ECPAT International is recruiting for a Remote Regional Coordinator for Africa: Apply Now!
Application Deadline: 2 March 2025
ECPAT International is recruiting for a Remote Regional Coordinator for Africa: Apply Now!
About ECPAT International
ECPAT International (ECPAT) is a global network of civil society organisations working collectively for the elimination of all forms of child sexual exploitation. ECPAT seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free and secure from all forms of sexual
exploitation. The ECPAT network currently consists of 134 member organisations in 110 countries. The
ECPAT Secretariat coordinates the global work of ECPAT and has a central office in Bangkok, Thailand.
About the Role
ECPAT’s work always needs to be accountable to children and thoroughly linked to the needs and expertise of its membership, that is in close contact with children in their communities. Therefore, ECPAT’s Regional Coordinators play a crucial role in facilitating the Secretariat’s work in the region and in enriching ECPAT’s efforts with expertise and perspectives from the region. The Regional Coordinator is the key focal point of the Secretariat for the region, is from the region and based in the region. They are involved in all of ECPAT’s activities in the region, be this in a leadership or supporting role, as implementer, facilitator or enabler.
The Regional Coordinator for Africa brings knowledge of the regional dynamics and trends and of the regional membership to ECPAT’s work globally and helps contextualise global developments and initiatives to the local and regional context. The Regional Coordinator for Africa will bring focus on regionally relevant issues relating to child sexual exploitation to organizational strategy and planning processes. They will help identify and verify strategic priorities in the region and oversee and inform the development, formulation and implementation of a regional strategy, ensuring that ECPAT’s advocacy, campaigning, programming, research and fundraising efforts are guided by and firmly based on the lived experiences of children in the region.
Responsibilities
- Generation and facilitation of knowledge from and into the region. Collective, institutional learning
involves and benefits from knowledge in the region. - Promote ECPAT perspectives in the region to ensure an aligned strategic approach within the
membership - Generate knowledge on Sexual Exploitation of Children and membership in the region to inform the
Secretariat’s actions - Facilitate transfer of knowledge from countries in the region for the benefit of the secretariat and other members within and across regions.
- Ensure the regional membership is aware of and strategically engaged in regional advocacy efforts.
- Contribute to the development of evidence based, high quality and effective advocacy tools.
- Network development, coordination and support
- Engage with the region through reaching out and being available and responsive to the regional
membership. - Inform the Secretariat’s work with the Credentials Committee of the ECPAT Board of Trustees on
membership affiliations and disaffiliations in the region. - Support capacity building of member organisations, including by providing technical support and
facilitating training to ECPAT member organisations. - Coordinate network communication within and across the region and the Secretariat.
- Facilitate member engagement in ECPAT research initiatives.
- Ensure ECPAT’s internal membership database of contacts is kept up to date on a regular basis.
- Promote, and as needed facilitate, child participation in regional actions
- Involved in donor relation management and grant management, including report writing and
submission. - Proactive assessment of fundraising opportunities and inform and contribute to the development of
project proposals.
Knowledge, Experience and Skills
- Significant knowledge of child rights and sexual exploitation of children, including in the digital environment.
- Minimum of five years’ experience in advocacy and programme management.
- Proven ability to engage and manage external contacts and network effectively to have influence on
policy - Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships, dealing decisively and positively with
differences of opinions. - Experience of leading or contributing to fundraising initiatives.
- Sound strategic thinking and planning skills, including the ability to think creatively, to innovate and to set priorities, create management work plans and evaluate progress.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously while staying connected to a bigger team remotely based in different time zones.
- Fluency in English and French
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in law, human rights, international relations, or another related field.
How to Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter in English, that should include the country(ies) where you have right and willingness to work, to vacancy@ecpat.org mentioning your name and Regional Coordinator Africa in the subject header.
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