Advocacy Officer in Tunisia 43 views0 applications

TASKS:

-Under the direct supervision of the International Advocacy and Innovation Unit (IAIU) Coordinator and mentoring of the GVC Country Representative person in Tunisia, the Volunteer will support the specific work of the International Advocacy and Innovation Unit in support to WeWorld-GVC. In particular the Volunteer will support the advocacy and dissemination related to the Community Protection Approach (http://www.cpainitiative.org), and specific activities related to WeWorld-GVC missions’ projects and WeWorld-GVC policy department.

-Keep abreast of WeWorld GVC Community Protection Approach Initiative, and provide a leading coordination in the elaboration of related policy and advocacy products and initiatives.

-Support the coordination and liaison for the design and use of policy and advocacy products and outputs with GVC Missions’ and HQ.

-Supervise the quality control of planning, monitoring and validation of the Policy and Advocacy Products and Outputs coordinated by the Unit of Innovation and Learning.

-Support the Policy and Advocacy staff in WeWorld-GVC.

-Coordinate the design, development and review of tools and procedures of Policy and Advocacy Products and Outputs, under the supervision of the IAIU Coordinator.

-Support in the design and development of training and capacity building packages.

-Continuous stocktaking of third parties’ approaches and analyses to extract occurrences to confront, validate and suggest developments in WeWorld-GVC approach.

-Continuous research of ongoing debates to support the elaboration of concurrent advocacy strategy on, but not exclusively, refugees and migration, protection of communities and individuals, humanitarian and development Nexus.

-Revise, together with the Data Analysists, the evidence-data generated through the WeWorld-GVC Integrated Protection System of Indicators, and the Community Protection Approach, and propose consistent and solid policy and advocacy reports, briefings and overviews.

-The Volunteer will participate to the IAIU team coordination meetings and to all relevant meetings with local stakeholders and partners.

-Promote local volunteerism in disaster risk reduction, prevention and response;

-Train local volunteers on organization and implementation of volunteer-based activities, when applicable;

-Promote partnerships and collaboration between local and European organizations;

-Draft and publish articles describing volunteer’s experience in the field;

-Gather audiovisual materials to be used in a public awareness activity in the volunteer’s local community in Europe;

-In coordination with the NGOs partner of the project, organize and execute a public awareness activity once back in Europe.

-The EU Aid Volunteer shall perform other duties, as required.

REQUIRED COMPETENCES:

-Studies Degree in Communication political science and related studies Specific media and communication studies

-Languages: Fluent in spoken and written English and Arabic is an asset.

-Skills: Excellent knowledge of the full Office suite Stress management Team working Intercultural awareness and respectful attitude towards other customs and traditions Good interpersonal, team working skills and ability to work independently; Good ability to adapt to the situation of instability; Ability to write reports and press releases; Familiarity with social media.

-Experiences: 3 years experience in relevant fields; Previous experience in developing countries; Prior volunteer experience is an asset.

ELIGIBILITY AND EXCEPTION CRITERIA:

The candidate for EU Aid Volunteers must be a citizen of the EU or a third country national who is a long-term resident in an EU Member State, and must have a minimum age of 18 years.

Availability for the following activities: • Training in presence in April/May 2020; • Pre-deployment induction in WE WORLD-GVC HQ, in Bologna in the second half of May or June 2020; • Deployment starting from the date specified in the vacancy.

DEPLOYMENT:

01/07/2020 – 31/12/2020

CONDITION OF SERVICE:

Hosting Organization:

· The Hosting Organization for the present deployment is GVC Tunisia;

Length of Deployment:

· 6 months;

Deployment duty station:

· Tunis, Tunisia.

Conditions of service during deployment:

· A monthly Subsistence Lump Sum (259,74 Euro per month) intends to cover basic needs and local transport.
· In addition, for each month of deployment 100 euro of post deployment resettlement allowance are foreseen.
· Accommodation, Visa fees, insurance and airfares will be covered directly by sending and/or hosting organization.
· The working calendar will be corresponding to the agenda and system established in the field.
· For each month of voluntary activity two days of rest are foreseen, in addition to public holidays. It is highly recommended not to use the rest days during the first and the last month of deployment.

Conditions related to in-presence training:

· If a candidate volunteer is working outside of the EU, travel costs will be fully covered if EU citizens legally reside in a non-EU country for long-term or forever (i.e. who live in that country);
· EU citizens who are on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts more than 18 months;
On the contrary, only travel costs from an EU country to the training venue shall be covered if:
· EU citizens on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts less than 18 months;
· EU citizens selected by the same organization or affiliate with which they have an on-going assignment in the third country if this assignment is longer than 18 months;
Please note that more than one candidate per position will attend the training, to create an additional pool to cover drop-outs and unforeseen needs.