CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Advocacy and Campaign Assistant will provide support specifically to the implementation of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) First Emergency response (FER) to be implemented in Zamfara state, North West Nigeria. The Advocacy and Campaign Assistant will be responsible for engaging government stakeholders, developing communication materials, and photography. S/he will be responsible for production of visibility materials, conduct advocacy and campaigns for Save the Children Nigeria. S/he will be required to travel to other locations to gather videos, photos and content as needed with the support of program team and the ACCM team at the Country Office.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Program Manager

Works closely with: Advocacy, Campaign and Policy Managers for LEARN, Survive and Be-Protected Breakthroughs, Audio visual Officer, Digital Media and Internal Communications specialist and all program staff.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Advocacy& Campaign project activities

• Coordinate and provide technical support for the implementation of ACCM strategies in relation to all advocacy and campaign within Save the Children in Katsina and Zamfara states.
• In collaboration with Advocacy and Campaign Manager Learn/Be protect to engage relevant stakeholders at the state, local government, school and community levels on the project to ensure we secure their commitment and support to the project.
• Support in ensure maximum visibility of Save the Children according to the branding guidelines both internally and externally across relevant platforms.
• Support children participation is at the center of advocacy and campaign engagements, and they are an integral part of Save the Children’s campaigning work.
• Support in leading Advocacy and community engagements at the state, local government and community levels on Universal Basic Education, develop key messages to support policy reviews, processes and discussions.
• Support all advocacy and campaign related engagements in Katsina and Zamfara with support from relevant breakthrough leads.
In collaboration with the project team, work closely with relevant coordination structures within the states to ensure the project goals are achieved.

Safeguarding

• As part of these responsibilities the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or because of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis.
• The post holder should report and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Others:

• Work with ACCM team to assist in producing culturally suitable, and user-friendly communications, publications, IEC, visibility, and multimedia products, including but not limited to videos, photographs, infographics, brochures, flyers, newsletters, posters, fact sheets, backdrop banners for internal and external advocacy and campaign engagements
• Support Design of product templates, presentation materials for workshops, webinars, and external relations needs.
Support writing project designs, case studies or reports, with infographics and layout formatting to SCI brand standards.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice )

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team 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
• Creates a managerial environment within the communications team to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a country and global scale

Collaboration:

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
Displays consistent excellent judgement

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS

• University degree in visual arts, media and communication studies, public policy and mobilization, graphic design, layout, document development and multimedia production with at least one years of relevant work experience.
• Commitment to SCI’s mission values and approach.
• Ability to review documents, briefs, interpret information and synthesize information and present it in a creative manner.
• Excellent skills in data visualization, animation and experience in infographic designing.
• Ability to create using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw and other design software packages.
• Proficient photography and video editing skills required using industry standard editing software like Premier Pro, Final Cut and After Effects
• Working knowledge of international donor brand and visibility policies and guidelines desired.
• Experience working with international development agencies is an asset
• Team player, with excellent organizational, training design and delivery, time management, and communication skills in English, both written and oral.
• Ability to work in partnership with government, development, media, and humanitarian partners.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work successfully in team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work well with people at all levels and in different locations.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation required, with a commitment to teamwork and effectiveness within a dynamic integrated project.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project locations in Benue and Cross River states.
Fluency in English.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Safeguarding:

We need to keep children and adult beneficiaries safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children and vulnerable adults from abuse and harm .

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.