Uganda: Deputy Chief of Party/Advocacy and Partnership Specialist - Uganda
Country: Uganda
Closing date: 30 Aug 2013
Pathfinder Overview
Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of safe abortion services and post-abortion care, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.
Program Overview
Pathfinder is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party/Advocacy and Partnership Specialist to provide overall strategic leadership and oversight for the Advocacy for Better Health program in Uganda. The goal of the Advocacy for Better Health program is to contribute to improvement in quality, availability and accessibility of health services. The purpose of the program is to increase the citizens’ voice for quality service delivery. The program shall also facilitate community input in developing and delivering better services. It shall lay the foundation for increasing citizen participation in the health sector and foster cooperation among civil society actors on issues of common benefit which shall strengthen the sector over the long term.
Position Purpose
The Deputy Chief of Party/Advocacy and Partnership Specialist will provide overall technical leadership to the project and transform the quality and delivery of advocacy interventions. Working closely with the civil society and communities, s/he will influence public policies on international sexual and reproductive health while strengthening and broadening advocacy opportunities for the project. The Deputy Chief of Party/Advocacy and Partnership Specialist partners with others to lead and build support, secure funding, and protect and advance sound policies for advocacy interventions. S/he will bring the project’s perspective, field experiences and vision to local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations including community based organizations to build advocacy capacity.
Key Responsibilities
•Oversee an integrated public policy program that monitors and responds to current and emerging trends in Ugandan legislative and regulatory actions that affect advocacy funding and policies globally.•Work in close partnership with local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations, assure that the project is well represented and has a strong voice for advocacy intervention organizations within the broader NGO community. Expand and share professional relationships with strategic partners with the COP and others project staff.•Raise awareness of the project’s advocacy goals and impact by coordinating special events and meetings with country representatives and program partners.•Establish robust communication among other donor-funded projects to ensure an informed and coordinated response to policies, and an increased engagement by partner organizations in advocacy. Support advocacy and community empowerment at the national level and reposition advocacy as a top agenda for CSOs.•Represent the project in the broader civil society discussions around health policy and citizen empowerment.•Support capacity building and systems development around policy and advocacy to ensure long-term sustainability.•Working closely with the COP and Capacity Building Specialist, assess capacity building needs of subgrantee civil society organizations and participate in development of advocacy related trainings and mentoring.•Serve as main liaison for all partners and maintain regular communications to ensure engagement in the project from all stakeholders.•Work closely with USAID leadership, CSOs, and communities, as well as other key stakeholders to refine program advocacy and policy priorities during the life of the project.•Oversee behavior change communications strategy and design and develop advocacy and communication tools. •Represent COP as necessary at meetings and events serve as Acting COP, in the event of an absence of the COP.
Basic Requirements
•Masters’ degree or higher in Public Health, social sciences, international development or related field.•Minimum of 10 years of experience in development working with on issues of advocacy and community empowerment.•Minimum of five (5) years’ experience managing USAID-funded health programming.•Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of advocacy, decentralization in the Uganda context, Uganda’s sociopolitical economy, health and education sectors.•Experience interacting with host country government agencies including local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations including community based organizations.•Demonstrated track record of leading, designing and delivering influencing, campaigning and advocacy programs shall be essential.•Demonstrated ability to be a motivator and leader of change, drawing on excellent communication skills to drive transformation.•Well-developed abilities to motivate and persuade at high levels (for organizational change).•Experience in developing effective communication and advocacy strategies.•Excellent judgment, conceptual and analytical thinking ability.•Proven experience of capacity strengthening & advisory work, as well as facilitation, mentoring & coaching skills.•Proven experience in partnership building and networking at various levels.•Ability to address rights (women, children, youth and other vulnerable groups) in the•design/delivery of influencing work.
Please Note: This position is contingent upon project award and funding. Pathfinder International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
How to apply:
To be considered for this position, please apply online at: http://www.pathfinder.org/about-us/careers/employment-opportunities/
