Advocacy and Communication Assistant at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Advocacy and Communication Assistant

Location: Adikpo, Benue
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Purpose and Description

• Save the Children with Global Partnership for Education (GPE) fund is implementing education, protection, and WASH interventions to address the needs of refugees and host communities in 5 refugees hosting states in Nigeria. This therefore requires coordinated advocacy and communication at the local government and community levels.
• The Advocacy and Communication Assistant will provide support specifically to the implementation of Cameroonian Refugee program in Benue and Adamawa.
• The Job holder will support the GPE Project team to develop quality and visually appealing communication materials needed to amplify the advocacy and campaigns of the implementation of the GPE refugee project.
• The job holder will support the project team to gather contents in form of photos, case studies and success stories as needed.
• S/he will support in leading advocacy and campaign related engagements at both local government and community levels.
• S/he will support the project team to conduct safe back to school campaign at the community levels.
• S/he will support community level dialogue and engagements.

Key Areas of Accountability
Advocacy, Campaign, Communication and Media project activities:

• Have good understanding of the ACCM strategy and have ability to implement.
• Support all advocacy and campaign related engagements and the implementation of ACCM Strategy.
• Support the Media and Communications team with information to produce products for social media platforms and digital media.
• Support Media and Comms team to review all IEC and visibility materials to be in line with donor and SCI branding guidelines before they are sent for approval at the CO.
• Support in writing case studies or reports, with infographics and layout formatting to SCI brand standards.
• Support the mainstreaming of SCI Girl education campaign and Generation Hope campaign into project/programme implementations.
• Perform other duties and tasks as required by the Line Manager, Advocacy and Communication Officer and ACCM CO team.

People Management and Leadership:

• Have regular meetings with appropriate authorities at local government and community levels on the project.
• Support in engaging relevant authorities in the implementation of project through regular consultation and joint visits.
• Support team members to plan and carry out feedback meetings with authorities and beneficiaries.
• Support to Coordinate the planning and implementation of observation key global moments at the LGA and community levels.

Communication and Representation:

• Represent SCI at local and community levels and work with local authorities, partners as required, mainly in events relating to the project.
• With support from ACCM at CO, communicate advocacy messages to local government and community leaders and organisations.
• Support to coordinate and provide updates and reports to CO on the activities of Advocacy and Communication in the Field Office.
• Develop and maintain a professional network with government, community, and religious leaders, media partners and CSOs.
• Support in the dissemination of important information and messages related to the project.
• Contribute to weekly and monthly advocacy meetings to keep the entire ACCM family informed of the status of implementation.
• Contribute to internal and external communication with project/field specific input that feeds into regional and donor reports.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure that project delivery complies to the highest safeguarding standards in line with Save the Children’s policy
• Work with the project safeguarding officer to ensure that all community mobilization and advocacy activities,  have a safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measures in place
• Adhere to the Do no Harm principles in engagement wit stakeholders and across the entire steps within the Programme Management Cycle.

Others:

• Other ad hoc tasks as requested by line manager, Field Manager or ACCM CO team.

Experience, Qualifications, and Skills

• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree in related discipline or relevant qualification
• Minimum of one year work experience in Advocacy and communication with knowledge of refugee and or humanitarian response.
• Fluency in spoken English Language and Pidgin English and Hausa language is an advantage.
• Ability to review documents, briefs, and write good report.
• Good computer skills required, especially the ability to work comfortably in the MS office package.
• Ability to work in partnership with government, community, media, and partners.
• Very good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
• Good knowledge of i SCI brand and visibility policies and guidelines desired.
• Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s commitment to protecting children in accordance with the Safeguarding Policy.

Application Closing Date
1st April, 2024.