Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
IRC in partnership with the Education Response Plan (ERP) secretariat is seeking a Policy and Advocacy Advisor to provide technical and strategic support to engage, influence, coordinate and support integration Early Childhood Care and Education Development (ECD) and PlayMatters Learning through Play core agenda within in the ERP and other education sector plans and priorities for both pre-primary and primary. The role will also support the monitoring function of the ERP Secretariat for the LEGO Funding.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Support to ERP - 75%
• Ensure inclusion of ECCE initiatives into existing government-led coordination mechanisms and relevant education sector departments.
• Identify entry points and support engagements on ECCE within the ERP and other subsectors in the Ministry of Education.
• Support and conduct up to date mapping of the ECCE strategic partners.
• Representation of the mandate of the ERP in key strategic platforms to ensure accurate information dissemination and learning exchange.
• Support advocacy for ECCE in Refugees and host communities in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and other relevant sector policy implementation and prioritization.
• Develop a clear ECCE strategy for ECCE in the ERP II, maintaining the guidance provided in the ESSP and ECCE strategy.
• Support mobilization of resources for ECCE in the ERP and track utilization of resources invested, documenting key outcomes and gaps.
• Develop a TOR for advocacy interventions to mitigate challenges and risk factors affecting ERP implementation especially the need for increased burden responsibility sharing.
• Prioritize and facilitate Policy dialogues regarding key issues relating to ECCE in pre-primary and primary school education.
• Support the development of policy briefs, advocacy papers for ECCE in Refugees and ensure their dissemination in strategic forums and processes.
• Attend meetings and dialogues on behalf ERP/MoES and ensure follow up on key emerging issues
• Monitor and support inputs of ECCE periodically into the ERP and other relevant databases for the collaborating sector departments.
• Support to PlayMatters - 25%
• Identify entry points and support PlayMatters Consortium Partner engagement within the ERP.
• Representation of the mandate of the PlayMatters in key strategic platforms at the ERP and other subsectors.
• Prioritize and facilitate policy dialogues on Learning through Play (LtP) in ERP implementation.
• Coordinate learning, evidence and information dissemination in strategic forums and processes of the ERP
• Monitor and support inputs of PlayMatters data periodically into the ERP databases.
• Support advocacy for Learning through Play in Refugees and host communities in relevant sector policy implementation and prioritization.

Qualifications
• A Master’s Degree in Education, Economics, Social Sciences, or any relevant field of studies. A post graduate training in policy analysis, international relations etc. is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience supporting planning, strategy design development of policies in education sector. Relevant work done in ECD will be an advantage.
• Previous experience relevant to development of ECCE strategy in the humanitarian sector.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders in humanitarian and development context
• Experience working in the Uganda development and humanitarian sectors.
• Good Team spirit and leadership skills.
• Excellent understanding of government Uganda government systems, policies, and procedure especially in the education sector.
• Excellent working knowledge of written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply follow this link https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/25479?c=rescue 

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