Director of External Engagement

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Girls Not Brides

Hybrid
  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media, Fundraising/ Grant management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: USD 70,560 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Permanent
  • Deadline: 23/06/2024
  • Location: United Kingdom
Child protection/ Children’s rights Education GBV / VAWG
Girls Not Brides is the only global organisation uniquely focused on creating and sustaining a worldwide movement to end child marriage and ensuring that this movement leads to tangible change for the girls at risk or affected by the practice. We are a network of over 1,400 civil society organisations in over 100 countries working in partnership to end child marriage.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
Strategic planning and organisational leadership

  • Lead the implementation of the Secretariat’s communications, advocacy and fundraising  strategies which deliver on the vision, mission and goals set out in the Secretariat and Partnership strategies, 2022-25. 
  • Set out how the team will use creative campaigning tactics, targeted policy and advocacy,impactful communications and fundraisning  to help build the movement to end child marriage, influence those with power to make change, and share evidence and learning. 

Empowered communications
  • Support the globally-dispersed Girls Not Brides communications team to work with members to find and tell stories of girls’ lives and of the latest evidence and learning that exemplify the realities of child marriage and the solutions; demonstrate that change is needed, and change is happening. 
  • Work with the Communications team to leverage a wide range of communications channels.


Effective advocacy
  • Oversee and facilitate direct and indirect engagements with policymakers and decision makers at the local, national, regional and global level, as well as those who influence and advise to take action to end child marriage. 
  • Lead on ensuring strong synergies between advocacy at national, regional and global levels, coordinatoring between advocacy team members in the regions and the global advocacy team. 

Transformational campaigns
  • Grow and strengthen the movement, harness its potential, ensure Girls Not Brides connects, empowers and amplifies diverse groups around the world united behind a shared cause. 
                               
Impactful fundraising
  • Direct and lead the implementation of Girls Not Brides’ global and regional fundraising strategy for the secretariat and the wider movement, to ensure a diverse and sustainable income portfolio.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
  • Significant professional experience in a comparable role at a senior level in the not-for-profit sector, international/intergovernmental organisation or social enterprise.
  • Degree-level qualification in a relevant area such as public policy, development studies, international relations, communications, human rights or gender issues or proven experience in a related field plus extensive relevant professional training.
  • Proven experience of working with coalitions and the ability to inform international policy discussions with the realities of grass-roots work. 
  • A proven track record of successfully developing and implementing a fundraising strategy and raising significant levels of funding for an organisation. 
  • Broad experience in communications, development and outreach work, building and nurturing strong working relationships with a range of strategic partners. 
  • Experience of partnership building with stakeholders such as government ministries, NGOs, foundations, grass-roots groups, and champions of social change.

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