Deadline: 1 September 2015
The Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Senior Member Engagement Officer based in London, UK.
Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 500 civil society organisations from over 70 countries working to address child marriage.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Senior Member Engagement Officer will perform the following functions-
- Ensures an effective response to ongoing member interactions with the Girls Not Brides secretariat; conducts regular member ‘health-checks’ to evaluate quality of member relations with the Girls Not Brides secretariat
- Line manages the Member Engagement Associate, ensuring that key operational and administrative membership tasks are being implemented according to plan
- Develops and maintains outreach priorities, geographically and thematically; directly conducts outreach to new members in assigned regions/countries
- Represents Girls Not Brides at external events; identifies and cultivates productive relationships with relevant external stakeholders e.g. potential member organisations
- Plays a key role in the design and arrangement of any face-to-face meetings or workshops for member organisations
- Maintains systems for collating, organizing and making relevant member-related information available to team members and external parties
- Develops processes for filling in any information gaps about the work/profile of Girls Not Brides members
- Works with the Communications Team to produce and update materials – e.g. brochures – relating to the membership
- Researches other global networks/partnerships’ different member engagement approaches
- Develops and implements a comprehensive member engagement plan to strategically guide Girls Not Brides’ work with its members
- Directly liaises with online funding platforms and other donors on behalf of member organisations
- Contributes to the implementation of Girls Not Brides’ youth engagement plan e.g. by ensuring youth are actively engaged in relevant opportunities open to the wider partnership e.g. blogging opportunities and international campaigns
- Directly liaises and manages relationships with assigned Girls Not Brides National Partnerships
- Contributes to the documentation of National Partnership learnings and best practice
- With the Communications Team, ensures the on-going maintenance and effectiveness of an online resource hub for Girls Not Brides members
- Directly organises/supports member-directed capacity building such as online webinars, trainings, toolkits and ensures tools developed by different teams are effectively disseminated to the Girls Not Brides membership
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Graduate qualification in relevant area (such as development studies, international relations, human rights or gender) or proven experience of working directly with civil society organisations in a related field
- Prior experience of working with a wide range of civil society organisations – from international NGOs to small grassroots organisations; knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing civil society organisations working to promote a child rights/gender equality agenda
- Knowledge of the challenges civil society of the international development donor landscape (including key actors such as trusts, foundations, and institutional donors)
- Strategic thinker, capable of connecting member engagement issues with other areas of work including communications, advocacy and learning
- Excellent communication, networking and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to persuade and inspire others
- Some experience of capacity building – either through direct delivery of training or development of training materials
- Excellent written and oral English and French
- Highly organised, reliable, proactive and precise
- Experience of developing and rolling out a strategy/team plan is highly desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and concepts behind civil society capacity building best practice
- Knowledge and experience of youth engagement best practice
- Knowledge of Spanish or another foreign language is highly desirable
- Direct experience of working in the South Asia region or with civil society actors in South Asia is highly desirable
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their CV and a brief cover letter via email.
For more information, please visit Girls Not Brides.
