Role Purpose

The Knowledge Management (KM) & Advocacy Coordinator is responsible for implementing and regularly reviewing the KM and advocacy strategy for Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) III in Nepal in coordination with SNL/Save the Children staff in Nepal and the project staff in Washington, DC. S/he will identify, document, package, catalogue, and disseminate information & knowledge generated through SNL including successful interventions, challenges, failures, lessons learned and best practices with the support from communications teams and in collaboration with the Every One Campaign when appropriate. The position holder will support the team in messaging to advocate with external partners and policy makers for improved newborn health practices. S/he will also develop communications strategies for newborn health activities as needed, in close coordination with members of the SNL team globally.

Term and Location: Fixed term position till December 2017 based in Kathmandu

Key Areas of Accountability

• Implement and regularly review the knowledge management strategy for SNL 3 in Nepal in coordination with SNL/Save the Children staff in Nepal and globally
• Develop documentation and dissemination plans, communications strategies, document, package, catalogue and disseminate information & knowledge generated through SNL including successful interventions, challenges, lessons learned and best practices
• Ensure that SNL is effectively reaching target audiences through audience-specific information, formats, and channels
• Support messaging to advocate with external partners and policy makers for improved newborn health practices
• Liaise with SNL’s staff in Washington, DC and with SNL’s KM network in other implementing countries to coordinate knowledge sharing efforts, communicate knowledge gathered in Nepal and disseminate knowledge gathered in other SNL III countries
• Coordinate SNL and Save the Children Nepal (including the Every One Campaign) efforts to convene partners for knowledge sharing on newborn health
• Ensure regular knowledge sharing and communications with identified champions; Incorporate champions into SNL advocacy strategy
• Coordinate SNL efforts to engage the media and monitor their coverage of newborn health issues.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing meetings, teleconferences, field visits from other countries, delegations, and online forums and implement other knowledge management tools as needed
• Liaise with Health & Nutrition team, Media and Communication team, Every One Campaign team and other relevant departments in Save the Children, the government and other SNL III partner organizations as needed to further knowledge sharing, communications and advocacy goals
• Build capacity among SNL and Save the Children staff for KM, communications and advocacy
• Work in close coordination with Behavior Change Communication (BCC) coordinator to generate and disseminate case stories and other relevant information related to MNCH in the field
• Ensure regular contributions from Nepal to the Healthy Newborn Network (a global newborn health information website) and to the SNL newsletter
• Lead development of a plan to institutionalize KM in Nepal so that knowledge sharing continues after the close of SNL
• Assist the SNL team with program management tasks, including annual work plans and quarterly reports, ensuring the advocacy, communications, and KM are accurately reflected

To Apply: 

For detailed job descriptions of the aforementioned job positions, log on to www.merojob.com/save-the-children. Click “Apply Online” icon below the details of  respective job position(s) to apply. The application deadline for all the aforementioned positions is 17:00 hrs, Sunday, June 8, 2014.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for further selection process.
Canvassing at any stage of the processes shall lead to automatic disqualification.

Female and candidates from disadvantaged community from the local level are highly encouraged to apply.