Consultant, Deliver for Good Kenya

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Consultant, Deliver for Good Kenya

August 12, 2019 @ 8:00 am

Women Deliver is a leading global advocate that champions gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women. Our advocacy drives investment–political and financial –in the lives of girls and women worldwide. We harness evidence and unite diverse voices to spark commitment to gender equality. And we get results. Anchored in sexual and reproductive health, we advocate for the rights of girls and women across every aspect of their lives. We know that investing in girls and women will deliver progress for all.

Women Deliver supports Deliver for Good, a global campaign that applies a gender lens to the Sustainable Development Goals and promotes 12 critical investments in girls and women to power progress for all. The campaign was launched at the global level in 2016, with national campaigns in Kenya and Senegal launched thereafter.

How to Apply

Please send a cover letter, CV, and salary requirements to: [email protected]

1. SUMMARY OF POSITION

Women Deliver seeks a consultant, a Kenyan national based in Nairobi, to provide services to the Deliver for Good Kenya Advisory Group and the coalition on an interim basis. The consultant will:

  1. Facilitate a process among the Advisory Group members to draw lessons from the first year of implementation, and obtain consensus on the models, modalities and mechanisms for the coalition’s ongoing work
  2. Support and coordinate the coalition partners in implementing the shared advocacy strategy work plan activities

Background: With support from Women Deliver, from March 2018-March 2019, the Deliver for Good Kenya coalition implemented the first year of its national multi-sector, multi-issue advocacy campaign to put girls and women at the heart of Kenya’s sustainable development agenda.

The broad and diverse coalition includes partners who are implementing the campaign’s activities across five thematic investment areas, via their corresponding thematic work groups (access to land resources; economic empowerment; sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on adolescents; political participation; data; and a further group on communications). The coalition is guided by 13 Advisory Group members who provide strategic direction and leadership, and also implement activities.

2. CONSULTANT’S EXPERTISE/BACKGROUND

The consultant has extensive experience and is a recognized expert in Kenya in international and community development, with experience working with women’s rights organizations and working on women’s and girls’ rights and gender equality.

Educational qualifications and experience:

  • Bachelor degree required
  • 7-10 years of experience working with civil society organizations, including women’s rights organizations, feminist movement, and networks

The consultant will play an important role in the campaign’s efforts to advance gender equality priorities as a coalition. They have proven expertise, skills, knowledge, and experience with:

  • Facilitation
  • Coalition building (leading, convening and organizing) and management
  • Consensus building, across a range of stakeholders
  • Strategic planning, including facilitating collaborative coordination and decision-making processes
  • Communication skills (including across platforms (email, Whatsapp, Skype))
  • Political awareness and engagement
    • Of stakeholders: government (national and sub-national), non-government organizations, civil society networks (including women’s rights organizations/ feminist movements), donors (governments, foundations, etc.)
    • Of the policy landscape in Kenya, including the Sustainable Development Goals and President Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda
  • Project coordination, management and implementation at national and sub-national levels and in collaboration with international partners
  • Project financial management

For more details about this position, visit THIS page.

Details

Date:
August 12, 2019
Time:
8:00 am
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Website:
https://womendeliver.org/consultant-deliver-for-good-kenya/