Advocacy Specialist , Multiple positions

Hosted Entities Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
Job categories Communications
Vacancy code VA/2017/B5007/12349
Level ICS-10
Department/office GPO, GVA, Geneva
Duty station Geneva, Switzerland
Contract type International ICA
Contract level IICA-2
Duration 1 year initially, with possibility of extension
Application period 19-May-2017 to 07-Jun-2017


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Launched in September 2010, the purpose of the SUN Movement is to catalyse collective action and create an enabling environment to end malnutrition in all its forms. With 59 SUN Countries and the Indian States of Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh at the helm, the SUN Movement represents an unprecedented country-led effort to bring together stakeholders – from governments, national and global civil society organisations, businesses, the UN system, researchers and scientists across different sectors- and provide them with a collaborative space to convene, mobilise, share, learn, advocate, align and coordinate actions and approaches to improve nutrition.

SUN countries, supported by all stakeholders in the Movement, are committed to creating an enabling environment for scaling up nutrition by strengthening four strategic processes as set out in the SUN Movement Strategy and Roadmap 2016-2020: Expanding and sustaining an enabling political environment; prioritising effective actions that contribute to good nutrition, implementing actions aligned with national common results frameworks and effectively using, and significantly increasing, financial resources for nutrition.  The SUN Movement Coordinator, UN Assistant Secretary General, oversees the day-to-day implementation of the Strategy and Roadmap, leads the SUN Movement Secretariat and represents the SUN Movement globally. 

Since 2012, the SUN Movement Secretariat has developed as a small coordinating mechanism. It has no operational role, but seeks to link together countries and networks in the SUN Movement to ensure that support, requested in countries to intensify actions and achieve nutrition objectives, is received in a coordinated and coherent way.  It also ensures that the Movement’s progress is tracked efficiently and communicated clearly. The Secretariat is headed by the Director of the Secretariat who is responsible for ensuring that the Secretariat catalyses, facilitates and supports effective action across the overall SUN Movement. 


Reporting to the Policy and Strategy Advisor – Advocacy and Communications...

Advanced university degree (Master or equivalent) in Communications, Advocacy, P...

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in advocacy and/or political engagement o...

Fluency in, oral and written in English is required. French and/or Spanish are ...

Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc...

Contract type: International Consultant Agreement (ICA) Contract level: ICA - 2 ...

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