Organization:Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Research and Innovation Fund, London
Location:London
About the Programme
Investing significantly in scaling up its programme work in tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) CHASE and DFID's Research and Evidence Division (RED) have designed a joint five year, £18m Research and Innovation Fund (2013-2018) to address critical evidence gaps and improve the effectiveness of interventions to address VAWG (in stable and fragile contexts).
This fund will consist of two components: i) innovation grants; and ii) operational research and impact evaluations.
Under innovation grants, we will look to manage a set of between 10 – 14 grants to be given to organisations to implement innovative programmes or pilots to prevent VAWG that address a number of research questions.
Under the Operation Research and Impact Evaluations Sub-component we will develop an overarching research framework to guide the operational research and impact evaluation of existing and new prevention of VAWG programmes. This will include i) a selection of programmes funded independently, such as current DFID country programmes or programmes implemented by other donors, NGOs or national governments, as well as ii) a sample of the innovation programmes funded by the granting mechanism outlined in sub-component 1.
DAI is currently bidding for this opportunity and seeking an experienced, full time, London (UK) based Research, Communications and Outreach Manager
Duties and Responsibilities
• Excellent communication skills, including strong presentation and facilitation skills
• Experience in social media and digital communications
• Previous experience in developing and delivering communications strategies to reach participants government, civil society, and other non-traditional development partners in the developing world
• Experience working with DFID and/or other large international donors, and strong understanding of donor requirements preferred
• Experience of DFID Programming preferable
• At least 7 years of relevant expertise
Requirements & Skills:
- Responsibility for overall strategic direction for the communications and engagement strategy
- Identify and build relationships with relevant key advocates, groups and networks, and governments to promote and participate in the programme
- Identify and promote successful initiatives in order to increase participation in the programme, influence government policy makers to adopt innovative approaches
- Generate interest across the public and private sector that generate support for the programme and its work, with a particular focus on raising awareness of programme research to influence government policy and adoption of innovative solutions
- Design and implementation of communications strategy that leverages a diverse cross-section of networks, champions, and programme partners to engage and activate participation at a global, regional, and local level
- Managing relationships with donors and champions in field
Project Start Date, Duration, Local:
Autumn 2013, 5 years
Based in London with travel to Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Application Deadline:31st May 2013
How to Apply
http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1375655389350