Advocacy and Coordination Consultant, ESARO

About the role

UN Women is seeking an Advocacy and Coordination Consultant for the ESARO region to support the ACT Programme, focusing on regional convenings and advocacy. The role works under the ACT Regional Coordinator and covers coordination, advocacy, communications, monitoring and learning, and capacity strengthening.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate ACT partners and EVAWG stakeholders, follow up on partner meetings and maintain stakeholder mapping records
• Support planning and implementation of regional and country-level advocacy, prepare briefs, talking points and presentations, and engage governments, civil society and development partners
• Lead the ACT Programme communications and visibility plan, producing stories of change, newsletters, blogs, articles and social media content
• Track advocacy progress, document outcomes and lessons learned, and support outcome harvesting
• Support partners in knowledge products, country-specific ACT frameworks, case studies and learning briefs
• Organize ACT consultations, webinars, workshops and regional dialogues, and prepare meeting reports and action trackers
• Provide technical guidance to partners and facilitate peer learning

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master's) in Gender Studies, Communications, International Relations, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Human Rights or a related field; or first-level degree plus two years of relevant experience
• Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible experience in advocacy, strategic communications, programme coordination, knowledge management or stakeholder engagement
• Experience in gender equality, women's rights, ending violence against women and girls, or feminist movement strengthening
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives and organizing consultations, workshops or campaigns
• Demonstrable knowledge of ending violence against women and experience on advocacy for gender equality in Africa, preferably East and Southern Africa