Child Rights Advocate

3 days ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada UNICEF Canada Full time
Job Title: Child Rights Advocate

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated individual to join our team as a Child Rights Advocate in Toronto.

About the Role:

The Child Rights Advocate will play a critical role in designing and delivering advocacy strategies to influence legislation, policies, investments, and knowledge of children's universal human rights across all orders of government and sectors in Canada.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Policy Research & Analysis (30%):
    • Develop effective advocacy strategies for policy change priorities.
    • Stay up-to-date on UNICEF's policies and programs, with a focus on Canadian policies and priorities.
    • Apply expert policy analysis to advocacy priorities and interventions to secure children's rights.
    • Manage research and knowledge to ensure the most relevant and current evidence informs policy plans and products.
    • Identify and respond to opportunities to influence public policy affecting children's rights and well-being.
    • Monitor current developments in research, advocacy, and public discourse on children's rights issues in Canada and globally.
    • Collaborate with colleagues in international policy to coordinate policy positions and influence opportunities.
  • Stakeholder Engagement (25%):
    • Build and maintain strategic relationships with civil society leaders and allies in the child and youth sector.
    • Effectively communicate with stakeholders in civil society organizations/networks and academic/research institutions.
    • Pursue partnerships to create innovative content, tap into new audiences, and plant child policy priorities in other policy conversations.
    • Organize events and initiatives and participate in or present on policy work/advocacy in diverse settings.
    • Guide stakeholder and media communication, and act as a media spokesperson on selected issues.
  • Government Relations (20%):
    • Design and develop strategies for government relations to influence decision-makers and advance policy priorities.
    • Represent UNICEF Canada at meetings with key departmental and parliamentary policy staff.
    • Collaborate with colleagues to coordinate advocacy opportunities and strategies.
    • Brief and support the Executive Leadership Team in their government relations roles.
    • Execute requirements of the federal lobbying registry and lobbying rules.
  • Child & Youth Engagement (15%):
    • Create opportunities for child and youth participation in advocacy and decision-making.
    • Provide expertise to the Youth Advocacy team to support learning about policy advocacy and government.
    • Manage youth engagement at the Youth Advocacy Summit.
    • Support youth advocates with policy-related information and preparation.
    • Contribute to child and youth safeguarding.
  • Organizational Development & People Leadership (10%):
    • Lead and support the Policy Specialist, Government Relations.
    • Guide the development and implementation of best-in-class government relations, youth participation, and communications strategies.
    • Contribute to organizational planning, budgeting, and impact reporting.
    • Participate in agile planning, team meetings, and other initiatives.
    • E nsure integrity with the organizational mission and values in all activities.
    • Work to integrate anti-colonial and anti-racist approaches into domestic programs.
    • Develop and manage advocacy materials.
    • Manage interns and student placements.
    • Maintain an effective system to organize information and documentation.
    • Inform the creation of advocacy tools and capacities.
    • Maintain accurate financial and activity records.

About Us:

UNICEF Canada is an inclusive workplace committed to championing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including extended health and dental benefits, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and employer contributions to a group pension plan. We also provide employee and family assistance programs, 10 paid sick days, 2 personal days, maternity and parental leave top-up, 3 weeks of annual vacation leave, and additional vacation days. Plus, you'll have access to leadership development opportunities, internal mentoring, and DEI programming.

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