Advocacy Officer job at Action Against Hunger

Strategy development and implementation

• The Advocacy Officer will provide leadership in advocacy, learning and policy support to the area office on Nutrition and WASH and ensure there is a coherent process linking the district and national level advocacy efforts.

• Maintain an in-depth understanding of key budgetary cycle moments, law and policy reform initiatives at the local government and national level.

• Ensures that all advocacy messages and documents are evidence-based and of high quality.

• In close collaboration with Nutrition, WASH and FSL Coordinators, Communications Coordinator and the Head of Advocacy, develop and implement local government advocacy plans that will seek to draw synergies in integration of Nutrition, and WASH and other relevant sectors.

• Responsible for the delivery of an annual advocacy implementation work plan.

• Develop and implement relevant context specific strategies for effective community participation within the advocacy activities in collaboration with the field office teams and relevant staff at the country office.

• Support Program Manager in identifying policy and practice change, which would improve nutrition related outcomes.

• Support budget advocacy and budget tracking to improve public investment in Nutrition.

Advocacy and Communications

• Lead the Local Government level monitoring and evaluation of advocacy-related objectives, mapping of key opportunities and events, organization of ACF’s moments’ and events.

• Linking to international process and in collaboration with field office staff and technical Coordinators oversee the development of advocacy materials – including policy briefs, position papers, issues papers, press releases, Questions and answers and opinion pieces for county and national advocacy.

• Develop good knowledge of Local Government structure, political processes and key decision-making structures and how to influence them on issues related to Nutrition and WASH, resource mobilization. Conduct power mapping to identify and engage key influencers in Local Governments for increased resource mobilization and allocation to Nutrition interventions.

• Lead the production and/or contribute to the development and dissemination of policy briefs/IEC fact sheets and county profiles to get Nutrition on District and national agenda,

• Build systems for research, analysis and documentation that underpin evidence based advocacy and influencing at local government level. This will include undertaking audience research and knowledge services mapping to inform communication and advocacy work.

Building Partnerships

• Identify local networks and coalitions and develop sustained partnerships/ alliances that are critical in the dissemination and/or application of research findings and/or learning to influence the policy and practice landscape. This includes representing ACF at strategic forums, networking with strategic CSOs and other social movement processes that are relevant to ACF work.

• Support area offices to build partnerships with communities and program beneficiaries in establishing accountability mechanisms, capacity building and knowledge management.

• Support the capacity building of program and field staff and key partners on advocacy through training, sharing best practices and supporting learning and knowledge management.

Programme Development & Management

• Participate in proposal development processes, in particular liaising with relevant Technical staff and program staff to ensure that advocacy approaches are integrated within and contribute to the achievement of project results and objectives and that sufficient funds are budgeted for implementation.

• Participate in ACF program meetings and related sessions to draw out research-based advocacy messages in programs. Keep abreast of current research, national and donor policies and debates in Uganda, relevant to advocacy for Nutrition