Vacancy title:
Advocacy Officer

Jobs at:
Lutheran World Federation

Deadline of this Job:
December 22, 2016

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is part of the Lutheran World Federation Department for World Service (LWF-DWS), an international humanitarian and development agency. LWF Uganda works to reduce people's vulnerability, supporting them to realize their potential, to build on their assets, and to respond to their own problems and needs. LWF Uganda currently has five areas of operation in Pader, Kitgum, Adjumani, Luuka, Kamwenge, Kampala and Districts:
The LWF/DWS is looking for a mature, qualified and experienced persons as follows:

Advocacy Officer (Based in Kampala)

To deliver coordinated and integrated advocacy intervention with delivery of other programs, and to reinforce delivery of impact on the ground, bringing priorities from the grass-roots into the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, and wider advocacy; also in aligning this project with rights-based approaches at community level; ensuring in the long-term that local people and communities are able to access their fundamental rights, and meet their needs, not through service delivery by external actors, but by structural changes where duty-bearers (national and international) hold themselves accountable and ensure implementation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out mapping of actors, coalitions and alliances and build/strengthen networks at national level to position LWF and partners as leading actor on fundamental rights in UPR coalition/alliance;
• Empower local partners so that they can follow up and translate UPR recommendations into measurable concrete lives changing policies, legal instruments and actions on the ground;
• ln coalition and alliance with other key local partners, agencies, organizations, churches, run in-country workshops to inform about UPR process and produce alternative reports where the LWF‘s priority themes are reflected;
• Provide on-going support to ensure sustainability of coalitions/alliances. Ensure that LWF and partners carry out capacity-building and dissemination of learning to strengthen effectiveness in this work;
• Support local level actors to participate with input into UPR process and play role in ensuring implementation at local level;
• Support country coalitions/alliances to submit incisive, specific alternative reports reflecting thematic priorities; including working with government on preparation of state's report; .
• Facilitate the coalition/alliances to run side events to raise profile of thematic issues;
• Carry-out written and oral interventions at HRC sessions to ensure recommendations reflect LWF's priorities;
• Undertake complementary advocacy lobbying by partners in other arenas (e.g. Missions, key governments, international Institutions, etc.);
• Support National level coalitions/alliances to work with duty-bearers to ensure implementation of UPR recommendations (or those from previous UPR cycle);
• Assist with Monitoring and Evaluation of the impact of implementation. Report on national and local impact and disseminate stories.

Key Competencies:

• High levels of political and human rights skills.
• A proven track record of inputting into and delivering on successful policy & advocacy strategies within the humanitarian framework.
• Good knowledge of key issues in the development and emergency sectors, ideally in: sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized groups, particularly women and children among refugees and rural communities with emphasis on gender inequalities. Other issues include Refugees, resilience and social protection,
• Environment/climate change, land rights.
• Experience of lobbying within political and government sectors.
• Experience of producing policy materials for varied audiences
• Excellent communications (oral & written English); presentation, interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills for engaging with a wide variety of contacts.
• Ability to communicate complex messages in an accessible manner for varied audiences.
• Good conceptual and analytical skills and ability to think and operate innovatively.
• Good administration and organisational skills and ability to optimise independent use of time against variable workload.
• Ability to manage resources.
• Flexible approach to working hours and ability to travel both in-country and abroad.

Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in law preferably with specialization in criminal or international law
• Diploma in Legal Practice;
• Master or higher qualification in the relevant field is an added advantage.
• At least (3) years’ experience in designing and implementing activities related to advocacy
• Ability to exercise sound legal judgment, well organized, self-motivated and reliable with a demonstrated interest in international & National human rights;
• Demonstrated compassion for refugees, asylum seekers, displaced people;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team as well as individually;
• Ability to deal with complex legal issues into reader-friendly and policy relevant language

Job application procedure
Applications (motivation letter and detailed curriculum vitae in English), with the names and e-mail addresses of three persons who know the applicant professionally, should be sent by December 22, 2016 to: Email: recuitment@lwf.or.ug.  Please do not include certificates for education, trainings, etc. For more details about the positions, visit our website: http://lwf.or.ug 

LWF/DWS is an equal opportunity employer, irrespective of gender, race or religious affiliation. Female candidates possessing the above requirements are encouraged to apply. LWF/DWS is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for humanitarian agencies. Our recruitment and selection procedures reflect the organizations commitment to the prevention of abuse and exploitation of beneficiaries.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted