, relevant Government
Ministries, International and National NGOs) related to Somalia in line
with advocacy priorities identified in the Country Annual Plan and in the
Reponses Strategy
Staff
Management, Mentorship, and Development
- Ensure
appropriate staffing within the Media and Advocacy team as well as within
the PDQ department;
- Ensure
that all staff understand and are able to perform their role in both
emergency and development contexts;
- Manage
the Media and Advocacy team, define expectations, provide leadership and
technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly;
- Build
advocacy capacity and knowledge of Nairobi and field-based staff;
- Ensure
the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as
appropriate and ensure availability of appropriate professional
development opportunities for staff directly under his/her supervision;
- Incorporate
staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team
building process.
- Establish
a result based system and follow up;
- Oversee
that Media and Advocacy staff proactively build and maintain advocacy
skills and competencies; required for leading and/or advising first class
programs – both for development and emergency programs;
- Manage
the performance of all staff with the Media and Advocacy team through:
- Effective
use of the Performance Management System including the establishment of
clear, measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair
and unbiased evaluations;
- Coaching,
mentoring and other developmental opportunities;
- Recognition
and rewards for outstanding performance;
- Documentation
of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate
performance improvements/ workplans
- Documentation
of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate
performance improvements/ workplans;
- Support
the development of an organisational culture that reflects our dual
mandate values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a
team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our
people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer
service for our members and donors.
Skills
and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Accountability:
- Holds
self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds
the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities -
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing
the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
- Sets
ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to
do the same
- Widely
shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
others
- Future
orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
- Builds
and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
members and external partners and supporters
- Values
diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable,
good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Develops
and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing
to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest,
encourages openness and transparency
Qualifications
and Experience
- Advanced
university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in communication,
journalism, international humanitarian law or related area. A first-level
university degree in combination with at least 8 additional years of
qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university
degree.
- Demonstrated
experience in media management and proven ability to understand
print/broadcast/online/social media and using these fora to promote clear
messages for humanitarian and development issues.
- Clear
understanding of the range of media networks and tools available to
influence key targets, and their applicability in a humanitarian situation
- A
clear understanding of key humanitarian actors - including UN agencies and
bilateral donors - and how they coordinate and operate in emergency
situations;
- Proven
experience of external representation and direct lobbying of high-level
targets
- An
ability to synthesise complex information into concise and compelling
policy briefing notes and media/advocacy documents
- Direct
experience working with communities affected by disasters, and
organisations seeking to serve them
- Proven
experience of using media for advocacy purposes
- An
ability to coordinate and work with diverse groups of people based in
multiple locations
- An
ability to manage complex workloads and stressful situations
- Good
personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to
meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Excellent
command of English language, both verbal and written
- Commitment
to and understanding of Save the Children International’s aims, values and
principles
- Information
Communication Technology literate
Permanent
- Full-time
Closing date: Tuesday 16 October 2012
All jobs close at midnight UK time on the date specified
Closing date: Tuesday 16 October 2012
All jobs close at midnight UK time on the date specified