Movement Building Lead at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Options is seeking a Movement Building Lead who will provide leadership, coordination and technical assistance to consortia partners, grassroots grantee partners and other networks/organisations/movements under the Africa Led Movement (ALM) to End Genital Movement programme. The candidate will support the delivery of capacity-strengthening and movement building interventions.

Responsibilities: 

The Movement Building Lead will spearhead the implementation of the strategic interventions on capacity strengthening and movement building in line with ALM’s overall strategy, theory of change and results framework. The role will provide leadership, coordination and technical assistance to consortia partners, grassroots grantee partners and other networks/organizations/movements in delivering capacity strengthening and movement building interventions including through grants support, training, mentoring and peer-to-peer learning which seek to bring about social norm change on FGM/C within communities, and build a strong enabling environment to end FGM/C at multiple levels (sub-national, national, regional and global). ALM’s feminist movement building will take the form of sustained work with community-based activists, organizations and networks, to support and strengthen effective movement leadership, alliances, and strategies. 

Person specification: 

• Substantial expertise working in the development sector in an African region with a focus on FGM/C (with beneficiaries and civil society organisations)
• Experience in the field of women and girls health and rights, and social and behaviour change, familiar with navigating sensitive community issues for young people.
• Experience in programming aiming to curb FGM practices.
• Experience in managing sub-contractors, suppliers, and/or civil society implementing partners.
• Experience in strengthening institutional capacity.
• Experience of engagement with movement partnerships and collaborations. .