Head of Advocacy and External Affairs (Maternity Cover)
For more information and to apply click here!Employment Type: Full Time (Maternity Cover - c.12 months)
Location: London, UK
Salary: £59,018 - £61,969 (GBP) per annum
Team: Impact and Change
Closing: 11:59pm, 26th February 2025 BST (Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and may close sooner. Candidates are encouraged to apply before the deadline.)
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WHAT IS START NETWORK?
Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation.
Our current membership is made up of nearly 100 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability.
OUR SOLUTIONS
DECENTRAISLING & LOCALLY-LED ACTION: Shifting power and resources and decentralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations.
EARLY & RAPID FINANCING: Building a global financing system that reduces risk, anticipates, and acts ahead of predictable crises.
COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION: Incentivising innovative, locally led, and contextual solutions and learning from them together with people affected by crises.
For more information about Start Network and what we do, please visit our website.
OUR VALUES
WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: Communities come first in our decision-making and programming.
WE ARE BRAVE: We have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it
WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: We leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together.
WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard.
WE ARE OPEN: We work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming.
WE ARE ETHICAL: We behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress.
JOB PURPOSE
Working within the Impact and Change Directorate, the job holder is a strategic leader responsible for leading the thinking and implementation of Start Network’s advocacy and external affairs engagement to transform the humanitarian sector. This is to create a locally-led and proactive humanitarian system that is accountable to people affected by and at risk of crisis, that saves more lives, promotes dignity and protects people from loss and harm.