Posted Jul 27, 2016 2 views
The Project Officer Advocacy & Accountability has the overall responsibility for implementation of the policy and advocacy activities in the project districts under the supervision of project board.
The role holder will be working in a team comprising of technical officers and will be line-managed by the representative of project board. The incumbent of this position will be required to work in close collaboration with the other technical teams. S/he will also closely work with the monitoring and evaluation teams for documentation of the changes/reforms resulting from interventions and the processes that lead to those changes.
Reports to: Project Board
Location: Peshawar with frequent travel to nearby target districts
Pay: Basic (PKR 50k) + Travelling/Dwelling allowance (PKR 15k) + Performance Bonus (PKR 0 to 20k)
SPECIFIC TASKS
Implementation
· District Advocacy Forums (DAFs):
o Establish and organize District Advocacy Forums and facilitate its meetings by undertaking the sub activities that may include and not limited to:
§ Identification of key stakeholders
§ Lobbying meetings
§ Official correspondence
§ Agendas development
§ Extending invitations
§ Doing follow up confirmations
§ Post DAF meetings correspondence such as letter of thanks etc.
o DAF related record keeping including meeting minutes, issues log, attendance records, case studies, action plans
o Track and follow up the proceedings of DAF action points
o Coordinate with other team members for DAF inputs such as Community Based Monitoring Data
o Maintain liaison with district level stakeholders in general and with DAF members in particular to ensure their participation in DAF activities
o Advocacy meetings with decision makers for addressing demands raised by DAF members
o Prepare meetings budget and request forms for operations
· Provincial Advocacy Forum (PAF)
o Assist in establishing and organizing PAF meetings
o Undertake follow up and confirmations
o Look after the logistics arrangements in coordination with operations team
o Assist in documentation of proceedings
· Power Change Analysis
o Facilitate and inform the Power Change Analysis activities such as collection of data and writing of reports
· DAF Capacity Building Trainings
o Organize DAF Capacity Building Trainings which will interalia include
§ Identification and invitation of participants
§ Facilitating sessions with lead facilitators
§ Completing the documentation of the trainings
§ Providing inputs for improving the design
· Support in implementing elected representatives engagement strategy
o Liaising and following up with the elected representatives.
· Identification of case studies, most significant change, challenges, success stories etc for Newsletters and reports
· Performing any other tasks as agreed with the Advocacy and Accountability Manager.
Coordination
· Maintain close liaison with the community empowerment teams
· Operations and technical team to ensure the smooth implementation of activities
· Coordinate with community elders, notables and local civil society organisations in the area.
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and Reporting
· Implementation of M&E systems and tools, and collect case studies
· Support to write monthly and quarterly reports
Person Specifications
· University degree in relevant social sciences, management, policy, communication or any other degree if offset by extensive experience in the domain area
· At least 1-3 years of experience in humanitarian and/or development settings and/or sales/event management (sponsorships).
· Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written.
· Strong, negotiation, communication and networking skills
· Strong documentation skills
· Ability and skills to write concise reports and maintain databases
· Basic level acquaintance with Excel
Skills
Job Details
TrackReps is a young non-profit startup that has secured a generous grant under Making All Voices Count programme (a partnership between Ushahidi, Hivos and IDS) - supported by four donors including DFID, USAID, SIDA and Omidyar Network. TrackReps is responsible for the implementation of the “Empowerment, Voice and Accountability for Better Policy Making” project. The objective of the project is to empower citizens to hold their elected representatives to account. The project will complement the supply-side interventions by increasing demand and strengthening mechanisms for greater and effective citizen participation and monitoring of public services. This includes influencing legislation, policy, practices, and service delivery through greater pressure and demand from the citizens. The project will work through a combination of empowerment, voice and accountability approaches including, but not limited to, awareness raising and mobilization, advocacy and lobbying, capacity building, coalitions and partnerships.
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