Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 24, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Background Information
TINADA Youth Organization (TiYO) continues to support evidenced based interventions aimed at addressing the needs of Mental health services, ending stigma and Discrimination among people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities and advocacy on mental health Financing and Rights within Western Kenya. TiYO has been implementing her programs in collaboration with Communities, CSOs, conventional and non-conventional healers, County and National Government, private sectors and relevant stakeholders with support from; Open Society Initiatives for Eastern Africa, On The Move Ev, Access to Medicine Platform and VOICE (executed by a consortium between HIVOS and Oxfam).
Mental Health conditions and psychological disorders are a significant concern and contributors to the public health burden in Kenya. The stigma associated to mental illness has caused many people to suffer in silence. Less attention has been taken to tackle stigma and discrimination and to enhance access to quality mental health awareness and services in line with human rights approaches for people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities.
Mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities impede the achievement of other health and development outcomes and exacerbates to poverty; placing economic and social burdens on an individual, their family, the community and society at large. Preventing and Treating mental disorders is affordable and cost effective when integrated into primary care , complemented by secondary care; and linked to informal community-based services and self-care. Reducing the treatment gap for mental health means that more families will be able to lead healthy, productive lives; a significant step towards overcoming social inequalities in the targeted counties and Kenya as a whole.
TINADA implements Mental Health Financing and Rights Advocacy Project with focus to Community based Mental Health prevention and care, Mental Health Financing and Rights advocacy in collaboration with Communities, CSOs and GoK (align ministries / departments) within Kisumu, Vihiga, Kakamenga and Bungoma Counties with funding from The Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa of the Open Society Foundation.
Currently, TINADA received additional funding Commitment and in the initial stages of rolling out an Integrated mental health intervention “Imarisha Mental Health Integrated Initiative” targeting Kisumu County. This is a three and half year project with funding from Comic Relief (The funding is co-funded by a partnership between Comic Relief and the UK Government Development for International Development through UK Aid). The project aimed at; 1) Ending stigma and discrimination, 2) Strengthening Systems for Mental Health and wellbeing in Kenya and 3) Enhancing partnerships and capacity building to ensure rights of people with mental health and psychosocial disabilities are respected & receive quality Health services within Kisumu County.
Job Summary
The officer will support the development and co-ordination of policy knowledge and insights in order to inform and influence government agencies and other stakeholders through policy research, policy evidence, advocacy messaging, stakeholder involvement, networking and environment scanning for positive progress and visibility of TiYO. .

Specific Roles / responsibilities
• Support TiYO and partners to develop and implement advocacy actions that are evidence based and politically feasible especially around mental health.
• Map actors’ interests and power analyses including establishing appropriate entry points into government decision making processes.
• Support and assist in, and from time to time lead, facilitation of capacity building of partners at community and county level on the budget process, budget analysis and participation in budgeting and service delivery advocacy.
• Support TiYO and partners to manage and track the campaigns progress on mental health interventions among other focus areas.
• Lead in the planning for and ensuring that our work outputs including research and training content is communicated to partners and other audiences.
• Lead in the packaging, reviewing, layout and design of content on appropriate formats, such as infographics, blog posts, social media posts, and op-eds in dailies and online platforms as necessary.
• Support the cultivation of relevant partnerships that advance the work of TiYO in Kenya at county and community levels.
• To work proactively with colleagues across the organization to ensure consistent policy messages and inform campaigning, influencing and improvement activities through written briefing notes, consultation responses, good practice guides, policy fact sheets, action alerts and related materials.
• Supporting counties and/or national government in strategic planning around mental health and other key interventions.
• Identify and facilitate opportunities to highlight the learning and policy recommendations generated from TiYO work especially mental health project.
• Applies policy content knowledge to projects and communicates content to relevant internal and external partners.
• Policy influence, support and promotion on mental health and other interventions

Job Skills: Not Specified

Requirement and Qualifications
• University (bachelors) degree in political science, journalism, community development, public policy, sociology, law, development studies, or other related field.
• Must have done Mental Health WHO quality Rights online course
• Professional experience in policy and context analysis, and policy development, as well as crafting and delivering successful advocacy work responding to, and influencing, mental health and development interventions
• Experience in providing policy development and implementation expertise in processes where agendas are being set to drive change in mental health and development.
• Strong skills and experience in communicating policy ideas to a diverse array of audiences.
• Strong coordination skills and demonstrated experience coordinating joint advocacy initiatives, with a demonstrable track record of real impact.
• Field or staff supervision experience

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
If you are a professional with a passion to make a difference in mental health and improving lives of those with mental conditions and psychosocial disabilities, send your application letter and resume via Apply Now Button, deadline for submitting applications is 30th April 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please indicate the position you are applying for as the subject of your email.

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