Advocacy and Capacity Building Officer at Future Resilience and Development Foundation (FRAD)

Duties and Responsibility

Functions / Day to day activities:

• Develop and implement advocacy strategies: Lead the development and execution of advocacy plans aimed at influencing policies, practices, and attitudes.
• Stakeholder engagement: Build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders including government agencies, NGOs, community leaders, and international organizations to advance project objectives.
• Capacity-building initiatives: Design and facilitate capacity-building workshops, training sessions, and other learning interventions to enhance the skills and knowledge of stakeholders.
• Resource mobilization: Support efforts to mobilize resources
• Communications and outreach: Develop communication materials, including reports, briefs, and presentations, to communicate key advocacy messages and engage with target audiences effectively.
• Policy advocacy: Advocate for policy review where necessary
• Monitoring and evaluation: Monitor and evaluate the impact of advocacy initiatives and capacity-building activities to assess their effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Networking and collaboration: Represent the organization in relevant forums, conferences, and working groups to network with peers, share best practices, and foster collaboration on advocacy and capacity-building efforts.
• Documentation and reporting: Maintain accurate records of advocacy activities, capacity-building interventions, and outcomes achieved. Prepare regular reports of activities

Performance measures:

• •Advocacy impact metrics
• Capacity building impact metrics
• Sustainability metrics
• Feedback and evaluation metrics
• Training and development
• Workplace culture
• Community Engagement
• Innovation and Creativity
• Personal development metrics
• External recognition

Requirement:

• Must be honest, accountable, a good listener, able to work in a team, transparent and honest.
• Must have understanding and ability to action and communicate DEI principles in all activities.
• Must be computer literate, with a good knowledge of MS office suites and google workspace.
• Bachelor’s degree in social science, with at least 3 years’ experience in similar role.
• Good report writing and workshop facilitation.
• Fluent in Hausa, Kanuri and local languages within the LGAs of implementation.
• The position will be based at the head office with frequent travel to field locations.

Desirable skills:

• Timeliness,
• Honesty
• Accountability
• Good communication skills,
• Confidence,
• proactiveness and able to manage pressure.
• Fluent in Hausa, Kanuri and any other indigenous languages