ADVISOR, COMMUNICATIONS ADVOCACY AND LEARNING

Location: CARE Sierra Leone – This is a local contract and is not open to international applicants

Manager: Agriculture, Markets & Livelihoods Director/Project Director

CARE seeks a world of hope, inclusion, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live in dignity and security. CARE places a particular emphasis on women and girls, their dignity and empowerment to lead their communities out of poverty. In 2020, CARE worked in 104 countries, reaching 90 million people through more than 1,300 programs, with an annual budget of $650 million. Every single one of those 90 million people has a story of resilience, community, strength, and hope—all things that bind us together, across every corner of the globe. In Sierra Leone, CARE staff and partners work tirelessly to save lives, address the root causes of poverty and social injustice through advocacy, partnerships, system strengthening and programming in impact areas of Gender Equality, Empowering Women and Girls, Humanitarian Assistance, Right to Food, Nutrition and Water, Right to Health, Women’s Economic Justice and Climate Justice.

We are celebrating our 60th Anniversary and we are looking forward to serving Sierra Leone for another 60 years and beyond. If you believe in CARE’s mission and vision, and possess the skills listed below then join us in saving lives, empowering women and girls and defeating poverty!

CARE Sierra Leone is seeking a talented visionary to assume the opportunity of Advisor – Partnerships, Communications, Advocacy & Learning. Reporting to the Project Director, this role will be integral to support the Country Office programs to identify and establish strategic partnerships, including representing CARE to donors, government and other actors to make CARE a partner of choice; undertake evidence-based advocacy and across the organization, in-country, within the region and globally as well as with external partners; work directly with field teams to document and share the learning from project and articulate advocacy and (iv) seek partnerships, document evidence from the SHE project implementation and renewable energy sector to engage with stakeholders on national and regional.

Responsibilities:

• Partnerships and Strategic Direction (30%): Monitor and keep informed on key Sierra Leone development and humanitarian context, policy, political environment, social developments, and dynamics relevant to CARE’s Vision 2030 and (Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Engage in extensive networking and raise the profile of CARE Sierra Leone to key partners, by highlighting CARE’s contribution to national priorities and alignment of government and donor strategies
• Learning and Advocacy (40%): Support CARE’s systems and procedures, to ensure informed analysis is used to shape positions, written documents, talking points, briefs, that target both internal and external audiences. Work with partners to share emerging evidence from the implementation of the SHE projects to encourage policy makers and government to take the needs of women-led energy enabled enterprises into account in current and future policies and practices. Identify relevant channels and platforms for updated CO information and oversee and regularly manage these
• Communication (30%): Work closely and maintain constant communications and coordination with CARE Member Partners, West Africa Regional Management Unit (WARMU) and regional advocacy focal persons to ensure colleagues are regularly updated on context and to facilitate learning. Oversee maintenance of, and updates to CARE Sierra Leone’s website and social media channels, ensuring continued growth in terms of audience reach. Support the programs team to ensure that all contractual communications deliverables for donors are on time and of high quality, ensuring a clear process relating to content generation and dissemination
• Staff and Talent management: Responsible for the supervision and talent development of staff directly reporting to this position (if applicable). Adopt CARE’s Annual Performance Assessment policy and process to include the preparation and monitoring of Annual Performance and Accountability Plans (APAAs) for all staff reporting to this position.

Qualifications:

• Possess Communication and Advocacy skills. Have an advanced degree in communications, international development or related field, supplemented by demonstrated relevant practical communications, advocacy and learning experience in relation to the job.
• Bring with you 3 – 5 years of experience as a Communications, Advocacy and Learning Advisor or similar experiences and thorough knowledge of work experience in policy analysis, communications, research, data gathering and/or information management, including strong report writing and editing skills.
• Have the facilitation and communication skills needed to conduct training sessions for small, medium, and large sized groups and be able to convert data to conversation/tell the story.
• Be agile and adaptable. Quickly learn new systems, processes and procedures and adapt local practices to global standards. Be engaging with the ability to maintain customer focus while handling multiple priorities.
• Be a problem solver and critical thinker. Be able to clearly identify and define the different levels of problem solving and resolution. Think holistically with a vision and use your analysis and reporting skills
• Be a leader with influence. Demonstrated leadership, coaching and negotiation skills with internal and external partners with the ability to be a team player.
• Know your systems. Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word and good skills at using financial software applications (PeopleSoft experience will be preferred).

Please apply directly to this link or send your CV to: [email protected].