Advocacy and Digital Movement Building Officer at Amref Kenya

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Youth-Led Policy Advocacy and Social Accountability Through a Digital Movement

• Provide technical leadership to the Youth Power Hub (YPH) youth-led organizations in the implementation of advocacy and social accountability efforts for the ICPD+25 commitments at country level, and promote the use of the digital tracking tool (Youth Power Tracker).
• Position the Youth Power Hub (YPH) as the go-to platform for digital youth-led social accountability on various sexual and reproductive health priorities, including ICPD+25.
• Coordinate effective youth engagement on advocacy activities for the East Africa Community SRHR Bill.
• Work closely with other Y-ACT staff and consultants, to review and deliver training on social accountability through digital platforms, and any support for the trainings at grassroots level by the youth-led organizations.
• Oversee the uptake of the digital course dubbed ‘POWER UP!’ beyond the scope of YPH youth power champions.

Stakeholder Management and Team Coordination

• Coordinate the partnership between Y-ACT, AfriYAN, and UNFPA Eastern and Southern Africa region as the key program stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to the YPH secretariat and lead the weekly virtual meetings, and coordinate the monthly partnership virtual meetings.
• Ensure the implementation of all work plan activities and the attainment of program targets through effective mobilization and engagement of Youth Power Champions across the 23 countries.

Digital Engagement and Knowledge Management

• Lead digital knowledge sharing events including webinars and peer learning sessions for Youth Power Hub.
• Work with Y-ACT’s Communications team and provide thought leadership in identification of digital solutions and growth strategies for the Youth Power Hub.
• Work with Y-ACT’s Communications team to develop and implement a detailed guide for multimedia content to increase YPH reach, including, editorial content (stories, advocacy images, campaigns, infographics) etc.
• Work closely with Y-ACT’s webmaster to ensure effectiveness of the Youth Power Tracker and identification of any technical issues that may require to be resolved.

Operations and Reporting

• Monitor and review Youth Power Hub annual budget and operational plans to support the program.
• Lead in the development and dissemination of Youth Power Hub quarterly project reports.
• Work with Y-ACT’s grants and organizational development team to support the Youth Power champions/organizations develop and implement quality work-plans and budgets for the sub-grants.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Public Policy, Social or Political Science, Project Management, or related studies.
• Master’s degree in relevant field is an added advantage.

Experience

• At least three (3) years’ experience in coordinating advocacy initiatives focusing on sexual and reproductive health, online digital engagement and meaningful youth engagement in health priorities.
• Experience deploying partner mobilization and external communications for multi-country teams.
• Knowledge of Africa’s policy landscape and advocacy processes (including legal aspects) relating to youth health priorities.
• Experience working with coalitions /youth led organizations in Africa.
• Experience in conducting trainings or learning sessions (both in person and virtual) for diverse, multi-country teams.

Skills

• Ability to conduct advocacy activities on regional and international platforms.
• High organizational and time-management skills.
• Team coordination and stakeholder management for high-performance.
• Be hands-on on both coordination and operational tasks
• Strategic planning, with ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to exercise confidentiality, tact and discretion when dealing with diverse groups of people.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Written and verbal communications skills in French is desirable.

Competences

• Passionate about youth in all their diversity.
• Easy to collaborate with, flexible, positive and energetic attitude
• Ability to work with and report to multiple partners across different time-zones.
• Being an ‘outside the box’ thinker, creative and not afraid to fail.