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Project Planning and Implementation

• Collaborate with the Project Coordinator to plan effective implementation of planned advocacy and communications activities, ensuring compliance with approved project documents.
• Contribute to the development of project management documents including procurement plans, MEAL plans and phased budgets and workplans.
• Ensure compliance with Save the Children policies, standards and procedures.
• Contribute to achievement of key performance indicators
• Maintain high standard of integrity, transparency, and accountability during implementation project advocacy activities.
• Identify, monitor and mitigate actual and potential risks that may impact the delivery of planned activities, in collaboration with the Advocacy and Campaigns Manager and Project Coordinator.
• Develop and submit concept notes on a timely basis, with accurate budgets, for relevant approvals prior to activity implementation, and implement activities in line with agreed spending plans

Advocacy, Networking and Influencing

• Produce accurate, clear and consistent coordinated advocacy and communication outputs relating the project including key messages, internal, dashboards, factsheets, for media and advocacy work.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis, map and profile key actors/stakeholders at national and sub-national levels with a specific focus on project advocacy objectives
• Support existing or establish functional participatory platforms that advocate for increased investment in children, adolescents and youth at district and national level.
• Contribute to the capacity building of CSOs and other structures on advocacy and child participation.
• Facilitate, contribute to and participate in policy and budget consultations and processes by government.
• Represent Save the Children in external engagements, and deliver messaging aligned to the strategic plan.
• Build the capacity of children, youth and CSOs on budget and policy advocacy.
• Plan and conduct district and national influencing dialogues that contribute to the achievement of project objectives.
• Lead planning and execution of activities for the commemoration of international celebration/advocacy days.
• Participate in relevant coordination fora, and ensure coordination with other CSOs and champions, including for sharing and learning purposes to improve programming.
• Support the development of concept notes and proposals as required.

MEAL and Reporting

• Ensure that project advocacy and communications activities are effectively documented, with a view to demonstrating impact throughout the life of the project
• Participate in the development of required donor and internal reports, under the leadership of the Project Coordinator
• Collaborate with project teams to identify and document relevant and impactful case studies
• Utilize quality benchmarks to plan and monitor the delivery of activities
• Contribute to regular monitoring of program results in accordance with the MEAL plan
• Participate in regular project review meetings, including providing leadership on advocacy and communications activities
• Participate in planning and execution of assessments and evaluations to ensure alignment with advocacy strategies and goals
• Ensure that feedback received in relation to advocacy and communications activities is acted up and responded to in collaboration with MEAL teams.

Child Participation and Safeguarding

• Identify opportunities for safe, structured and meaningful child and youth participation in Save the Children’s programming
• Ensure children, youth and stake holders they interact with have the capacity to enable meaningful participation
• Ensure the application of safer programming principles and requirements as per safeguarding policies in all activities
• Ensure informed consent and/or assent is collected from all beneficiaries prior to participation in external engagement and documentation.
• Ensure activity implementation is informed by robust safeguarding risk assessment.