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World Vision International
Employment Opportunity
Job Description
Location: Dependent on home country of selected candidate
Title: Citizen Voice and Action Learning Specialist
Citizen Voice and Action is World Visions approach to social
accountability
nd our premier approach to advocacy at the community level. CVA
is growing
ubstantially throughout the WV Partnership with new designs,
grant
pplications, and research projects emerging several times every
month. This
osition will supervise and coordinate designs, grant
applications, and
esearch projects.
CVA is increasingly included in bilateral and multilateral
grants as a
omplementary element to health, education, water and sanitation,
or
griculture projects. The position will work with a variety of
SO, NO, and RO
takeholders to ensure that grant applications are coordinated to
maximizealue and reduce the risk of duplicative activities. The
position will also
nsure that these applications reflect a sophisticated
understanding of social
ccountability and CVA.
n addition, the successful candidate will coordinate a variety
of research
rojects on CVA, identify new research opportunities, and ensure
that the
earning from research is reflected in new designs. As
coordinator of these
esearch projects, the successful candidate should be prepared to
represent WV
n important debates and fora related to social accountability
and advocacy.
The successful candidate will also work with Regions to support
National
Offices to ensure that new LLA project designs, especially ADP
designs and
edesigns, reflect the best practice and lessons from the field.
These designshould also demonstrate strategic integration with
IPM.
Work with SOs, NOs, and ROs to incorporate data and lessons from
research into
rant applications.
Work with SOs, NOs, ROs and WVI to coordinate CVA research
projects, identify
ew opportunities, and represent WV in important fora.
Work with SOs, NOs, and ROs to ensure high quality LLA
designs.
Ensure learning from research is incorporated into CVA capacity
building
materials and events
REQUIRED:
At least a Masters degree in field relevant to international
development,
ommunity mobilisation and empowerment, or citizenship and
governance.
trong understanding of research methodologies and trends in
social sciences.
Experience leading or contributing to the acquisition of
bilateral or
multilateral grants
DM&E experience with local level projects.
At least 2 years experience working in the area of international
development
with full understanding and practice of citizen-led advocacy,
citizenship and
overnance -- and their combination
