JOB VACANCY: ADVOCACY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
The
African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an African-led and
Africa-based international research institution headquartered in Nairobi,
Kenya. APHRC conducts policy-relevant research on population, health,
education, urbanization and related development issues in sub-Saharan Africa.
Data
for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) is an initiative
that aims to transform the availability and use of nutrition data by addressing
gaps in nutrition measurement and advocating for stronger nutrition data
systems.
DataDENT
2.0 will be implemented by four institutions: Institute for International
Programs (IIP) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Results for Development
Institute (R4D) and the APHRC. IIP manages day-to-day operations of DataDENT.
APHRC
seeks to recruit an Advocacy
and Knowledge Management Specialist.
S/he will be based in Kenya and will provide leadership in strategic advocacy and knowledge management through targeted engagement with stakeholders to meet the objectives of the project, outcomes and achievements to a wide spectrum of audiences in Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Community of Practice and across Africa, and beyond.
Duties/Responsibilities:
· Lead in
the development and implementation of the advocacy, knowledge management and
communication strategy within the two priority African countries, Ethiopia and
Nigeria, for DataDENT;
· Lead in
the development and implementation of the advocacy, knowledge management and
communication strategy within the two priority African countries that is
Ethiopia and Nigeria for the Community of Practice (COP);
· To
raise awareness of nutrition data issues and provide access to DataDENT outputs
across key audiences;
· Build
and manage relationships with relevant stakeholders in in Ethiopia, Nigeria,
across Africa and beyond;
· Build
and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders to build the COP and the
DataDENT;
· Lead in
designing and providing advocacy and effective communication of the project
objectives, outputs and outcomes as relates to the strategic objectives;
· Lead
and coordinate nutrition data-focused advocacy and knowledge management to
achieve the greatest impact;
· Develop
and manage partnerships with relevant stakeholders in Ethiopia and Nigeria
while representing DataDENT and the COP at relevant events, meetings and
gatherings;
· Oversee
the organization of the COP convening and stakeholder events to publicize and
push COP priorities, advocacy and knowledge management actions through
meetings, side events, webinars and social media engagement;
· Collaborate
on relevant nutrition data related initiatives that further the impact outcomes
of the projects;
· Lead
content development and produce written materials for advocacy and knowledge
management and for use in virtual platforms;
· Organize
COP events, webinars, capacity strengthening sessions and workshops;
· Work
closely with the DataDENT partners and key stakeholders and members of the COP
to develop knowledge translation products such as technical briefs, fact
sheets, and others to promote and advance outputs of the project;
· Work
closely with the project lead in ensuring compliance with donor requirements
such as keeping track of outputs and outcomes for advocacy, policy engagement,
communication, progress reports and updates to the funder;
· Provide
advice to the DataDENT team on how to integrate knowledge management into the
project;
· Lead
documentation of key lessons learned and good practices for reporting and
project learning;
· Prepare
knowledge management reports and analyses and strengthen systems for
generating, gathering and customizing knowledge;
· Identify
and curate external knowledge of relevance for DataDENT and the COP;
· Strengthen
planning of knowledge products and quality assurance processes for DataDENT
knowledge products;
· Optimize
functionalities for how knowledge is organized and made easily accessible and
develop and maintain the repository and listing of knowledge products produced
for DataDENT;
· Create
and integrate global identifier systems, for DataDENT global goods and help
track online use and impact of these products;
· Promote
the use of knowledge in policy and practice and promote creative solutions for
uptake of knowledge generated by DataDENT;
· Support
diversification of knowledge in multimedia and interactive formats that include
podcasts, data visualization, infographics, animation etc.
Qualifications,
experience and skills:
· Master’s
degree in public policy, public administration, social policy, anthropology,
economics, communications, international development, politics and internal
relations, sociology, social transformation, journalism or related sectors.
· At
least eight years’ post-qualification experience in advocacy and knowledge
management, working in relevant areas within the international development
sector at a senior level.
· Proven
ability to provide leadership in managing and promoting research outputs for
use in advocacy.
· Experience
in advocacy work with different stakeholders to inform and influence policy
development.
· Working
advocacy experience with evidence informed decision-making mechanisms of
African governments.
· Ability
to prepare high quality and impactful publications and reports for specialist
and non-specialist audiences, including policymakers.
· Excellent
engagement, coordination, and communication (written and spoken) skills to be
able to absorb complex information and present it to different audiences in a
clear and accessible way.
· Good
interpersonal skills, to work and build relationships with a wide range of
stakeholders.
· Good
organization skills, to track priorities, work to deadlines and manage
projects.
· Flexible
and adaptable approach to responding to shifting priorities and a rapidly
evolving external environment.
Desirable
· Experience
and skills in the nutrition space in Africa.
· Ability
to conceptualize, design and implement major information campaigns.
· Ability
to rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information from varied sources.
· Ability
to diplomatically handle sensitive situations with target audiences and
cultivate productive relationships.
· Ability
to produce a variety of written and visual communication products in a clear,
concise style.
· Strong
communication attributes characterized by speaking and writing clearly and
effectively; active listening, correctly interpreting messages and responding
timely and appropriately.
This
position is classified under Nationally Recruited Positions (NRP), Grade II in
our scales.
Interested
candidates are encouraged to apply through our recruitment portal
by
March 20, 2023.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted; shortlisted candidates will be
required to have a Police Clearance Certificate.
Cover
letters should be addressed to:
The
Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi
Website:
www.aphrc.org
APHRC
is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of
vulnerable persons
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