Advocacy Advisor at Islamic Relief

Main Purpose of the role:

Options Consultancy Services seeks an Advocacy Advisor based in Nairobi to contribute and work within a dynamic five (5) year UKAID funded programme titled Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning in Kenya (DESIP)

Responsibilities:

The DESIP programme aims to ensure greater and more equitable access and uptake of family planning services in 19 priority counties through sustainable involvement of the private and public sector

The Advocacy Advisor will perform the following tasks:

• Oversee implementation of advocacy and evidence strategy

Oversee and give direction to the implementation of the advocacy and evidence strategy by County based partners and other DESIP consortium partners, CSOs, in a way that effectively merges evidence, accountability and advocacy interventions for Family Planning by ensuring more sustainable involvement of the private and public sector.

• Quality assurance

Oversee and quality assure processes as performed under Options’ led programme indicators, and make sure interventions are sustained beyond the life of the programme.

• Strengthen Family Planning accountability structures and Capacity Strengthening

Support the mapping and capacity building of CSOs for effective engagement in county level advocacy to enhance FP uptake. In liaison with the team, prioritise areas for capacity strengthening working together with DESIP implementing partners to implement identified gaps and ensure continuity of advocacy efforts.

See the Job Description for more details: https://options.co.uk/jobs/advocacy-advisor

Person specification:

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• At least 10 years’ experience of working on large international development programmes in the area of accountability, governance and advocacy in the health sector

• Experience with the development of accountability and advocacy strategies, and in having a leading role in the implementation of these strategies

• Experience of working in complex political environments, and a sound knowledge of the Kenyan context in terms of MNCH and FP data generation, and use of MNCH/FP data for advocacy and planning processes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including reporting concisely in a range of formats (reports, briefings, etc)

Other information:

Options is an equal opportunities employer

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment

We seek people who are pro-choice, energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision