AMREF Policy Advocacy Specialist Jobs in Kenya
AMREF Policy Advocacy Specialist Jobs in Kenya
Y-ACT, Youth in Action is an initiative of Amref Health Africa that supports increased capacity and action by youth to advocate for their gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) priorities to be reflected in government policies and actions.
The Policy Advocacy Specialist will provide technical guidance on policy advocacy priorities relevant to gender equality and SRHR for the project teams and partners, lead the mentorship, coaching and capacity strengthening of the county-based Advocacy Outreach Coordinators, Trainers of Trainers, national, and county youth-led partner organizations in identifying, developing and executing policy advocacy strategies
and action plans.
The Policy Advocacy Specialist will lead advocacy Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
for the project, including implementing and overseeing policy advocacy reporting systems and outcome harvesting by the county and national partners for shared learning, donor reporting, and manage the MEL consultants.
Principal Responsibilities
Lead the analysis and monitoring of current policies, events, policy decisions
and trends related to youth SRHR and gender equality with implications for
the project’s advocacy priorities
Evaluate and document the benefits and effects of proposed advocacy policy priorities by the youth, related to gender equality and SRHR
Provide technical support to the youth led organizations in drafting policy briefs and policy submissions related to their advocacy strategies
Develop a policy advocacy capacity strengthening plan for project staff, county
partners and youth led organizations
Lead the training, mentorship and coaching of project staff, youth-led partner organizations in identifying, developing and executing policy
advocacy strategies and action plans.
Oversee the work of local policy advocacy consultants who are providing content knowledge, technical assistance, consultation, and support to the project for the implementation of gender and SRHR advocacy strategies
Provide technical support to a cadre of high-quality youth trainers in the project curricula.
Lead the development and delivery of professional development to support
the implementation of the project’s youth in action advocacy curriculum.
Hold training and facilitating role including Master Trainer at in-person trainings for the project policy advocacy trainings
Conduct research and consult with key collaborators for the refinement processes of the youth in action advocacy curriculum
Provide mentorship and coaching on policy advocacy to the county partners
and youth led organizations
Manage the project MEL consultants and oversee the development of the MEL framework for outcome harvesting of advocacy wins
Oversee policy advocacy reporting systems and outcome harvesting by the
county and national partners for shared learning and donor reporting
Key Area Activity
Provide technical oversight to the county based staff during collection of qualitative and quantitative learnings from youth and policy makers for monitoring and evaluation
Facilitate learning opportunities and enable adaptive decision making based on lessons learned from the policy advocacy capacity strengthening process
Strategy Engagement § Partner with other members of the Senior Management team on project
strategy and operations related to policy advocacy for the project.
Attend and participate in strategy meetings and reviews on policy advocacy
Provide insights and recommendations for strategic direction in terms of advocacy curriculum development and policy advocacy strategy
development
Required Qualifications
Education and knowledge
Master’s degree in Public Policy, Law, or other related field with preferred 2 additional years of experience in capacity strengthening and curriculum development
Technical capacity and understanding of sexual, reproductive, and maternal health- and gender related issues and programming.
Experience
At least 7 years of experience working in advocacy at global, regional and country level.
At least 5-7 years’ experience in exemplary practice in policy advocacy implementation and
capacity strengthening
Demonstrated experience in adult education instruction.
Experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks for policy advocacy outcomes
Demonstrated experience developing and deploying partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
Experience developing curriculum and conducting training of trainers.
Proven experience managing complex projects, including budgets and managing consultants.
Experience working with youth-specific projects will be an added advantage
Experience in advocacy specific to an African context.
Experience with theories and practices of policy analysis theories, online learning and the
implementation of blended learning environments with multimedia engagement tools.
Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication
Proven negotiation and networking skills
High degree of diplomacy
Strong people management
Problem solving and flexibility
Facilitation
Competences
Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of existing policies and curricula and make
recommendations for improvement.
Ability to work and communicate with diverse groups and organisations.
Work under minimal supervision
Strong decision making skills
Ability to prioritise and multi-task
Ability to exercise confidentiality, tact and discretion when dealing with diverse groups of people.
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with groups and individuals
with diverse and competing interests or diverse perspectives.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work
assignments.
Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite
characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
Work Environment
Ability to travel at least 50% time.
How to Apply
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, please quote the reference number (REF: Amref/Y-ACT/ Policy Advocacy Specialist/07-01) as the subject line of your email and send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@amref.org by latest 19th July 2019.
Youth below the age of 35 years are highly
encouraged to apply.
Duly note that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment
and selection process and have not retained any agent in connection with recruitment.
Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share
this commitment. Amref is an equal opportunity
For more information and job application details, see; AMREF Policy Advocacy Specialist Jobs in Kenya
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