Plan International is looking for Brand Advocacy & Activism Manager – Woking, UK
Context :
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.
We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Girls Get Equal is about ensuring every girl and young woman has power over her own life and can shape the world around her.
Through our Girls Get Equal campaign, Plan International is supporting girls’ power, voice, participation and leadership in over 70 countries.
The girls’ rights movement is changing the world but girls can’t achieve equality alone, they need allies. They need you.
The Opportunity :
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of Girls Get Equal, our global, youth-led flagship campaign for equality for girls. It is a vibrant and energetic campaign and we want a team member who brings those qualities to their work.
In this role you will identify, help secure and support the development of strategic relationships and impact partnerships across entertainment, media, advertising, marketing and/or education using your vison, initiative and technical expertise. You will co-create innovative solutions and initiatives to promote a new story about girls’ power and potential.
This role has global reach, you will be collaborating with colleagues and networks across Plan International’s Offices to secure buy-in and organisational alignment for this new area of work
About You :
We are open to a wide variety of applicants for this role from a diversity of fields and backgrounds.
You will need demonstrable experience working with relevant corporate brands or creative agencies or proven success influencing brands and corporates through advocacy and campaigning within a girls’ rights, international development or other relevant organisations.
With a strong commitment to Plan International’s values and a passion of supporting girl and youth led movements, tackling gender inequality, exclusion and injustice, motivating others and working in partnership to achieve challenging goals in a complex environment.
For a detailed description please see: here
Location: Global Hub, Woking (Flexible working arrangements i.e some work from home)
Type of Role: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract
Reports to: Head of Campaigns
Salary: £36,000 – £45,000
Closing Date: Monday 22nd July 9am
Interviews to take place w/c 29 July 2019
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.
As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.
Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for. Our organisation is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.
We will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practice, positive attitudes and principles of gender equality and inclusion.
