Country Focal Point/Advocacy Manager, PITCH at Education as a Vaccine

Education as a Vaccine is a non-governmental youth focused organization that works in partnership with children and young people to advance their rights to health and protection from all forms of violence by strengthening their capacities providing direct services and influencing policies for improved quality of life.   We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:Country Focal Point/Advocacy Manager, PITCHLocation: AbujaExperience: 5 year(s)Course of Study: Public HealthRequired Grade: AnyOrganizational Unit: Advocacy and Policy InfluencingReports to: Executive DirectorBased at: HeadquartersJob Purpose:Create a strategic vision for the country programme; analyse, identify and support joint work across all the partners.Facilitate unique contribution of each individual partner to the country overarching programme.Responsible for the PITCH alignment at country level based on country TOC and gives support, when requested with annual work plans, reporting, and joint activities.Responsible for country PITCH communication and external relations.Together with communities of KPs, girls, women and youth, being the face of the PITCH programme and increasing the visibility of the PITCH programme.Facilitate open dialogue and discussion among partners about sensitive issues, intelligence and latest developments in the country.Assure quality of programme’s M&E and donor reporting.Roles and ResponsibilitiesSupport country project partners:Monitors the progress of annual work plans/budgets implementation and ensures planned activities enable achievement of the country objectives.Gives support to the partners at country level with identifying advocacy opportunities and delivering on work plans, budgets and M&E.Facilitates shared learning and joint initiatives with regard to programme implementation of activities including PME at country level;Coordinates the development and realisation of (Operational) Research;Inspires country PITCH partners to collaborate and look for synergy at country level, both within PITCH and, when possible, with other programmes/initiatives in the country;Signals and communicates other challenges and problems related to the programme and its programme partners to the lead agency.Support communications of PITCH project in Nigeria, including developing country specific communication strategy, etc.Advocacy leadership and policy analysis together with project partners:Shares intelligence and conducts analysis of the national discourse and developments related to KPs, women, girls and youth in regional to HIV/AIDS and human rights.With communities of KPs, girls, women and youth in the lead, advises, supports, and when relevant, undertakes advocacy, policy analysis and political outreach; develops research agenda to achieve results outlined in the theory of change and results framework.Coordinates partnership with the Embassy and other Strategic Partnerships and SRHR Partnerships;Represents PITCH in events and meetings;Profiles and increases the visibility PITCH at country level;Identifies and builds relations with new and unusual stakeholders.Programme coordination in the country:Organises incountry crosspartner meetings;Compiles financial and progress reports, the annual overall budget and PME information at country level;Identifies the need for Technical Assistance at country level (centrally and for individual or selection of partners) in addition to the needs that country alliance partners identify themselves;Organises joint programme evaluations and workshops to share experiences with implementing partners;Identifies opportunities for partners to learn from each other and share experience.Represent and profile the PITCH partnership in meetings and events in the country.Other relevant tasks:To the reasonable extent, coordinate organisation of events & incountry travel, translation/interpretation requests.Supports PITCH in regional and global activitiesWorking Relationships:The CFP/Advocacy Manager will report to the Executive Director and work closely with the Team Lead, Advocacy and Policy Influencing and the PITCH (Alliance and Aidfonds) team members.

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