| Job Title | Advocacy and Capacity Officer | Reporting into | CSSP Manager |
| Department/Team | CSSP | Manages others | No |
| Occupational Level | Job Grade |
| JOB PURPOSE |
| Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on civil society advocacy. |
| Key Performance Areas | |
| Objectives | |
| Civil society coordination & collaboration | · Develop advocacy framework for sector coordination and collaboration· Support the consultative conferences, working groups, networks and sectors· Convene sector learning and building forums for selected sectors as case studies.· Identify common Civil Society Policy positions to create a platform for advocacy and lobbying.· Facilitate partnership with Programme Pillars to popularise KT work in civil society· Identify & Monitor NPO Capacity Building Needs· Implement and evaluate NPO Capacity Building Framework· Develop and maintain a national NPO capacity building schedule, calendar and database |
| Partnership & stakeholder management | · To identify and manage relevant partnership within the operationalisation of advocacy activities· To manage and monitor key stakeholder engagements in relation to civil society programme delivery and effectiveness· Maintain relationships with regulatory and compliance institutions for capacity building |
| Reporting | · Prepare project weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports on Civil Society Advocacy Programmes· Assist with ad hoc tasks as and when required |
| BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE | ||
| Formal Qualification/Degree | Essential | Desirable |
| Degree in a relevant area of study | √ | |
| Honours Degree | √ | |
| Work Experience (What kind of experience is needed in order to do this job?) | Essential | Desirable |
| Minimum of 5 years’ experience in programme delivery with a focus on civil society capacity development | √ | |
| Knowledge of campaigns, networking and collaboration | √ | |
| Strong knowledge of the NGO sector | √ | |
| Expertise in partnership and collaboration within NGO sector | √ | |
| Have deep sense of integrity towards work and organisation | √ | |
| Experience of project and programme conceptualisation and design | √ | |
| Experience in social media activism, tools and on-line advocacy | √ | |
| Job Related Knowledge (knowledge of systems, processes, regulations or law) | Essential | Desirable |
| Knowledge of NPO/NGO capacity development | ||
| Experience in NGO leadership in advocacy, research, policy and partnership coordination | ||
| Experience of project and programme conceptualisation and design | √ | |
| Experience in implementing and working on complex programmes | √ | |
| Experience and expertise in financial management and compliance | √ | |
| Strong expertise in programme M&E | √ | |
| Job Related Skills | Essential | Desirable |
| Communication skills (Verbal and Written) | ||
| Computer skills (MS Office) | ||
| Implementation of advocacy programmes | √ | |
| Strong coordination & partnership skills | √ | |
| Programme & project M&E | √ | |
| Analytical skills | √ | |
| Team Player | √ | |
| Detail Orientated | √ | |
| Planned and Organised | √ |
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