Job Title: Advocacy Lead
Organisation: Girls for Climate Action (G4CA)
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About Organisation:
Girls for Climate Action (G4CA) is a grassroot Girl/Young women eco-feminist movement that is putting our realities and experiences to advocate for climate justice at the local and national levels. The movement was started by young women and girls who live in the riparian zones of the River Nile in Jinja, Uganda whose activism started from the experience of floods and droughts and at the same time the lack of freedom to access the River Nile and the various streams that were being polluted by investors.
Job Summary: The Advocacy lead is responsible for providing technical support and leadership to all advocacy projects. She will support and lead G4CA and partners in influencing the implementation of relevant international, regional, and national level frameworks towards climate and gender justice at the local, national, regional, and international level. The advocacy lead will lead young women and girls towards demanding for just climate solutions, policies and frameworks.
Key technical areas under the leadership of this role include joint evidence-based advocacy on the climate justice and inclusive climate policies, strengthening the capacities of G4CA’s partners and young women, adolescents, youth and supporting their advocacy initiatives and actions, networking and collaboration with relevant stakeholders and networks/alliances/working groups at local, national, regional, and international level and introducing accountability mechanisms.
If you’re looking for a career where you can find meaning and purpose, come join us as the Advocacy Lead! Not only will you fulfil climate justice objectives, but you’ll contribute to the growth of the movement across the country. We’re looking for a passionate, dedicated person. Come join G4CA and apply today!
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identify advocacy issues and lead/guide on evidence-based advocacy actions.
- Provide technical support in the implementation and institutionalisation of Policy Dialogue and mainstreaming a movement advocacy plan.
- Work in alliance with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), particularly with the women Activists, advocacy groups, youths, individual activists, artists and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to advocate on identified climate justice related issues.
- Develop and disseminate advocacy briefs, position papers, as required for different advocacy interventions.
- Lead in creating and implementation of G4CA’s Advocacy Strategy.
- Support the monitoring of the enforcement and localisation of climate policies, NAPs and other local laws.
- Introduce, support, and build on social accountability mechanisms like Community Score Cards for women, girls and other local communities to hold their leaders accountable on the enforcement of the relevant policies and frameworks.
- Implement the community and Policy Dialogues as might be required.
- Plan and implement advocacy related media campaigns including relevant capacity development for media, artivism, media activities such as investigative journalism, social media campaigns among others.
- Capacity Building for G4CA, partners and young women, adolescents, youth and community-based organisations and activist groups focusing on knowledge and skills required for effective advocacy.
- Provide advice to partners in the development and implementation of their advocacy strategies, and in specific advocacy campaigns.
- Work closely with other specialists to ensure synergies with other result areas, to identify critical issues in climate justice in Uganda and develop advocacy plan, generate evidence, and implement advocacy activities to address them.
- Communicate effectively with local partners and project participants to monitor implementation, identify project or capacity gaps and advocacy issues, identify / anticipate emerging and / or unanticipated risks and addressing these accordingly in liaison with other team members.
- Represent G4CA in relevant advocacy forums.
- Collaborate with relevant Civil Society actors at local, national, and international level and networks.
- Establish and maintain networks and alliances with local, national, and regional advocacy/coalition organizations and participate in relevant local, national, and regional working groups and networks.
- Participate in relevant advocacy platforms.
- Contribute to the production of regional and international advocacy materials and messages, as well as learning briefs.
- Work closely with the MEAL team to create Advocacy Impact Measurement tools
- With support from MEAL team, train the team in monitoring and evaluation of advocacy activities.
- Review the M&E systems/ key advocacy indicators and support team to monitor the quality and impact of the implementation of all advocacy activities.
- Contribute to generating and documenting lessons learnt and knowledge on all advocacy activities, writing policy briefs and papers.
- Practice a behaviour that is consistent with G4CA’s core values, and promotion of gender equity and diversity goals.
- Plays a leadership role in identifying and implementing initiatives that enhance G4CA’s commitment to climate justice, gender and diversity.
Qualifications Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree in environment, law, Human rights or any other related discipline.
- Practical experience in advancing advocacy initiatives on issues of climate justice, gender justice.
- Experience in capacity development on advocacy processes and tools.
- Excellent teamwork, networking, communication, and collaboration skills with a wide range of actors, both with in G4CA team and other actors on several deliverables
- Experience/ knowledge of environment policies and plans, negotiations etc
- Ability to network, build relationships and establish collaboration with different partners, agencies local and international networks/movements.
- Ability to link with community activists and social movements.
- Strong commitment to Gender Equity and Diversity (GED).
- Strong inter-personal communication and facilitation skills
- Knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation including report writing, documentation and presentation.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit an updated CV and motivation letter. Also, please provide a daytime telephone contact and email addresses of 3 (three) work-related referees. All information to be uploaded via this application form
Deadline: 20th June 2024
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