Advocacy & Policy Officer

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• Coordinate development and implementation of UNICEF Myanmar’s advocacy strategy, working closely with APC partnerships and communication colleagues, and across office sections, to ensure a coherent approach.
• Coordinate with programme and programme effectiveness sections, as well as field offices, to coordinate and guide their advocacy efforts.
• Undertake regular analysis of the political and socioeconomic landscape in Myanmar and use this analysis to identify strategic opportunities and threats, proposing and implementing appropriate response measures and sharing intelligence as appropriate among office colleagues in support of cross-office advocacy efforts.
• Build and nurture UNICEF’s relationship and values-based partnership with key stakeholders including Parliamentarians, faith based organisations and faith leaders, civil society organizations, private sector entities and think-tanks, leveraging these relationships in support of UNICEF advocacy objectives.
• Assist in preparation of briefing notes for high level meetings and visits, and provide support for planning, logistics and administrative arrangements around such meetings and visits.
• Develop policy briefs, advocacy and communication products, in coordination with relevant programme sections.
• Support provision of advocacy capacity building for office colleagues and partners through trainings, development of standard operating procedures and guidance, etc.
• Provide support for other activities of the Advocacy, Partnerships and Communication Section, as required.

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, International Law, Political Science, Communication, Journalism, and development studies or another relevant field.
• A bachelor degree from a different field supplemented by either relevant post-graduate courses/diplomas or relevant technical experience background will be considered acceptable.
• At least 2 years work experience in Government, the media, non-government organizations, the United Nations, international organizations, or relevant private sector cooperations.
• Proven ability to develop and implement advocacy strategies, ideally through experience working in a relevant organisation from the United Nations, non-governmental organisations, government bodies, delivery agencies including line ministries at Union, States and Regions, faith-based organisations, media, and/or private sector.
• Demonstrated familiarity with Myanmar’s political and socioeconomic context, and with the development and humanitarian issues facing children in Myanmar, and ability to synthesize analysis, advocacy strategies and policy briefs from a wide range of information sources.
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Myanmar is required.

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