[SN-ANNOUNCE] ACESS - Advocacy Officer Vacancy

[ACESS]

TO ALL SANGONeT USERS

ACESS is a national alliance of over 1300 children’s sector 
organizations. It uses the alliance structure to advocate for reform of 
the social security system for children and seeks to improve children’s 
current access to social security. We are seeking to appoint an advocacy 
officer who will be based at our national office in Cape Town.

The advocacy officer will be part of a dynamic team. He or she will 
report to our Programme Coordinator who heads up the team in the 
development and implementation of our advocacy programme of action.

The advocacy officer’s responsibilities will include, inter alia:-

* Assisting with the development of advocacy plans and timetables.
* Assisting with the implementation of the advocacy plans.
* This will include, inter alia, the review of policy, law and research 
material, the development of written submissions, the presentation of 
submissions and other presentations to various stakeholders and 
decision-makers, engaging with civil society, ACESS’s members and other 
key partners in relation to our advocacy campaigns, meetings with 
decision-makers, parliamentarians and civil society, engaging with the 
media around ACESS’s advocacy messages and the writing of updates and 
reports to ACESS members regarding advocacy plans and progress.
* Facilitating the knowledge and participation by ACESS members in the 
various policy and legislative processes relating to social security.
* Assisting with the development of funding proposals and sourcing donors.
* The writing of reports.

Qualifications and experience required:

* An appropriate legal or public policy tertiary qualification or 
comparable and appropriate alternative qualifications.
* At least 2 years experience in an advocacy role, preferably within the 
children’s sector.
* A strong advocacy track record (including media advocacy, 
parliamentary processes, community and mass mobilization and any other 
relevant form of advocacy).

The applicant should indicate in their letter of support what policy and 
law reform processes he or she has led or been engaged in, together with 
some indication of successes and failures in that regard.

* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Fundraising and report writing experience.
* Good facilitation skills.
* Computer literacy – including MS word, PowerPoint, outlook express and 
the internet.
* The successful applicant must be prepared to travel extensively within 
South Africa.

Contract period: 1 year
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience
Closing date for applications: 23 March 2007

Application procedure:

Please send a letter of motivation in support of your application (which 
must include details of your current position and rate of remuneration), 
your CV (not longer than three pages), certified copies of your academic 
transcript(s) of qualifications obtained, and the details of three 
contactable referees, to: Patricia Martin, ACESS, (fax) (021) 761 4938 
or patricia at acess.org.za, or post to ACESS, Postnet Suite 78, Private 
Bag X3, Plumstead, 7801

If you require further information, please contact Patricia Martin on 
083 399 3879 or on (021) 761 0117

ACESS reserves the right not to make an appointment. Should you not hear 
from us by 30 April 2007 please assume that you application was not 
successful.