Child Health Campaign Advisor

To provide technical leadership and enhancing quality in delivering campaigns the Asia and Pacific regions. He/she will work with other colleagues to ensure integration of the (GCHC) and (DTLC) in campaign across different lines of Ministry, provide expert advice and support to national offices taking part in the campaign to ensure that all offices role out a systematic process the establishes both the systems and structures. He/she work with the global campaign team on rolling out a process for the scale up of the campaign across the region, lead the developement of an integrated regional CHN campaign strategies, develop the capacity of NOs wanting to engage in the campaign in coordinate regional engagement around key regional and global events, and work with the regional / global team to develop advocacy capacity.

STRATEGY

Provide leadership to the Asia and Pacific teams to influence policy through evidence based campaigns.
Identify regional entities and mechanisms to influence and nurture relationships with key stakeholders
Ensure that campaign strategies are consistent with partnership standards and direction.

II. TECHNICAL & OPERATION SUPPORT

Coordinate the external engagement of World Vision the engagement of different offices across the region around key global moments
Assure strategic alignment of campaign planning with in annual operating plans and budgets.
Work with National office and the global centre to generate or otherwise acquire research to sustain regional and global engagement.
Work with other departments to set up and convene a campaign management team (CMT) tasked with implement the regional CHN strategy.
Ensure that campaign/s bottom up approach is reflected in operational integration and visual identity is maintained across all activities
Develop campaign activites, materials and metrixs that can be adapted and rolled out across multiple contexts
Act as facilitator for the regional coordination groups and intiate subgroups a needed, ensuring the timely and effective dissemination of engagement strategies, plans, directives, resources and documents to GHCs, SOs, ROs and NOs.
Develop strong and effective relationships with advocacy staff across GHCs, SOs, ROs and NOs
Ensure integration with related Working Groups and Communities of Practice
Support RO and NO advocacy leaders in integrating Campaign Strategy objectives into regional and national level strategic planning processes
Broaden discussion on targeted issues through increasing public participation in campaigns.

III. CAPACITY BUILDING

Work with the Global team to ensure economic sustainability of Child Health Now in national offices and regional office
Advise National Offices on programme quality core competencies and capacity requirements (including recruitment support)

Work with the national offices in developing (including coaching, exchanges, shared learning and other strategic responses appropriate to the scale of the needs) a group that can help build NO and campaign capacity.
Liaise with the integrated capacity building team in the development and facilitation of training modules/session plans and other appropriate capacity building initiatives.
Engage with Advocacy/ DME teams in developing their capacities to review the quality of the campaign.

IV. QUALITY ASSURANCE

Support national offices in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the campaign, and integrating campaign activities into other key sectors such as communications, marketing, Christian Commitments
V. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Support continuous learning through creation, contextualization, documentation, feedback and dissemination of successful campaign models and promising practices within Asia Pacific region.
Promote national and regional learning mechanisms for application of lessons and ongoing improvement at all levels of WV organization, including partners.
Contribute to establishment and use of regional databases and e-resources including regional good practices relating to Advocacy as part of wider knowledge management strategy.
Participate and actively contribute as a member of A & JC Community of practice (CoP).

VI. INTERNAL & EXTERNAL LIAISON

Participate and actively contribute in the partnership forums, working Groups and networks related to health campaign as deemed necessary by regional leadership.
Establish networks and alliances with external partners (research institutions, Universities, other NGOs, etc) for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the health campaign.
Facilitate active engagement with donors, partners and audiences to enhance World Vision’s credibility.

VII. GENERAL

Contribute and support Christian activities holistic and integrated witness in our life and work and impacts the poor and vulnerable.
Perform any other tasks assigned by the Advocacy Director.

REQUIRED:

Advanced degree (e.g. Master’s degree in social science, development studies or other professional degree) or other relevant degree or experience
Minimum of 5 years relevant advocacy, programming and management experience
Excellent research skills and previous experience in conducting situational analyses.
Excellent presentation and communication skills.
Proposal and report writing skills
Management, Coaching & Mentoring, Management Skills
Self motivated to achieve quality results and services
Competent in the use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

PREFERRED:

A successful track record in coordinating / managing advocacy campaigns

Child Health Campaign Advisor