Gender / Advocacy Officer at Education as a Vaccine (EVA)

Profile

• Are you a youth leader?
• Are you a gender equality advocate?
• Are you passionate about social justice?
• Do you want to support adolescents and young people in their advocacy for better quality of life for themselves and their peers.

Working Relationships:

• The Gender/Advocacy officer will work directly with the Team Lead, Advocacy and Policy Influencing Unit to strategically contribute to the design and implementation of EVA’s work on feminist organizing, gender equality, policy and advocacy.
• S/he will contribute to the management of the coalitions and initiatives in relevant advocacy alliances and forums, and coordinate EVA’s participation in social accountability and advocacy-related communication activities.
• The PO will also liaise with counterparts in other field offices for coordination and will work with the program assistants, interns and volunteers in the Advocacy and Policy Influencing Team.

Key Task and Responsibilities

• Assist in the day-to-day implementation of Gender, Advocacy and Policy Influencing program team activities at community, state, national, regional and global levels.
• Provide a gender perspective and technical inputs into the design and implementation of project activities, development of advocacy strategies, delivery of capacity building activities, development and review of advocacy tools, conducting social mobilization activities and development of relevant communication materials.
• Support EVA’s advocacy agenda and play a key role in implementing EVA’s policy analyses, advocacy initiatives and events and related communications activities.
• With support from the Team Lead, identify, cultivate, and expand network of key political allies, including relevant Nigerian government agencies, key lawmakers, staffers, advocates, NGOs/FBOs, multilateral, and the private sector to advance the gender policy and advocacy agenda of EVA and the coalitions the organization belongs to.
• Provide support for assessment and research activities at the community level to gather information for analysis on gender and advocacy issues.
• Contribute to the preparation of quarterly and annual project work plans
• Track project inputs, outputs and outcomes using EVA’s monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Contribute to technical briefs and publication to be shared with external stakeholders.
• Support the development of organizational newsletter, updates and annual reports.
• Contribute to the development of proposals and concept papers.
• Manage financial information and reporting requirements of EVA policy and advocacy-related grants.
• Handle any other task or responsibility assigned by the Team Lead, Advocacy and Policy Influencing.

Qualifications

• Degree in Gender and Development Studies, Law, Social Sciences, or any related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in gender, advocacy, and women empowerment issues.

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Excellent analysis and communication skills
• Good networking and alliance building skills
• Demonstrated experience of providing capacity building to local partners and beneficiaries on gender issues;
• Able to work under time pressure and long hours whenever required;
• A high level of social-cultural sensitivity when dealing with colleagues, partners and beneficiaries.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and tact, in order to be able to liaise effectively; with a range of stakeholders, including NGO partners, community leaders, beneficiaries, key population and government officials;
• The ability for creative problem solving and innovation in complex and /or restrictive working environments
• User-level computer literacy (Office Package, Outlook, etc.)
• Willingness to travel.

Preferred:

• Experience working with Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and Humanitarian context
• Experience in Gender Programming
• Deep understanding of guiding legal frameworks and principles of gender equality issues in Nigeria