Advocacy & Campaigns Officer at

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Oracle Full time

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Strategy development and implementation

The Advocacy Officer will be responsible for providing strategic MNH advocacy, learning and policy support to the area office and ensure there is a coherent process linking the county and national level advocacy efforts besides leading budget advocacy work generally
Maintain an in-depth understanding of key budgetary cycle moments, law and policy reform initiatives at the County.
Ensures that all advocacy messages and documents are evidence-based and of high quality.

In close collaboration with health and nutrition teams, the advocacy and policy coordinator, the Head of Advocacy and Communications, develop and implement a county MNH advocacy strategy that seeks to draw synergies between and integrate MNH with other sectors.

Responsible for the delivery of an annual implementation work plan.

Develop and implement relevant context specific strategies for effective child participation within the advocacy activities in collaboration with the field office teams and relevant staff at the country office.

Support Health and Nutrition team in identifying policy and practice change, which would promote and protect the nutrition and health of children.

Advocacy at National level for policy change to allow CHVs to treat uncomplicated wasting integrated in iCCM.
Advocacy at National level for CHVs pneumonia treatment under iCCM
Support policy & implementation framework development for CHS bill & Disability bill
Formulate key MNH advocacy messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation.

Support budget advocacy for nutrition intervention and budget tracking to improve revenue generation and resource allocation for child survival interventions at county level in collaboration with other CSOs.

Advocacy and Communications

In liaison with Advocacy coordinator, lead the county level monitoring and evaluation of advocacy-related objectives, mapping of key opportunities and events, organisation of Save the Children 'moments' and events.

Linking to international process and in collaboration with field office staff and technical specialists oversee the development of advocacy materials – including policy briefs, position papers, press releases, Questions and answers and opinion pieces for county and national advocacy.

Formulate, consolidate and support key policy and advocacy messages (including direct communication and advocacy) for health and nutrition generated from programme managers/Technical Specialists to influence county and national government, donors and other implementing actors.

Develop good knowledge of county government structure, political processes and key decision-making structures and how to influence them on issues related to nutrition for mothers and children.

Conduct power mapping to identify and engage key influencers in the County for increased resource mobilization and allocation to child survival interventions.

Support the CHMT to revise and cost health, nutrition and emergency contingency plans in case of eventualities within the two counties, including through the use of household economy analysis(HEA) Baseline and Response Analysis information

Undertake a range of lobbying, communications and other activities to inform and persuade policy makers, including donors and politicians, of the value of Save the Children's policy recommendations for improving child survival interventions.

Lead the production and/or contribute to the development and dissemination of policy briefs/IEC fact sheets and county profiles to get nutrition on to the policy agenda at the county levels.

Build systems for research, analysis and documentation that underpin evidence based advocacy and influencing at county level. This will include undertaking audience research and knowledge services mapping to inform communication and advocacy work.

Advocate and create public awareness on fortified foods in the market, supplementation and dietary diversification through linkages with nutrition sensitive partners.

Use database of trained workforce in the county to highlight gaps and lobby for sufficient resources to address these as well as for the transfer of skills between sub-counties in response to emerging needs

Building Partnerships

Identify local networks and coalitions and develop sustained partnerships/ alliances that are critical in the dissemination and/or application of research findings and/or learning to influence the policy and practice landscape.

This includes representing Save the Children at strategic forums, networking with strategic CSOs and other social movement processes that are relevant to Save the Children's policy work including Kenya health and nutrition platforms.

It also includes identifying and helping to nurture nutrition and health 'champions' to support our advocacy agenda.

Support area offices to build partnerships with communities and programme beneficiaries in establishing accountability mechanisms, capacity building and knowledge management.

Support the capacity building of programme and field staff and key partners on advocacy through training, sharing best practices and supporting learning and knowledge management.

Programme Development & Management

Liaise with relevant Technical Specialists and programme staff to ensure that advocacy approaches are integrated within and contribute to the achievement of project results and objectives and that sufficient funds are budgeted for implementation.

Participate in Save the Children programme meetings and related sessions to draw out research-based advocacy messages in programmes. Keep abreast of current research, national and donor policies and debates in Kenya, relevant to advocacy for nutrition.

In collaboration with programme managers, monitor and evaluate child survival communication and advocacy activities within budgets, ensuring that indicators and methods are in place to allow evaluation of the achievements and develop regular reports on progress.

Post holders will also contribute heavily to the design, development, implementation and dissemination of any nutrition related research.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

At least 3 years' experience in advocacy work, as well as contributing to the development and implementation of advocacy strategies.

Experience working within Kenya Health systems is an added advantage.
Excellent understanding of Kenya's budget cycle and moments.
An understanding of policy and legislative development processes at both national and county levels.

Superior written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex arguments into accessible English for a non-specialist audience, and the ability to write articles that would be published in the mainstream press.

Knowledge of the devolution processes, and its impact on the health sector.
Excellent verbal communication skills, appropriate for high-level external representation (for example lobbying county governors, ministers, MCAs)
Experience of developing advocacy strategies, knowledge and understanding of a range of advocacy techniques
Experience of effective team work and outstanding inter-personal communication skills
Experience of coalition building and working with civil society actors to deliver change
Excellent understanding of Sustainable Development Goals, Vision 2030, policy and legal provisions in support of child survival.
Fluency in spoken and written English and Kiswahili
Commitment to Save the Children's mission and values

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