Advocacy Officer

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Hivos

Hybrid
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: Not specified
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: €3,856 EUR-€5,131 EUR / monthly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 17/09/2023
  • Location: Netherlands, The Hague
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Movement building
Responsibilities

Advocacy and external positioning
  • Building on priorities, ideas and needs of Global South feminist organizations and groups, and making use of research-results as well as of concrete opportunities in the Dutch and international decision-making processes, you design advocacy strategies that contribute to project results and motivate decision makers in the Netherlands to actively support gender equality ODA and FFP. In doing so, you work in close coordination with consortium members and other
  • You initiate, facilitate and manage or co-manage relevant and effective advocacy activities and events, primarily in the Netherlands, and where relevant in international spaces. In doing so, you closely engage with consortium members, Global South feminist organizations and groups, and Global North allies to ensure complementarity and alignment.
  • You ensure strategic participation and visibility of Walking the Talk in relevant fora to positively influence the agenda and debate on gender equality in ODA and FFP. Create space in such arenas for voices and ideas of Global South feminist actors.
  • As needed, you provide training, information, coaching, support and accompaniment to Global South activists, organizations and groups, and support their access to relevant spaces and decisionmakers, so that they are well-positioned to bring their ideas, needs and priorities to the attention of decisionmakers.

Project implementation and accountability
  • In line with Walking the Talk‘s overarching planning and monitoring plan, you design, implement and evaluate advocacy strategies, and report on these.
  • You constantly coordinate with the Walking the Talk team, consortium-members and allies.
  • You participate in and / or lead the projects’ Advocacy working group.
  • You support the learning, monitoring and evaluation for advocacy within the project.
  • You work closely with Hivos’ communication and advocacy teams, to ensure consistency and alignment in messaging and advocacy efforts.

Requirements
  • Solid, professional and up-to-date knowledge of and experience in advocacy for gender equality ODA and/ or FFP.
  • Excellent understanding of the Dutch and international political and administrative context for gender equality ODA and FFP.
  • Relevant degree or equivalent work experience in international development, gender or feminist studies, political science, public administration, or another relevant field
  • A strong belief in and embodiment of Walking the Talk’s values and principles
  • Team-spirit and collaborative
  • Ability to develop and maintain close collaboration between Global South and North actors, working to generate access for Global South voices to directly influence policy agendas on gender equality ODA and FFP
  • Excellent skills in external relationship management
  • Strategic thinking and ability to create, identify and make use of advocacy opportunities, and link results and lessons to wider program outcomes
  • Sense of humor and positive attitude
  • Imagination and creativity for solving challenging problems
  • Full professional proficiency in English with excellent written and verbal skills; fluency in Dutch; if possible, proficiency in French or German
  • Ability and willingness to travel regularly, mostly in Europe

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