Job Opportunity from Solidarity Center in Armenia: Advocacy expert/trainer

 

Job description:

The Solidarity Center in Armenia is seeking an expert/trainer on advocacy to develop and conduct a 6-day training on advocacy for workers and worker organizations.

 

It is expected that throughout the training the participants will:

 

• explore policy gaps and the most promising areas to engage in national reform efforts;
• get acquainted with the tools/methodologies of organizing and implementing advocacy campaigns in support of worker-identified reform issues, including power mapping, coalition building, issue identification, and agenda setting;
• improve skills necessary for an advocacy officer (communications, networking, negotiations, etc).

 

The participants will also have the opportunity to apply their skills to develop an advocacy campaign plan, having also a task to engage workers around the policy issues discussed.

 

 

Job responsibilities

 

• study and understand the needs of the target audience
• develop a 6-day training plan on advocacy (for a group of 20 participants)
• conduct the 6-day training for the target audience
• develop an evaluation methodology/tool for the advocacy training to evaluate knowledge increase among participants
• support the development of a labor network to engage in labor rights advocacy
• provide mentorship to the network on their advocacy interventions (for 3 months)
• work with Solidarity Center staff to discuss task-related issues and details.

 

 

Required qualifications

 

• Three (3) years of training experience;
• Experience in advocacy trainings is strongly desirable;
• Knowledge of worker rights issues and experience with labor organizations is desirable;
• Practical experience in advocacy campaigns is an advantage;
• Fluency in written and spoken Armenian, fluency in English and/or Russian is an advantage;
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to get along with a diverse group of participants.

 

 

Required candidate level: Not defined

 

 

Additional information

 

If interested, please send your CV, financial and technical offers to [email protected]. Deadline for submission is July 26, 2023.

 

Anticipated start date is September, 2023.

 

 

Professional skills

 

• Teaching/training experience
• Advocacy

 

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