Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 04 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organization, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost- effective, evidence-based programs to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organization of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity.

BRAC retained the top spot in 2020 among the top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year.

About BRAC Uganda
BRAC Uganda NGO started operations in Uganda in 2006. Through its unparalleled network of branches across the country, BRAC Uganda creates large-scale, positive changes through a holistic and integrated set of programs in Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihood (AFSL). Health, Education and Youth Empowerment, Ultra-poor graduation (UPG), Emergency Preparedness & Response, and a Seed Social Enterprise. BRAC Uganda Country Office is located at Plot 880, Heritage Road, Nsambya, Kampala.

About AIM Program.
In 2022, the Master Card Foundation partnered with BRAC International (BI) to launch an initiative that is actively creating a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women, along with 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The initiative is in progress, focusing on addressing the urgent needs of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, a situation exacerbated by the global pandemic. Through this ongoing collaboration, scalable economic development strategies are being implemented within communities to empower AGYW, enabling them to achieve their aspirations, attain sustainable livelihoods, and actively engage in advocacy efforts.

BRAC International is leading the implementation of this integrated and holistic model designed to support AGYW throughout various stages of their lives, ensuring a safe transition from adolescence to adulthood. This model equips them with the necessary skills, tools, and access to financial resources to effectively exercise their agency and build fulfilling and productive livelihoods.

As part of this ongoing endeavor, BRAC International is actively seeking applications from individuals who are competent, Dynamic and self-motivated to fill this position in Uganda

1. Advocacy, Partnership and Knowledge Coordinator (01 Position) Re advertised

JOB PURPOSE
The Advocacy, Partnership and Knowledge Coordinator will lead the AIM programme's advocacy and alumni engagement work at the country level. Working directly with AIM programme participants and country-level staff, he/she will be supporting the programme's advocacy agenda in the country, build capacity of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) to advocate for their rights and influence policies, support programme participants to identify advocacy spaces and facilitate their leveraging of those. The coordinator will work closely with the programme team to establish a detailed work plan, processes and procedures that will be geared towards ensuring a seamless transition for programme participants while developing effective strategies for alumni engagement and management. The coordinator will also serve as the in-country knowledge management focal point, ensuring proper documentation, knowledge sharing, and dissemination of best practices to enhance the overall impact and effectiveness of the program.

By doing so, we aim to ensure the sustainability of the programme's impact and foster continued self-advocacy among our alumni in their respective communities.

Responsibilities
Advocacy and alumni engagement strategy
• Support the Programme Manager in the development and rollout of the AIM programme advocacy and alumni (network of graduated programme participants) engagement strategy.
• Work closely with the Programme Manager to prepare the annual work plan, complete with detailed activities, targeted towards the operationalization of the advocacy and alumni engagement strategy.
• Prepare a mapping of key stakeholders instrumental to the operationalization of the advocacy and alumni engagement strategy and lead these engagements.
• Coordinate tailored support to programme participants, including capacity strengthening on evidence-based advocacy, negotiation and effective communications and media engagement skills.
• Coordinate and provide support to the national and subnational level advocacy initiatives Represent AIM programme in National and Regional foras as required.
• Support in research within the country to facilitate evidence based advocacy actions.
• Work closely with field teams to research and identify transition options in the areas and create transition procedures ahead of the cohort completion. This will also involve working with Microfinance (MF) teams to ensure the transition process to MF in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is adhered to in practice.
• Lead the transition and alumni management part of the AIM programme by ensuring most of programme participants who transition to either MF groups or other networks are fully supported and outcomes are tracked.
• Work closely with the program team to institutionalize the Youth Development Committees (YDCs) to use the YDC platform for grassroots advocacy and undertake other relevant activities to deepen the impact of the YDCs at the community level.
• Support field teams to organize local level workshops/meetings/sessions with external stakeholders to get the buy-in and approval of government authorities.
• Provide support to the Monitoring & Evaluation Manager to evaluate the impact of advocacy initiatives; produce reports on the progress and outcomes of the advocacy work.

Knowledge Management
• Work closely with the Manager - Knowledge Management & Learning (AIM) to support the knowledge management component at the country level.
• Work as a knowledge champion and help support process documentation, good practices and success stories compilation.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor's Degree or Masters in Social Sciences, International Development, Public Relations, Communications, Journalism.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Prior experience in local level advocacy, including experience with community mobilization.
• Ability to set up groups, with community support, for self-governance.
• Knowledge of training content and methodologies for youth on advocacy and/or rights.
• Knowledge of the systemic barriers to girls and women social and economic development particularly in the African context.
• Good understanding of knowledge management systems.
• Excellent written and communication skills, including the ability to foster productive working relationships with strategic partners and diverse stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to coach and motivate colleagues with key advocacy messaging and skills.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
• 4 - 6 years' experience in leading advocacy portfolios, community mobilization, campaign management, stakeholder management, and/or supporting self-governance transition of youth groups, preferably in social and economic development.
• A robust understanding of the policy landscape around AGYW's social and economic development, preferably in the African context.
• Prior experience in programme-related knowledge management processes.
• Prior experience working with women groups in advocacy and campaign work.
• Experience in strategic relationship and partnership management.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Contractual
SALARY: Negotiable
JOB LOCATION: Country Office, Nsambya.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidates need to email their CVs with a letter of interest mentioning educational levels, years of experience, current and expected salary to bimcf.uganda@brac.net 

Please mention the name of the position in the subject bar.

Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 12 April 2024

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.


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