Job Title: Public
Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator
Hiring Organization: International
Rescue Committee
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 05/31/2024
IRC is seeking a Public Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator”, based in Nairobi for its Euro 30 Million five year, urban livelihoods program: Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re:BUiLD ). The Re:BUiLD program is funded by the IKEA Foundation and is being implemented in Kampala and Nairobi. The IRC is the Lead Partner coordinating a consortium of local and international partners to deliver the program. Re:BUiLD strives for urban refugees and vulnerable host residents to achieve economic self-reliance and benefit from strengthened urban economic, regulatory and social environments. Re:BUiLD aims to enable change at varying levels, from better access to livelihoods opportunities and inclusive services within communities, to improved refugee-related policies and more targeted and effective service delivery from national, regional and global actors. Key features of Re:BUiLD’s approach include flexible funding, adaptive design and knowledge and evidence generation.
Position
summary:
The IRC
seeks a Public Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator who will support country
program teams in Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda in the implementation of
the IKEA funded Re:BUiLD program. Re:BUiLD aims to support refugee and host
communities to achieve economic self-reliance through supporting 1) Access to
sustainable livelihoods and 2) Ensuring that strong markets and effective and
responsive city services are accessible to all.
The
Public Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator will report directly to the Program
Director and support service delivery and systems strengthening approaches;
monitoring, advising, and maintaining stakeholder relationships; addressing
fragmentation and supporting coordination and collaboration with City
Governments ; and ensuring that the Community and Client Ownership Strategy is
maintained. The Public Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator will also support
program teams to ensure that Re:BUiLD approaches and activities are grounded in
the local context, build upon city development plans, and support existing
local processes, are shaped and trusted by communities and clients, and
contribute to sustained ownership and local delivery of services.
Job
Responsibilities:
Technical
Support and Coordination:
Support
the development of community engagement strategies and strong stakeholder and
client relations, ensuring the sustainability of the Community and Client
Ownership Strategy.
Support
the development of strategies to promote synergies in alignment with city
government authorities Development Plans, and strengthen relationships, and
leverage coordination among city government authorities, civil society, local
neighborhood, private sector, and development and humanitarian actors at city,
country and international levels.
Identify
and support capacity sharing interventions that strengthen the delivery and
scaling of city services, plans, and policies that serve refugees and host
communities in Nairobi and Kampala.
Develop a
strategy for mainstreaming systems strengthening, good governance principles,
and processes aimed at increasing community participation, responsiveness, and
accountability.
Support
public engagement, citizen involvement, and public consultation strategies for
city governments in Kampala and Nairobi
Support
city governments with robust public engagement including refugees in decisions
that affect them, including policies, plans, strategies, programs and services,
for the purpose of making decisions that are more informed and reflective of
public concerns and values .Provide leadership in the analysis, development of
strategies or adaptation of service delivery models, tools, and systems to
motivate city systems change.
Provide
analysis, capacity-building, monitoring and implementation support to both
Uganda and Kenya teams.
Identify
opportunities for cross-country learning and coordination, document and
disseminate best practices.
Contribute
to the development of annual work plans for Re:BUiLD.
Work in
close collaboration with team members to ensure integrated programming.
Management:
Contribute
to the development of program staff in Uganda and Kenya through training and
mentoring on community engagement, urban resilience, systems strengthening, and
community led development approaches.
Ensure
that the community engagement and city systems strengthening aspects of the
program are implemented according to defined work plans to achieve program
deliverables.
Through
strong planning and monitoring, identify potential obstacles to programmatic
success in a timely manner, and implement corrective actions as needed.
Introduce
quality assurance initiatives to address efficiency, effectiveness, or
compliance concerns.
Job
Requirements
Master’s
degree in urban planning and development, public administration, economics,
international development, law or social science.
A minimum
of 5 years working with city governments, implementing and/or managing urban,
decentralization or governance related programs is required, preferably also
within a humanitarian, international development setting.
Demonstrable
technical expertise and working knowledge of participatory processes and
methodologies.
Demonstrable
technical expertise in urban management, city planning, community engagement,
and public sector management.
Technical
expertise in curriculum development, training needs assessment and training
facilitation, as well as monitoring and evaluation of trainees.
Strong
writing, communication and organizational skills.
Knowledge
of common software (MS Office). Previous work experience in Uganda or Kenya
preferred