Manager, Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships – Agency

JOB TITLE: Manager, Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships

REPORTING TO: Managing Director

LOCATION: Abuja, Nigeria

ASSIGNMENT LENGTH: Yearly, renewable by mutual consent

OVERVIEW:

Family Planning 2030 (FP2030) is a global partnership of governments, civil society, multilateral organizations, donors, private sector, and researchers committed to supporting the rights of women and girls who wish to use contraception to achieve a vision where women and girls everywhere have the freedom and ability to lead healthy lives, make their own informed decisions about using contraception and having children, and participate as equals in society and its development.

In pursuit of this vision, the global family planning community reached a consensus that the gains attained since 2012 needs to be consolidated and sustained by extending partnerships and consultations with family planning stakeholders from around the world. Together, the community created a shared vision for 2030 that builds on progress achieved to date, adapts the partnership in response to the lessons of the last nine years and positions us to achieve the future women and girls around the world are asking for.

Towards this end, the FP2030 Support Network was created as a key element of FP 2030?s new structure, which will be put in place in 2022. The FP2030 Support Network, which will be led by an Executive Director includes include five regional hubs: North, West and Central Africa; East and Southern Africa; Asia and the Pacific; and Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America and Europe each of which will be headed by a Managing Director supported by a small team. The Population Council (The Council) will host the North, West and Central Africa regional hub in its Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria.

Population Council is an international, non-profit, non-governmental institution that seeks to improve the reproductive health and well-being of populations around the world and to achieve a humane, equitable and sustainable balance between people and resources. Working in in partnership with government and community-based organizations in Nigeria since the 1960s, the Council established a country office in Nigeria in 2006 to facilitate an expansion of its research portfolio to address HIV and AIDS among key and vulnerable populations, maternal mortality and morbidity, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, as well as generate evidence for improving access to family planning and reproductive health services, and child marriage.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Council seeks an experienced professional to fill the position of Manager, Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships of the FP2030 North, West and Central Africa Hub based in Abuja, Nigeria. The Manager, Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships reports to the Managing Director of the North, West and Central Africa Regional Hub of FP2030. This position oversees and implements the Hub?s work around advocacy, accountability, and partner relations, including civil society engagement and engagement with non-FP partners, faith partners, private sector partnerships, and regional bodies.

Working Relationships

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Manager, Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships will work closely with the rest of the Hub team. They will also collaborate closely with FP2030?s Director, Advocacy and Partnerships, located in the North America & Europe (NAE) Hub, and with the NAE Hub?s Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Manager, Advocacy & Accountability.

The Hub?s Officer, Communications reports to the Manager, Advocacy, Accountability & Partnerships.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Regional Advocacy and Accountability

• Support the design and implementation of a regional advocacy and accountability strategy based on the FP2030 global advocacy framework and, in close coordination with country civil society partners and focal points, and with the FP2030 Advocacy and Partnerships team, including developing and executing appropriate regional strategies when needed.
• Elevate the regional family planning agenda and ensure high-level political engagement and momentum around FP2030 commitments.
• Develop and lead the implementation of the region?s civil society engagement strategy.
• Coordinate closely with the Hub?s Officer, Communications and with the North America & Europe Communications team to implement a regional advocacy communications strategy and to support implementation of FP2030?s global advocacy communications strategy within the region.
• Work closely with the data team in rolling out evidence-based advocacy and accountability strategies.
• Support and nourish regional advocacy, including building and nurturing alliances with advocacy coalitions and other family planning partners and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of relevant regional resources around advocacy.
• Support the development and implementation in the region of an FP2030 learning agenda that documents and assesses accountability approaches and activities employed by FP2030 countries over the first two years of the FP2030 partnership.
• Support the development of an FP2030 accountability dashboard that captures regional trends.
• Support country accountability efforts, including providing and brokering technical assistance to countries in the region as they implement their accountability efforts an ensuring cross-country, cross-regional learning exchanges, and best practices.

Engagement with Partners and Stakeholders, and External Relations

• Develop and implement regional strategies for long-term relationship building with partners and other non-governmental stakeholders, aligned with the FP2030 Vision Framework and with a focus on integrating family planning and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) with other health and development sectors such as gender, humanitarian, climate change and related sectors.
• Develop and implement a regional strategy for country commitment mobilization including connecting with non-state actors in the family planning and other health and development sectors within the region, including the private sector, to build relationships, share information, and mobilize commitments to FP2030.
• Effectively manage non-state actor commitment maker relationships, including outreach to new and existing commitment makers, including supporting the self-reporting process for these commitment makers.
• Seek opportunities to advance and operationalize rights-based family planning (RBFP), including for youth and other underrepresented groups in global development, humanitarian, health, and gender agendas, particularly with a diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice lens.

Oversight

• Collaborate with civil society and youth focal points, consultants, and other staff as needed to advance advocacy and partnerships work across the region.
• Provide regular updates on the progress of advocacy, accountability, and partnerships work in the region, including to FP2030 Senior Leadership; draft content for reports to funders, Senior Leadership, and key external stakeholders as needed.

Staff Management

• Serve as line manager and supervisor to the Hub?s Officer, Communications.

Selection Criteria

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor?s degree in public policy, public health, international development, communications, or other directly related field, or equivalent standard of education.
• Master?s degree in public policy, public health, international development, communications, or other directly related field, or equivalent standard of education preferred.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Demonstrable advocacy skills.
• At least 7-8 years of professional experience at the national or international level, with project management, advocacy and coalition building, and strategic communications expertise.
• Experience in working with multi-stakeholder partnerships.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with international or regional reproductive health/FP partnerships
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong oral, written, editorial and presentation skills.
• Team player with adaptable and pragmatic approach to work, able to work independently as well as with a team.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills and the ability to meet deadlines and deliver objectives on time despite time constraints and pressure situations.
• Excellent organization skills, capable of delivering objectives independently.
• Ability to think strategically and help drive projects from inception to implementation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and cultural competencies.
• Excellent writing, editing, communications, and research capabilities.
• Strong analytical and writing skills with advanced knowledge of and proficiency in the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Written and spoken fluency in English and French required.
• Willingness to travel (up to 20%).

PERSONAL COMPETENCE:

• Politically astute with a good understanding of the bigger picture, culturally sensitive and diplomatic.
• Enthusiastic and motivated about FP2030?s vision, mission and values.
• Commitment to community and civil society engagement including the meaningful participation of marginalized communities.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for performance of the position responsibilities. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements nor meant to exclude other duties as assigned.

Applications are particularly encouraged from women, persons living with disability, and candidates openly living with HIV. FP2030 values equity-centred leadership and commits to furthering its racial and social justice values and commitments by integrating them into the organizational culture and weaving them into its global partnership work.

Application Deadline: April 29th, 2022

Qualified candidates should send their resume and cover letter to: [email protected]. Please include the position you are applying for in the subject line.

The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental institution that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. Established in 1952, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees. Its New York headquarters supports a global network of country offices. We are seeking an individual to fill the position described. If you know of a qualified candidate or are interested in this position, please apply at: http://www.popcouncil.org/employment/index.asp.

The Population Council provides equal opportunity; it does not discriminate against any person with regard to age, color, creed, national origin, disability, political belief, veteran status, religion, marital status, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Decisions on employment are based on an individual?s qualifications as related to the position for which they are being considered. The Council especially encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups including but not limited to Black people and people of African descent, Indigenous people, people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, including people who identify as transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive, people with disabilities, first-generation college graduates, and those from communities with the most to gain from expanded access to sexual and reproductive health services and information. The Population Council is international in the composition of its board of trustees and its staff, as well as in the nature and deployment of its activities.