Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 03, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Youth-Led Policy Advocacy and Social Accountability Through a Digital Movement
• Provide technical leadership to the Youth Power Hub (YPH) youth-led organizations in the implementation of advocacy and social accountability efforts for the ICPD+25 commitments at country level, and promote the use of the digital tracking tool (Youth Power Tracker).
• Position the Youth Power Hub (YPH) as the go-to platform for digital youth-led social accountability on various sexual and reproductive health priorities, including ICPD+25.
• Coordinate effective youth engagement on advocacy activities for the East Africa Community SRHR Bill.
• Work closely with other Y-ACT staff and consultants, to review and deliver training on social accountability through digital platforms, and any support for the trainings at grassroots level by the youth-led organizations.
• Oversee the uptake of the digital course dubbed ‘POWER UP!’ beyond the scope of YPH youth power champions.
• Stakeholder Management and Team Coordination
• Coordinate the partnership between Y-ACT, AfriYAN, and UNFPA Eastern and Southern Africa region as the key program stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to the YPH secretariat and lead the weekly virtual meetings, and coordinate the monthly partnership virtual meetings.
• Ensure the implementation of all work plan activities and the attainment of program targets through effective mobilization and engagement of Youth Power Champions across the 23 countries.
• Digital Engagement and Knowledge Management
• Lead digital knowledge sharing events including webinars and peer learning sessions for Youth Power Hub.
• Work with Y-ACT’s Communications team and provide thought leadership in identification of digital solutions and growth strategies for the Youth Power Hub.
• Work with Y-ACT’s Communications team to develop and implement a detailed guide for multimedia content to increase YPH reach, including, editorial content (stories, advocacy images, campaigns, infographics) etc.
• Work closely with Y-ACT’s webmaster to ensure effectiveness of the Youth Power Tracker and identification of any technical issues that may require to be resolved.
• Operations and Reporting
• Monitor and review Youth Power Hub annual budget and operational plans to support the program.
• Lead in the development and dissemination of Youth Power Hub quarterly project reports.
• Work with Y-ACT’s grants and organizational development team to support the Youth Power champions/organizations develop and implement quality work-plans and budgets for the sub-grants.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Education and Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Public Policy, Social or Political Science, Project Management, or related studies.
• Master’s degree in relevant field is an added advantage.
Experience
• At least three (3) years’ experience in coordinating advocacy initiatives focusing on sexual and reproductive health, online digital engagement and meaningful youth engagement in health priorities.
• Experience deploying partner mobilization and external communications for multi-country teams.
• Knowledge of Africa’s policy landscape and advocacy processes (including legal aspects) relating to youth health priorities.
• Experience working with coalitions /youth led organizations in Africa.
• Experience in conducting trainings or learning sessions (both in person and virtual) for diverse, multi-country teams.

Skills
• Ability to conduct advocacy activities on regional and international platforms.
• High organizational and time-management skills.
• Team coordination and stakeholder management for high-performance.
• Be hands-on on both coordination and operational tasks
• Strategic planning, with ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to exercise confidentiality, tact and discretion when dealing with diverse groups of people.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Written and verbal communications skills in French is desirable.

Competences
• Passionate about youth in all their diversity.
• Easy to collaborate with, flexible, positive and energetic attitude
• Ability to work with and report to multiple partners across different time-zones.
• Being an ‘outside the box’ thinker, creative and not afraid to fail.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to https://amref.org/job/advocacy-and-digital-movement-building-officer-multi-country/?utm_source=  to apply.



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