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Job Title:  Senior Advocacy and Partnership Officer

Organisation: Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights Food Rights (CEFROHT)

Duty Station:  Wakiso, Uganda

About US:

Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights Food Rights (CEFROHT) is an indigenous not-for-profit legal advocacy and action-research organization using a Human Rights-Based Approach to promote food, and adequate living rights. CEFROHT’s mission is to use legal tools for food justice, and adequate living through integrated programs; that is, Social justice and Strategic Litigation, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment.

Job Summary:   The Senior Advocacy and Partnership Officer will coordinate and advance legal-policy advocacy, campaigns, partnerships and communications in the three organizational domains of; food, agriculture and land justice to ensure that laws, policies, practices and social norms comply with the right to food, nutrition, health and economic wellbeing and also comply to human rights principles. It is a dynamic position that includes; fundraising, development and communications responsibilities with a strong connection to CEFROHT’s programmatic work and mission.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Partnerships and Networking

• Strategically work with CEFROHT partners at local, reginal and international level to promote the right to adequate food and sustainable agrifood systems
• Work to sustainably build networks for building capacity of the member organizations in the collaboratives and coalitions.
• Hold and work with the CEFROHT’s multisectoral platforms including government agencies and non-state actors in the food, nutrition and agriculture.
• Consistently organize and manage CEFROHT’s relationship with the strategic networks and alliances at national and international level in the food and agriculture sector.
• Work to promote a Human Rights Based Approach to food systems and adequate living for all especially the vulnerable persons in society.
• Represent CEFROHT and participate in network and alliance meetings, events and forums at national and international levels.
• Ensure effective information flow and communication with other stakeholders including partners and local teams

Advocacy:

• Analyze existing legal and policy frameworks in food, nutrition, health, trade and investment systems, and identify the areas and circumstances where CEFROHT can cause social change in society though advocacy and campaigns.
• Acts as the focal point of all advocacy, campaigns, partnership and communications support services.
• Conduct periodical organizational stakeholder analysis and develop engagement strategy.
• Manage policy dialogues/meetings with duty bearers as well as community +barazas.
• Establish result-oriented feedback mechanism for policy dialogues and barazas.
• Operationalize CEFROHT’s communication strategy.
• Create and manage the organizational Communications Calendar
• Manage media including their trainings, fellowships and feedback;
• Oversee and maintain online outreach and produce information materials for public outreach
• Develop internal communications plan/strategy to help build organizational program engagement;
• Coordinate presentations, logistics and messages for internal and external meetings for CEFROHT.
• Identify innovative opportunities and new advocacy and communications tools and platforms which can serve to highlight the work of CEFROHT;

Programme Planning, Management and Implementation

• Provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and budgets for Advocacy and Partnership program.
• Provide leadership to the Programme Team towards achieving the objectives of the program.
• Review and ensure alignment of program priorities, strategies and plans to the organizational strategies, plans and campaigns.
• Support the Executive Director and the Senior Management Team to lead the development of both strategic and operational plans and planning guidelines.
• Ensure programme activities are grounded, strongly inter linked, and consolidated with organizational management frameworks
• Ensure quality implementation of all projects under Advocacy and Partnership program.
• Ensure results are clearly documented in the most effective way demonstrating value for money.

Program Reviews, Monitoring, Evaluation, Program Learning and Reporting.

• Ensure close monitoring of the program works in the field to ensure alignment and contribution to organization’s strategy, monitor flow of information and systemic documentation of quantitative and qualitative achievements in the field and lessons learned thereof.
• Ensure quality and timely submission of quarterly and annual or required Programme and Project Performance Reports as per desired standards and guidelines.
• Ensure compliance of approved Programme and Project plans.
• Promote evidence-based learning and the agenda of advancing alternatives.
• Represent the organization in various programme-related knowledge sharing and learning forums, document and share feedback with the team.
• Track trends in contemporary development programming and programme management practices, document and provide advice/ recommendations on key developments to senior management team.

Financial Management

• Develop, monitor, review and update the Programme department activity, work plan to ensure that it attains its objectives as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible
• Review and approve programme concepts, partner financial requests as per organizational process and procedures.
• Manage the expenditure and disbursement of resources allocated to program department and ensure timely and complete accountabilities.
• Review programme expenditures from the programme team line staff to ensure conformity to Financial and Procurement policies and guidelines.
• Monitor and advise on programme and project spending and variance report as per organizational process and procedures.

Policy Management and Compliance

• Lead the development and implementation of guidelines for the management of partnerships in line with relevant organizational policies.
• Participate in the review and update of CEFROHT policies and procedures and advise the SMT on the potential implications of the new system, policies and procedures.
• Implement all necessary policies and procedures to ensure that correct procedures are followed by staff under supervision.
• Adhere/ Comply with approved organizational policies and procedures.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Management, Social Sciences, I.T or Development Studies. (Post-Graduate in relevant discipline is preferred). Training in project planning methodologies, governance, human rights, and accountability.
• In-depth understanding of human rights based approach, legal empowerment and social accountability mechanisms for realization of adequate living rights, programming issues and policy work at local, national regional and international levels.
• Sound and up to date knowledge of development concepts, methodologies and techniques including demonstrated understanding of human rights and gender issues and demonstrable commitment to promoting human rights and gender equality within the organization and in program work.
• Demonstrates very good understanding of and experience in communications and outreach/advocacy
• Sound knowledge in political, social and economic environment in which CEFROHT’s work are operating at local, national, regional and international level.
• Understanding project cycle management.
• Excellent understanding of partnerships and donor strategies as well as governmental and international relations in the country.
• Strong knowledge of M&E methodology, quality assurance.
• Leadership and management
• Strategic thinking
• Excellent presentation, communications and negotiation
• Networking, influencing and interpersonal
• Crisis management and conflict resolution
• Planning, organization, time management, and coordination
• Work on own initiative with minimum supervision and to stay on task.
• Work under pressure and tight deadlines

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 15th January, 2024

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