Avis de recrutement : HelpAge International recherche un.e Conseiller.e politique en matière de droits mondiaux basé au Royaume-Uni.

Avis de recrutement : HelpAge International recherche un.e Conseiller.e politique en matière de droits mondiaux basé au Royaume-Uni.

HelpAge and Strategy 2030 – delivering real impact for older people

HelpAge International works with partners and a diverse global network of more than 171 organisations across 90 countries, supporting millions of older people to live safe, dignified and healthy lives. Through our partnership and collaborations, we work to ensure the inclusion of older people across society and strive to deliver a just and fair world for everyone, whatever their age. Our work is driven by our desire to deliver real impact for older people, to be inclusive, to work in partnership and to learn from our shared experience.

What you will do:

Department info

The Global Impact Department contributes to the 2030 Strategy as follows:

• To achieve positive impact on well-being, dignity and the voice of older people by inspiring a movement for change, through implementing the strategic approach of support, convening and thought leadership.
• Leading, advocating and partnering on initiatives that support and transform systems, challenge attitudes and social norms, and influence laws, policies and practice at national, regional and global level

Key areas of responsibility

• These outline the broad areas of responsibility in the role, but in collaboration with your line manager and colleagues you will be able to shape and design specific activities that are relevant at any point in time. We want you to work creatively to deliver impact and respond to relevant opportunities.
• With your line manager and colleagues you will develop your team workplan to drive initiatives, develop ideas, as well ensure there is space for cross-organisational working and short-term tasks. From this you will devise your individual workplan that will form the basis of your day-to-day activities and your performance reviews.

As Global Rights Policy Adviser you will work across all portfolios but be based in the Society For All Ages portfolio team (which also houses global advisers for Voice, Inclusion, and Gender Policy) to:

• Provide advice on issues relating to the rights of older people and ensure these are considered in the design and management of all programmes and advocacy initiatives.
• Provide policy advice in formulating and reviewing national policies or ratification of new laws to ensure that these are age-inclusive from a rights perspective.
• Develop and disseminate articles, briefs and think-pieces on rights and programming practices supported by research and data from across the portfolios related to improving the lives of older women and older men.
• Engage and influence the UN system, multilateral and bilateral agencies, the UN Open Ended Working Group on Ageing with network members and partners to promote the rights of older people.
• Produce strategic positions, policies, approaches, guidance and toolkits on Rights and older people to inform advocacy on ageing within HelpAge and across the sector.
• Provide technical support and thought leadership to joint civil society initiatives campaigning for a new UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, including via the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP)
• Be a member of the GAROP Steering Group, provide technical support on GAROP funding proposals, projects and grant-management, and line-manage the GAROP Secretariat Coordinator.
• Support improved Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning on rights work from across the portfolios and the sharing and utilisation of related information, data, learning and evidence across the network.
• Develop the capacity of HelpAge staff, partners, and network members through training (including coaching and mentoring), developing tools, training materials, webinars and guidelines that promote the rights of for older people.
• Identify and develop new financial opportunities and programmatic and advocacy partnerships to increase the impact of our programme and advocacy work.

Let’s talk about you

You will be someone with:

• Experience in one of HelpAge’s regions of operation in more than one country – Latin America & Caribbean, Africa, Eurasia & Middle East, Asia-Pacific, especially working with Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• Experience in a rights-based role in an advisory capacity at regional or global scale.
• Experience in working for a rights-based movement and organisation.
• Degree or similar qualification in law or human rights.
• Demonstrable skills and/or experience in conducting thorough analysis, research, report writing and dissemination of information to a broad range of audiences at national, regional or global level.
• Demonstrable skills and/or experience in working with or influencing decision-makers, national governments, or international institutions (eg UN agencies, ageing platforms at national, regional, and global levels)
• Knowledge and understanding of the rights of older people in a humanitarian and development contexts is desirable, but the right person can grow in this area if they have a rights background at a global scale in the context where we operate.
• Demonstrable skills in public presentations and speaking to a range of stakeholders, at all levels.
• Experience in capacity building, development of tools and guidance to promote the rights at a global scale.
• Familiarity in all aspects of project cycle management.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and dependably with colleagues and in a way that encourages experimentation, learning and agency.

To apply for a job at HelpAge, please review the details of the Job and submit the following documents:

• A cover letter, setting out how you meet the requirements of the job profile.
• Your current curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum)
• Three referees, including your most recent employer

To be considered, please read the job description to find out more information and then email your application to [email protected] before the closing date.

Closing date: Sunday, 21 May 2023 at 24:00 (GMT+1).

Important Message: Please ensure that you remove personal information including your date of birth, age, gender and marital status from your CV. Please do not include any photographs.