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• Research:
• Carry out regular environmental scan
  for evidence based advocacy; on emerging human rights issues, at
  district; national and global levels.
• Brief findings will be evaluated and
  positions taken raise visibility of through several advocacy for a
  targeting strategic partners such as donors; policy/decision markers
  among others.
• Partner mapping and engagement:
• Build on and further UGANET advocacy
  strength by networking with other organizations, leading the HIV law
  Coalition and participating actively in other coalition or consortium to
  which UGANET is a member at national, regional and global levels.
• Represent UGANET in advocacy
  meetings organized by partners, coalitions in which UGANET is a member or
  has special interest.
• Update the partner’s data base and
  categorize partners based on strategic collaborations and contexts.
• Fundraising: Ensure UGANET’s Advocacy program
  develops fundable proposals to contribute to the enhancement of UGANET’s
  advocacy and communication budget.
• Marketing institutional best practices and Ideals: Write
  and Publish media articles and advocacy papers in different media in
  regard to the law, policy and human rights in relation to marginalized
  groups: prisoners; children, PLHIV, persons with disabilities, Palliative
  care patients; widows; vulnerable children and other vulnerable groups;
  with a view of influencing the public for solidarity is demanding for
  change especially in the context of health, HIV and gender.
• Quality documentation for meaningful engagement with donors and
  high level partners:
• Oversee the quality assurance in
  different kinds of materials and reports to strengthen UGANET profile at
  high levels.
• Develop timely and quality work
  plans and reports in line with UGANET and donor formats.
• Build the capacity of staff in
  quality data collection and documentation for impactful generation of
  progress reports for annual publications and sharing with partners.

• Media Engagement:
• Influence print; electronic and
  social media to raise UGANET publicity on different fronts in a cost
  effective manner.
• Lead on all organizational effort to
  share, speak out and effectively communicate agreed upon positions and
  ideals to the public, partners and other stakeholders in line with
  UGANET’s thematic areas; in a consistent; professional and frequent
  manner.
• Steer the design of Protocols for
  TV; radio and other media engagements in collaboration with the Heads of
  Program; ED and other staffs.
• Represent UGANET in the media or
  other advocacy programs as may be requested.
• Public Relations Management:
• Work in consultation with Executive
  Director as a focal office leading on Website and strategic
  publicity/visibility management.
• Regularly update the Website and
  ensure that it’s an effective organization’s communication tool.
• Work towards promoting UGANET’s
  visibility through all forms media and including social media and the
  website.
• Take lead and develop strategies of
  actively engaging/informing the public on key areas of UGANET‘s concern
  and interest.
• Take lead in managing and keeping
  functional organizational pages – Facebook, Twitter and Blog.
• Planning; Implementation and reporting on departmental work in
  timely manner:
• Oversee the planning,
  implementation and quality reporting on advocacy and communication
  activities.
• Study reports from district based
  legal services and collaborate with the LPO’s and SLO in  writing detailed, expressive success
  stories to make sure that there is proper documentation and information
  sharing amongst UGANET and its partners.
• Develop Human rights messages,
  content to be shared through brochures, fliers, annual reports and
  newsletters and other creative means that will make/ earn UGANET a strong
  public sphere presence. Guide UGANET on modern reporting etiquettes-using
  the latest applications that are user-friendly.
• Communication and public relations Policy and guidelines:
• Guide on cost effective
  communication and advocacy policies or and guidelines; including review
  of the available policies and guidelines.
• Act as the custodian of
  communication and advocacy tools/materials.
• Maintain and update a comprehensive
  electronic and hard copy files of reports, publications and documented
  materials.

• The ideal candidate should preferably hold a Degree
  in mass communication; journalism; human rights; law; Gender; social
  sciences and other humanities.
• At least four to five years of
  post-qualification hands on experience in high level Advocacy and
  communication/media engagement for rights protection preferably with an
  NGO. 
• Possession of additional Skills in website
  management; designing communication materials; making documentaries;
  social media and Research will be an added advantage.
• Excellent team ethic
• Effective communication skills
• Possess mutual Respect for other staff
  members and supervisor
• High degree of honesty and integrity
• Hard work and enthusiasm
• High degree of innovativeness

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