Global Advocacy Monitoring Adviser

Skills and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Related Experience:

Essential

• Degree or higher in a Social Science, or equivalent working experience
  
• Experience of supporting national advocacy within a global advocacy strategy within INGO/NGOs
  
• Significant experience of monitoring, evaluation, and learning within an INGO context
  
• Experience working with data management information systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data
  
• Knowledge of current issues and best practice in development particularly in advocacy monitoring and evaluation
  
• Ability to influence organisational strategy and promote change internally
  
• Ability to develop and implement effective advocacy plans and MEL systems
  
• Effective communication and relationship building skills with internal and external audiences 
  

Desirable

• Experience of advocacy is essential for this role. Advocacy within human rights, and/or advocacy at an international level, would be desirable, although not essential.
  
• Ability to develop and manage data visualisation, notably creating Dashboards in PowerBI
  
• Expertise in building staff capacities to develop and deliver effective advocacy monitoring strategies
  
• Experience of working effectively as part of an international team
  

Skills and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Related Experience:

Essential

• Degree or higher in a Social Science, or equivalent working experience
  
• Experience of supporting national advocacy within a global advocacy strategy within INGO/NGOs
  
• Significant experience of monitoring, evaluation, and learning within an INGO context
  
• Experience working with data management information systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data
  
• Knowledge of current issues and best practice in development particularly in advocacy monitoring and evaluation
  
• Ability to influence organisational strategy and promote change internally
  
• Ability to develop and implement effective advocacy plans and MEL systems
  
• Effective communication and relationship building skills with internal and external audiences 
  

Desirable

• Experience of advocacy is essential for this role. Advocacy within human rights, and/or advocacy at an international level, would be desirable, although not essential.
  
• Ability to develop and manage data visualisation, notably creating Dashboards in PowerBI
  
• Expertise in building staff capacities to develop and deliver effective advocacy monitoring strategies
  
• Experience of working effectively as part of an international team
  

• Delivering systems for collecting, managing, and analysing information about national advocacy
  
• Lead on the coordination of Sightsavers’ Voluntary Stakeholder Review of SDG implementation
  
• Strengthening systems for sharing lessons about what works and identify challenges that are faced by multiple countries
  
• Engaging in internal Policy and Global Advocacy and organisational processes
  

The post holder may be expected to travel internationally once or twice within the 9-month contract.