Education Finance Campaign Consultant at Malala Fund

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.