UN Women: Advocacy and Coordination Consultant, ESARO, Nairobi, Kenya
Overview
This consultancy aims to support the implementation and coordination of advocacy strategies under the ACT Programme, focusing on facilitating communication, collaboration, and alignment of activities among partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate regular coordination among ACT partners and EVAWG stakeholders.
- Support strengthening partnerships among feminist movements, women's rights organizations, UN partners, regional institutions, and development partners.
- Coordinate follow-up actions from partner meetings and consultations.
- Maintain stakeholder mapping and partnership engagement records.
- Support planning and implementation of regional and country-level advocacy initiatives.
- Prepare advocacy briefs, talking points, presentations, and briefing notes.
- Facilitate engagement with regional institutions, governments, civil society organizations, and development partners.
- Support the development of outcome documents and advocacy messages.
- Lead the development and implementation of ACT Programme communications and visibility plans.
- Produce high-quality communication products including stories of change, newsletters, and blogs.
- Develop communication packages and key messages for regional advocacy initiatives.
- Support ACT Programme visibility during strategic advocacy moments.
- Coordinate the dissemination of programme achievements and lessons learned.
- Track progress of advocacy, movement strengthening, communications, and coalition-building activities.
- Document outcomes, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
- Consolidate reports and partner updates for internal learning and donor reporting.
- Support outcome harvesting and documentation of advocacy influence.
- Support partners in the development of knowledge products and evidence generation initiatives.
- Ensure ACT updates are reflected in monthly programme reporting and other relevant forums.
- Facilitate the exchange of lessons learned and good practices among partners.
- Support regional learning exchanges and dialogues.
- Support the planning and organization of ACT and broader EVAWG stakeholder consultations and webinars.
- Coordinate substantive and logistical preparations for strategic convenings.
- Prepare meeting reports and recommendations.
- Provide technical guidance to partners on coordination mechanisms and reporting requirements.
- Support partners to strengthen advocacy planning and communications.
- Facilitate peer learning and exchange among ACT partners.
Required Experience
Minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible professional experience in advocacy, strategic communications, programme coordination, knowledge management, stakeholder engagement, or other related areas is required. Experience working on gender equality, women’s rights, ending violence against women and girls, or feminist movement strengthening is required. Experience coordinating or supporting multi-stakeholder initiatives involving women’s rights organizations, civil society organizations, government institutions, regional bodies, development partners, or United Nations entities is required. Experience developing advocacy, communications, visibility, or knowledge products for different audiences is required. Experience organizing or supporting consultations, workshops, regional convenings, campaigns, or multi-partner engagements is required. Experience documenting programme results, advocacy outcomes, policy influence, lessons learned, or promising practices is required. Experience preparing programme reports, case studies, learning briefs, evidence summaries, or other analytical and knowledge products is required. Experience working with feminist movements, women’s rights organizations, or civil society networks in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa, is desirable. Experience supporting strategic communications, media engagement, digital communications, or programme visibility is desirable. Previous professional experience with the United Nations or another international development organization is desirable. Experience working with UN Women or on programmes addressing violence against women and girls is an asset.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Gender Studies, Communications, Strategic Communications, International Relations, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Human Rights, or another related field is required. A first-level university degree in one of the above fields, in combination with two additional years of relevant professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.