Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships Manager (FP2030)

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Amref Health Africa

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/11/2023
  • Location: Kenya
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
Advocacy and Accountability  
•       Support the design and implementation of a regional advocacy and accountability strategy based on the FP2030 global advocacy framework and, in close coordination with country civil society partners and focal points, and with the FP2030 Advocacy and Partnerships team, including developing and executing appropriate regional strategies when needed.  
•       Elevate the regional family planning agenda and ensure high-level political engagement and momentum around FP2030 commitments.   
•       Develop and lead the implementation of the region’s civil society engagement strategy.  

 
Engagement with Partners and Stakeholders, and External Relations  
•       Develop and implement regional strategies for long-term relationship building with partners and other nongovernmental stakeholders, aligned with the FP2030 Vision Framework and with a focus on integrating family planning and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) with other health and development sectors such as gender, humanitarian, climate change and related sectors.  
•       Develop and implement a regional partnership strategy for family planning advocacy including connecting with implementing partners, regional organizations in the family planning and other health and development sectors within the region, including the private sector, to build relationships, share information. 
•       Effectively manage non-state actor commitment maker relationships, including mobilizing commitments, outreach to new and existing commitment makers, including supporting the self-reporting process for these commitment makers.    
•       Seek opportunities to advance and operationalize rights-based family planning (RBFP), including for youth and other underrepresented groups in global development, humanitarian, health, and gender agendas, particularly with a diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice lens. 

Programmatic Oversight  
•       Collaborate with civil society and youth focal points, consultants, and other staff as needed to advance advocacy and partnerships work across the region.  
•       Collaborate with FP2030’s global Advocacy, Accountability and Partnerships (AAP) team to ensure alignment of country, regional and global advocacy agenda. 
•       Provide regular updates on the progress of advocacy, accountability, and partnerships work in the region, including to FP2030 Senior Leadership; draft content for reports to funders, Senior Leadership, and key external stakeholders as needed.   
  
Staff Management  
•       Serve as line manager and supervisor to the Hub’s Officer, Communications.   
  
Other Relevant Duties:  
•       Perform any other tasks assigned by the line manager  
  
SELECTION CRITERIA  Education & Qualifications  
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Public Health, International Development, Communications, or other directly related field, or equivalent standard of education. Master’s degree in a related field is preferred. 
•       At least 7-8 years of professional experience at the national or international level, with project management, advocacy and coalition building, and strategic communications expertise.  
•       Written and spoken fluency in English (professional fluency in another language is an asset).  

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