Technical Advisor – Advocacy at World Vision Kenya

Job Description

Technical Advisor – Advocacy at World Vision Kenya

Planning and Implementation of local level advocacy interventions

• Contextualize World Vision’s Global guidance on local level advocacy and ensure timely dissemination to Area Programme teams and Grant Project teams
• Provide technical support in the utilization of World Vision’s advocacy guiding documents and related standards to field staff
• Assist the Area Programme team and Grant Projects to analyse power relations between decision makers and those who influence them and design strategies for engaging these stakeholders to achieve World Vision advocacy objectives at the field level.
• Provide guidance and related assistance to all Area Programmes and Grant Projects in designing advocacy interventions as integrated across relevant sectors based on context;
• Ensure quality annual planning and costing of all advocacy interventions for all Area Progammmes and Grant projecs
• Build advocacy capacity of Area Programme teams and Grant project teams so as to enhance quality implementation of all advocacy interventions
• Ensure regular and need based technical assistance to the field staff in the implementation of advocacy projects and interventions

County Level Engagement

• Provide technical assistance to Area Programme teams and Grant Project teams to develop/review, maintain and utilize County level external engagement plans 
• Provide technical assistance to Area Programme teams and Grant Project teams in engagement in the County policy and law-making processes; and related implementation processes
• Provide technical assistance to Area Programme teams and Grant Project teams in engagement in the County planning and budgeting processes; and related implementation processes. 
• Provide technical assistance to Area Programme teams and Grant Project teams in engagement strength capacity of local civil society organizations, networks and coalitions for coordinated joint advocacy initiatives that promote economic and social rights

Utilization of World Vision’s Citizen Voice and Action Approach (Social Accountability Approach)

• Based on context and emerging issues, regularly review and update and contextualize the Citizen Voice an Action (CVA) approach and tools, and disseminate to Area Programme teams and Grant project teams for their reference and use
• Regularly review CVA data as generated by citizen groups across Area Programmes and Grant Projects and ensure quality credible data is update in the CVA database
• Lead the analysis of CVA data from all Area Programmes and Grant Projects, and generate evidence-based engagement briefs, with key findings and recommendations to inform internal and external decision-making processes
• Lead CVA learning and exchange initiatives across all Area Programmes and Grant Projecs

Monitoring and Reporting

• Develop the National Office local level advocacy monitoring plan and ensure its utilization. 
• Lead local level advocacy field monitoring initiatives
• Prepare Quarterly advocacy reports
• Prepare the Advocacy Strategic Measure reports

Any other duties

• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Knowledge/Qualifications for the role

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Political Science, Public Administration, Law or related discipline from a recognized University
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in implementing advocacy programmes and projects
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the utilizations of various Social Accountability Approaches and Tools
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience of engagement with Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies,
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience of strengthening networks and coalitions for advocacy  
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in engagements in the policy and legislative processes
• Minimum of 6 years engagements in Public Planning and Governments Annual Budget Process
• Minimum of 6 years undertaking Review and Analysis of Government Budgets 
• Designing, Fundraising and Implementing Advocacy Projects
• Policy and Law-making processes, and related implementation processes
• Public Finance, with a focus on Government Budget making, implementation, Reviews and Analysis 

Technical Advisor – Advocacy at World Vision Kenya