Coordinator for the Africa Family Law Network

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Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Legal
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Deadline: 01/09/2023
  • Location: Remote (global)
Movement building
Key Responsibilities

Organising Partners’ Coordination and Management:
  • Coordinates the process of developing the organising partners’ Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) including vision, mission, strategic objectives, organising principles, values and ways of working
  • Coordinates the development of the Network’s three-year strategic plan and its implementation roadmap of actions and outcomes
  • Oversees the implementation of the strategic plan (once adopted), provides support to actions the parties identify, and proposes opportunities to partners for cross-organizational collaboration
  • Reports formally to SIHA as the lead coordinating partner. They will also act as the supervisor to the coordinator and a thought partner to the Coordinator in how to prioritise, address challenges and carry out the work.

Network Engagement:
  • Works with the Network’s partners working group to jointly:
    • map the target audiences of women’s rights advocates and organisations (WRA/Os) working on family law reform and potential partners,
    • develop, facilitate, and expand the network’s membership structure
    • assess the Network’s status in terms of collaboration platforms and tools and oversee necessary changes accordingly
  • Mobilises and coordinates resources in support of the network’s development, collaboration and collective actions

Network Governance:
  • Coordinates meetings, sets meeting agenda, prepared pre-reads, takes minutes and follows-up on actions needed for the Network’s partners steering and working groups, as well as any ad hoc group meetings
  • Coordinates and supports annual and biannual virtual and in person meetings, supporting travel, logistics, budget management, and facilitation
  • Creates spaces for cross-network members and partners team building and learning in support of cohesion and effective collaboration
  • Works closely with the partners’ working group to assess existing network governance structures, explore and develop ways to improve them

Other Duties:
  • Represent the Network at events organised by partners and members
  • Participate in meetings related to family law initiatives of the hosting partner

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experiences
  • Minimum bachelor’s degree in international development/law/human rights/ gender, or related field
  • At least three years of programme or project delivery experience demonstrating sound management and organisational skills
  • Proficiency in English both verbal and written. Proficiency in another international language (French or Arabic) is an advantage
  • Strong commitment to/interest in women’s rights, gender equality and/human rights and policy advocacy
  • Demonstrable experience managing partnerships, networks and/or programme networks in the development sector is essential
  • Solid diverse stakeholder/actor engagement and management skills
  • Skilled in online tools and platforms such as GoogleSuite and Zoom for effective virtual coordination
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the highest level of attention to detail.
  • Proactive, self-motivated and capable of working unsupervised
  • Strong interpersonal skills and proven track record of communicating complex issues to diverse audiences that can be applied to communicating and engaging with colleagues and external audiences from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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