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Department:                                  Violence Against Women (VAW) Prevention
Supervised by:                               VAW Prevention Coordinator
Place of work:                                  Raising Voices Kampala Office, with some travel outside Uganda
Supervisees:                                      N/A

Job Role
Role Overview: The Technical Advisor for Influencing provides strategic and inspiring leadership for the
implementation of the VAW prevention Influence strategy that strives to ensure that practice-based
learning and feminist perspectives inform key program and policy related decisions for effective VAW
prevention programing in Uganda, regionally and globally.

Key Result Areas Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Support

• Lead the strengthening and development of new and existing initiatives and set strategic directions for VAW prevention Influencing efforts at Raising Voices.
• Remain updated with the emerging issues and discourse within the VAW prevention field.
• Lead the coordination of VAW prevention collective activism and strategic initiatives including working groups, reviews of policy and program documents, planning and implementing advocacy activities.
• Plan and facilitate advocacy events and feminist processes.
• Participate in strategic reviews and planning processes at organizational; departmental and team levels.

Development and dissemination of publications

• Lead full cycle of publication development (writing, reviews, revision, design supervision, dissemination, uptake) of policy briefs, think pieces, journal articles and advocacy pieces on critical VAW prevention issues.
• Develop content and updates for the Raising Voices website.
• Develop feminist communications that convey Raising Voices’ core advocacy aims for VAW prevention.

Support Collective Activism

• Work in collaboration with the VAW Prevention Team, CEDOVIP and other feminist organizations in Uganda to promote accountable practices to women and women rights movements.
• Coordinate the activities of the Community for Understanding Scale Up (CUSP).
• Support and participate in the Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) initiatives and amplify feminist perspectives in programming and advocacy efforts.
• Develop materials, learning events, publications and partnerships to capitalize on opportunities that promote the goals of joint and Raising Voices-led initiatives.

Planning, assessing and reporting

• Coordinate the preparation of annual, quarterly workplans and specific activities plans for the influence team; and monitor and assess quality of activities, and revise plans if required.
• Track progress of the work and record in the organizational learning framework, engage in R&A discussions to generate learnings.
• Ensure timely reports for activity, quarterly and annual are prepared for the VAW influence using organizational reporting template.
• Identify learning agenda for the area and support learning initiatives such as e.g. PLIs; and integrated learning into practice/initiatives.

Resource management

• Lead in the preparation of annual budget for VAW prevention Influencing work to enable implementation of annual work plans.
• Prepare detailed budget prior to the implementation of each activity and request the required funds.
• Review monthly financial reports and provide feedback.
• Ensure financial and other resources are utilized efficiently and effectively.

Relationship building and partnership management

• Build and maintain mutually productive relationships with partners and other likeminded organizations.
• Represent Raising Voices in national, regional and global forums and events.
• Hold regular reflection with partners to enable strategic evolvement of partnership
• Work in a feminist, collaborative and accountable way with all members of the VAW prevention team and Raising Voices more generally.

Organizational engagement

• Work in close collaboration with the VAW Prevention Coordinator.
• Supervise, mentor and support any VAW Prevention Influencing staff, interns and consultants.
• Participate and co-facilitate in VAW prevention team and Raising Voices meetings, staff retreats, reviews, strategies and processes.
• Support in preparation and facilitation of team and staff development sessions. Understand other areas of Raising Voices work and explore ways to build synergies

Other • Any other related duties assigned

Person Specification

Education 

• Minimum – BA Degree in development, social work, gender, human rights fields or related area
•  MA is a plus

Essential Experience 

• At least 5 years of NGO experience in a senior position in Africa.
• Demonstrated experience implementing VAW prevention programmes, including influencing program and policy decisions.
• Experience in coordinating coalitions or working groups.
• Production and dissemination of publications and communication campaigns.
• Experience in promote women’s rights within a feminist framework.
• In-depth knowledge of a feminist analysis of violence against women.

Essential Skills & Competences

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Excellent strategic planning, analysis and visioning skills.
• Committed to feminist activism.
• Integrity.
• Maintains high standards of quality programming and professionalism.
• Exhibits high levels of professionalism – good communication skills, time management, takes initiative, meets deadlines, is honest and cooperative.
• Contributes to positive organizational culture, embodies the core values of Raising Voices.

Please submit

a) cover letter;

b) CV;

c) one page writing sample that articulates your understanding of how practice-based learning can strengthen activist organizations and contribute to advancing the field of violence prevention.

Send to

[email protected]

with the subject line “ VAW Influencing Technical Advisor”.

Incomplete applications will not be reviewed or considered.
Shortlisted candidates only will be contacted by 16th December 2019.