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Email: msake.president@gmail.com msake-kenya@ifmsa.org
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Nairobi |
Medical Students
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January 2022 |
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The Medical Students
Association of Kenya (MSAKE) is a non-profit organization representing medical
students in Kenya and is a national member organization of the International
Federation of Medical Students Associations.
MSAKE is implementing a sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocacy project to ensure meaningful youth participation in addressing the uptick of triple threats among young people; new HIV infections, teenage pregnancies, and sexual-based gender violence, and ensure that medical schools produce emphatic physicians who advocate and ensure the delivery of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is patient-centered and without biases and judgement.
The Position
The Program
Officer-Advocacy will lead the development, planning, implementation,
coordination, and documentation of key strategic interventions under this
project that purposes to build a youth movement in a timely manner.
S/he will work closely
with the Executive Director and SRHR technical working group to build the
capacities of the MSAKE
Secretariat and medical students, providing them with technical assistance on
SRH and rights (SRHR) and ensuring that common strategies and approaches are
applied consistently across the medical campuses.
Primary Duties and
Responsibilities
- Lead in the planning, implementation, and
coordination of all project-related interventions including advocacy, and
youth movement building.
- Develop effective strategies in relation to youth,
gender, and SRHR issues.
- Organize medical students into a movement that
raises awareness and advocates for SRHR.
- Build linkages with other youth movements to help
build a diverse and resilient YSRHR movement in medical schools and
universities.
- Spearheads research and documentation around YSRHR
issues in medical schools and universities for publishing and
dissemination to inform practice.
- Oversee daily operations and coordinate activities
of the project in close liaison with the Executive Director and
development partner.
- Monitor
project expenditures ensuring that budget allocations are adhered to;
- Prepare
and submit progress, financial reports, and weekly updates to the
Executive Director for onward submission to strategic partners.
- Work
closely with the M&E team to ensure that systems are in place to
track, analyze and report all project-related results. S/he will work
closely with other SRHR partners supported under this project and other
strategic partners.
- Act as a communication liaison between MSAKE and
other strategic partners.
- Identify key local, regional, and international SRH
forums/conferences to profile and raise the visibility of MSAKE.
- Identify, coordinate and document publicity
strategies for MSAKE events and activities
- In collaboration with the MSAKE SCORA team, assist
in the development of SRH-related abstracts, publications, promotional SRH
literature, and documentation of the advocacy project achievements for
dissemination.
- Build and maintain ongoing relationships and
partnerships with the relevant national and county government agencies,
partner NGOs, and the media.
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as may be
requested from time to time.
Qualifications and
Experience
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences,
Philosophy, Humanities Gender, Law, or any other relevant discipline.
- A minimum of five years’ experience in managing
comprehensive youth-focused SRHR advocacy programs from conceptualization,
design, implementation, documentation, and reporting.
- Deep knowledge of the social-cultural, legal and political
contextual landscape -particularly in the East Africa region- and its
impact on SRHR.
- In-depth understanding of SRHR issues for
vulnerable/marginalized groups including but not limited to women,
adolescents, and young people.
Proven Ability
- Evidence of thought leadership is strongly desired.
- Sound administrative and organizational skills.
- Solid technical knowledge of/expertise in human
rights and SRHR- particularly among young people.
- Good research and analytical skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
including report writing.
- Ability to organize and work collaboratively with
diverse stakeholders.
- A high level of self-awareness, sound judgment,
self-care, passion, and flexibility.
- Good time management skills, ability to multi-task,
and meet tight deadlines under limited supervision.
Personal Competencies
- Ability to travel locally – about 20 days a year.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to multicultural and
diverse environments.
- Integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality at
all times.
- Strong commitment to advancing YSRHR.
- Strong commitment to meaningful youth engagement and
reproductive justice.
How to
Apply
Please send your application cover
letter, and curriculum vitae that include three references, salary history, and
expectations to info.MSAKE@gmail.com no later than January 28th
2023, with the email subject: Application for
Program Officer – Advocacy.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be
contacted.
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