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Emergency Response Roster – Humanitarian Advocacy & External Engagement Director Jobs in Indianapolis, USA at World Vision
Emergency Response Roster – Humanitarian Advocacy & External Engagement Director
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Job Description
Country location to be determined based on response.
Children’s lives can change in an instant in the wake of war, disasters and humanitarian emergencies. We see how vulnerable they are and how much they need our protection. Joining our Emergency Response Roster means you can be a part of our response, providing immediate support when disaster strikes.
Job Purpose
In line with the WVI Disaster Management Standards for global emergencies this position fills an essential function of Advocacy & External Engagement for World Vision’s Humanitarian Responses. This role is critical to providing continued advocacy & external engagement guidance, capacity tools, reporting, and direct support to the Humanitarian Responses.
This role is responsible for designing and directing the implementation of the Response’s advocacy and external engagement strategy, in line with the overall Response priorities, supporting the operational and programmatic goals.
The incumbent will be responsible for implementing long term and/or time‑bound, intensive and targeted influencing strategies to achieve shifts in international policy towards children and families affected by the Disaster/Crisis, with a focus on fragile contexts. Specifically, this will focus on strengthening protection of children’s rights during the response, on addressing operational constraints to ensure World Vision can reach the most vulnerable children with humanitarian assistance.
She/he will have strong representation, negotiation, policy knowledge and influencing skills, as well as a well‑developed network of external industry contacts. The external engagement aspects of this role will be contributing towards positioning World Vision with key stakeholders to grow response income from UN/other multilaterals, as well as increase World Vision’s influence on the response, and strengthen existing partnerships. S/he will be responsible for providing direction to and supporting World Vision’s external engagement with Tier 1 and 2 stakeholders in coordination with sector leads, global capitals, regional and field leadership.
S/he will identify influencing opportunities, lead planning and preparation for events and engagements, as well as represent World Vision externally. They will support senior leaders and other World Vision staff to do the same.
This role will manage critical internal coordination mechanisms, such the Advocacy Response Group, which brings together advocacy experts from across the World Vision Partnership (field, global, regional, fundraising offices) and coordinates closely with Global Center Disaster Management Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Team (GCDM H-Policy Team). The role will also track humanitarian financing trends for advocacy and influence and support the Response Operations with advocacy on access.
This role will be responsible for reporting on advocacy and external engagement impact.
Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership
- Directs the implementation of the Response’s advocacy & external engagement plan.
- Collaborates with World Vision’s humanitarian advocacy representation to the UN in Geneva and New York, regional and national capitals, on the Response.
- Initiates, contributes and/or leads development of relevant policies, reports, briefings, and opinions on the Response, and works closely with GCDM H-Policy Team on research opportunities.
- Advises the Response Director and Response’s Leadership Team on major Response advocacy issues, implications of these on field operations and recommends strategies for addressing these, in particular in relation to access and humanitarian funding.
Representation & External Engagement
- Represents World Vision on Response humanitarian issues to governments and donors in the UN, with academia, and NGOs.
- Maintains a network of external senior‑level humanitarian contacts and builds new networks to grow World Vision’s profile.
- Ensures strong relationships, coordination and communication…
Title: Emergency Response Roster – Humanitarian Advocacy & External Engagement Director
Company: World Vision
Location: Indianapolis, USA
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