Working with the Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns Team and reporting to the Policy Manager, the Rooted Policy Advocacy Officer will support the development of well-organized community based organizations, provide technical support to CBOs and NGOs to strengthen their engagement with
\nduty bearers, and provide technical support to CBOs and NGOs to strengthen their engagement with duty bearers. The Rooted Advocacy and Policy Officer will work with programme officers, local government authorities (LGAs), NGO partners, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and relevant coalitions and networks to build capacities, generate and monitor policy agenda from the grassroots to national level. The post holder will facilitate community led at research that adds value to the
\norganizational strategy implementation within Ghana\u2019s WASH policy context.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Rooted Advocacy And Policy Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n Key roles and responsibilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n support the development of well-organized community-based organizations, Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelors in development studies, public policy & social administration; international relations; development economics; political science. How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested candidates should send their applications (letter of interest and resume) via email to ghrecruitment@wateraid.org<\/p>\n Please Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Working with the Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns Team and reporting to the Policy Manager, the Rooted Policy Advocacy Officer will support the development of well-organized community based organizations, provide technical…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-6D2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProvide technical support to CBOs and NGOs to strengthen their networking and engagement with duty bearers
\nAnalyse the practice of WASH policies and how they affect marginalized people and proactively engage in key debates at all levels.
\nWrite policy briefings and case studies to guide WAG\u2019s positioning in sector debates especially on improving pro-poor targeting and efficiency of investments in WASH in Ghana.
\nIdentify and facilitate key policy research areas in WASH to enable review and\/or implementation of pro-poor targeting.
\nWork with the Communications and Campaigns Officer (CCO), NGO partners, coalitions and to regularly document learning for evidence-based advocacy at all levels.
\nWork with the CCO, partners and Water and Sanitation Management teams (WSMT) to generate case studies (2 per annum) as well as documenting key processes and evidence of WaterAid Ghana\u2019s influencing work.
\nActively contribute to Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) processes in WaterAid Ghana including, monitoring of advocacy work, annual reviews, partner forums, planning and budgeting, and provide monitoring and evaluation support to partners
\nWork with existing NGOs\/coalitions, WSMT, DWSTs, and LGAs and other relevant stakeholders to identify their Human Rights Based Approaches
\n(HRBA)-related capacity needs and support their capacity building.
\nWork with NGO partners and Sustainable Programmes Department of WAG to identify, implement, and monitor areas of policy-programme integration.
\nDevelop and strengthen relationships among sector stakeholders including government departments, NGOs and community groups in a tripartite and mutually accountable fashion at all levels.
\nPrepare timely information and reports for donors<\/p>\n
\nMinimum of 2 years experience of working with grassroots organizations in community organizing and policy advocacy, networking and social movement building
\nExperience working with LGAs and facilitating engagements between marginalized peoples and their organizations and LGAs
\nKnowledge of community organizing, social movement and building Knowledge of HRBA to development
\nUnderstanding the dynamics of deriving policy issues from service delivery and defining campaign agenda at all levels.
\nUnderstanding of technical, social and institutional issues relating to water and sanitation, hygiene promotion in developing countries
\nExperience in managing advocacy projects and working with media.
\nExperience in report writing and developing policy briefs
\nExperience in leading and facilitating campaigns, performance monitoring and evaluation
\nExcellent oral, written communication and public speaking skills
\nArticulate with above average presentation skills
\nAnalytical, critical thinking, facilitation and negotiation skills
\nGood numeracy skills
\nComputer literate-MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher<\/p>\n
\nClosing date: 18th August 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"