Education Finance Campaign Consultant at Malala Fund

About Malala Fund: Malala Fund is working toward a world where all girls can learn for 12 years and lead without fear. We advocate for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education. The girls we serve have high goals for themselves — and we have high expectations for leaders who can help them. We invest in developing country education leaders and frontline organisations — the people who best understand girls in their communities — in regions where most girls are missing out on secondary school. We amplify girls’ voices. Malala Fund is building a movement of young education activists who, like Malala, speak truth to power around the world.

Job Title: Education Finance Campaign Consultant

Reports to: Education Finance Campaign Manager
Location:Nigeria, Abuja
Status:6-month contract; February – July 2018

Position Summary: Significant new sources of finance are needed in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goal target for all girls to receive free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund wants to play a major role in boosting the ambition to secure the necessary investments to get every girl into school. The Education Finance Campaign Consultant will serve as a key member of the small team leading Malala Fund’s work on this topic —one of the organisation’s top strategic priorities for 2018.

You will be a networker and relationship builder, with a track record of effectively and creatively reaching decision makers to influence policy decisions.

I. Consultant Responsibilities:
Working with colleagues, manage the day-to-day on Malala Fund’s education finance campaign in key countries, ensuring close integration with the organisation’sadvocacy, campaigns and communications activities.
Identify opportunities for including Malala Fund’s signature programme(s), the Gulmakai Network (and Girl Advocacy Programme where applicable), into the organisation’s education finance strategy.
Develop and maintain a wide network of contacts across the national education sector, relevant groups and individuals.
Represent Malala fund in cross-sector and coalition work, identifying strategic opportunities to partner with allies and influence decision makers.
Draft campaign materials, including briefings and flyers, for sign off by colleagues.
Help develop campaign narrative and strategies for media relations and supporter mobilisation, informed by advocacy priorities and intel.
Support colleagues in gathering assets including stories, photos and video, needed for campaign development.
Deliver regular progress and intel reports to enable ongoing evaluation and course correction of campaign strategies.

Method of Application

Interested candidates should send a resume a short cover letter to hiring@malalafund.org, indicating “Education Finance Campaign” in the subject line of the email.