Road Safety Advocacy Officer at Kenya Red Cross Society

Job Summary

Reporting to the National Youth Manager(KRCS Road Safety Focal Point)  and technically working with the Policy, Advocacy and Governance Advisor, the post-holder will provide direct assistance to KRCS at the head office in Nairobi. The Officer will support the implementation of the Safe Urban Roads and Areas (SURA-K) aimed at influencing and advocating for the amendment of the speed limit legislations in Kenya.

Duty Station

• S/he will be based at the Kenya Red Cross Headquarters, in Nairobi, with frequent travel to the field as necessary.

Key responsibilities:

• Champion the key road safety policy messages emerging form the activities under the SURA-K Project
• With the Program Manager and Policy, Advocacy and Governance Advisor, lead KRCS engagement with government and civil society organizations working on road safety.
• Monitor Kenya’s road safety initiatives/ activities and identify opportunities for advancing rod safety.
• With support from the Program Manager, lead the dissemination and advocacy of research / survey outputs from the Project activities.
• Develop campaign briefings and related materials.
• Contribute to consultation responses and road safety policy developments.
• Work in collaboration with the Program Manager, Communications Officer and Policy, Advocacy and Governance Advisor
• Support in planning and coordination of stakeholders’ engagement activities in Nairobi County
• Assistance with KRCS events and other related tasks.
• Ensure activities under the project are in schedule as per the approved work-plans and timelines.
• Schedule, plan and organize project-related meetings and events with the support of the Program Manager
• Maintain activity records, reports, presentations, and proposals.
• Collect and highlight success stories with the support of the communications’ team.
• Facilitate in-person workshops to participants from the Road Safety organizations/ institutions.
• Mobilize stakeholders to take part in the workshops, consultations meetings and any other activities under the project.
• Support logistics coordination for workshops and activities e.g. hotel bookings, purchase requests etc.
• Identify and mitigate any potential risks to the project with support from the Program Manager
• Perform other roles that may be assigned to you by the line manager

Desired Skills & Qualifications
Requirements:

• To fill this position, we are looking for someone with evidence of the following:

Qualifications

• A degree in law, political science, communications or transport-related discipline

Essential Capabilities

• Knowledge of transport, health, environment, economics, management, social policy, politics or related discipline
• Proven communication and campaign skills
• Excellent writing skills, particularly in an applied research situation
• An ability to communicate specialist technical knowledge to a non-specialist audience
• An ability to understand statistics and to clearly present key findings
• An ability to source and analyze information from the government, academia, stakeholders, KRCS contacts and others
• IT skills – mainly MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT and Outlook)
• An ability to work unsupervised and to use initiative
• Enthusiasm and the ability to take a key role in KRCS
• A willingness to be flexible in roles and responsibilities

Desirable

• A knowledge of road safety
• A knowledge of the operations of Kenya’s National Assembly, Legislative process, national and county governments
• Social media skills, particularly X, Instagram, Facebook and Word press