Director, Government Relations

2 weeks ago


Washington, United States Malala Fund Full time

**About Malala Fund**

Registered in the U.K., U.S. Nigeria, and Pakistan, Malala Fund is working toward a world where all girls can learn and lead. Malala Fund advocates 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 local education leaders and front-line organizations, the people who best understand girls in their communities in regions where most girls are missing out on secondary school. We give girls the tools they need to advocate for education and equality in their communities and a platform for the world to hear their voices. We believe girls should speak for themselves and tell leaders what they need to learn and achieve their potential.

**About the position**

The Director, Government Relations will be responsible for strategically building and managing Malala Fund’s relationships and engagements with governments, elected officials, administration leaders and civil servants to further advance our global advocacy initiatives. The Director is accountable for the development and implementation of Malala Fund’s political influencing strategies and the overall coordination of all Malala Fund’s government relations outreach across key markets in the Global North and MENA regions in order to advance the full portfolio of Malala Fund’s global advocacy priorities. They will lead and oversee direct advocacy towards policymakers - strengthening Malala Fund’s organisational identity as a leading advocate for girls’ education - and inform opportunities to leverage the voice of Malala Fund’s co-founders - Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai - with governments in support of Malala Fund advocacy.

**Responsibilities**

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Strategy and Leadership_**
- In collaboration with advocacy leads, oversee the development and delivery of political influencing strategies to support (1) Malala Fund’s policy and financing recommendations to key political decision-makers and (2) Malala Fund’s advocacy at the global level to support girls in Afghanistan.
- Set a multi-year vision for government relations work; develop annual, market-specific goals and targets that make best use of Malala Fund’s staff, capacity, networks, and relationships; and develop an annual evaluation framework to assess progress.
- Working with the Executive Office, ensure alignment between co-founder’s and Malala Fund’s influencing agendas. Offer ad hoc support to the Executive Office to inform Malala’s personal advocacy goals and activities, ensuring clarity and consistency with approaches to key governments.
- Work closely with Communications colleagues to ensure consistency of external messaging related to governments and to co-create campaigns in support of Malala Fund advocacy objectives.
- Advise senior leadership on political opportunities that should inform the timing and focus of Malala Fund policy change campaigns and lead the government relations strategy for campaigns.
- Proactively seek out political opportunities and provide intelligence and insight on political events and dynamics to the Executive Leadership Team and the Executive Office to inform Malala Fund’s and Malala’s positioning.
- Build and develop a nimble and high-performing team that leverages critical opportunities for informing and advancing impactful policies at the right times and ensures complementary networks of government relations contacts/expertise across key global markets.
- Lead the development of the Government Relations team budget on an annual basis in order to inform the wider departmental annual budget.

**_ Representation and Relationship Management_**
- Cultivate and maintain a strong network of government contacts in priority markets, ensuring Malala Fund is operating with the latest political intelligence.
- Manage Malala Fund’s overall relationships with governments in key global advocacy markets - working closely with the Executive Office and External Affairs colleagues - in support of Malala Fund’s advocacy objectives. As needed (relative to total team composition and relationships) directly oversee relationships and strategy implementation in at least 1-2 priority markets.
- Represent Malala Fund at senior levels of government and in external forums.
- Help prepare the CEO, the Chief External Affairs Officer and, in partnership with the Executive Office, Malala Fund’s co-founders for meetings, events and public statements; accompany them to engagements as needed.

**_ People Management_**
- Actively build and maintain systems that allow for the growth and development of all direct reports.
- Welcome and induct new team members into Malala Fund, and facilitate collaboration across and within your team.
- Co-create clear objectives and development plans for direct reports and engage in regular and constructive performance conversations.
- Share key messages and relevant i



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