Scope: Amplifying Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA)

Location: Nairobi, Kenya, Hivos East Africa

Hours: fulltime

Reports to: Country Engagement Manager

Application deadline: 30th November 2023

About Hivos

Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, we aim to contribute towards just, inclusive and life-sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights and resources. We work in partnership with others in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America on three impact areas: civic rights; gender equality, diversity and inclusion, and climate justice. Our approach is solution driven, and we build wider movements for change by amplifying and connecting voices.

Job Context

The five-year strategic objective of the VCA program is “By 2025, local civil society groups have claimed a central role as empowered innovators, facilitators and advocates of climate solutions”. Our program is about climate justice i.e. climate change is not only an environmental problem to be addressed but also a societal challenge with ethical and human rights aspects. Hence the program focuses on building wide societal support for locally shaped climate solutions through an inclusive and rights-based approach. This includes building a broad-based climate alliance at country level, bridging divides (urban-rural, gender, youth), that amplifies voices in new, unusual ways. In addition, we influence national and global policies and financial flows in support of these locally shaped solutions. The program is being implemented by an alliance of 6 organizations: WWF NL, Hivos, SouthSouthNorth, Akina Mama wa Afrika, Shack Dwellers International and Fundación Avina. During the 5 years’ program period the alliance aims to increase ownership of the program by local CSOs. The program is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the “Power of Voices” framework.

The PO will work closely with the VCA Country Engagement Manager in a range of tasks, from partner selection and management, to supporting the lobby and advocacy goals of the programme. In addition, the PO is responsible for internal program communication on progress and results of the program to colleagues in other countries and the global office. He / she / they would also is responsible for external communication through the publication of stories and content, and event organization. The PO is also responsible for the monitoring, evaluation and learning for the program (through e.g. supporting outcome harvesting), and reporting for the program including guiding partner reporting and supporting Hivos’ own implementation reporting. The PO will also provide logistics and financial support to the Country Engagement Manager and Finance Officer for the program.

Responsibilities

Programme implementation

Contribute to planning and implementation the Hivos plan of work, including supporting lobby, advocacy and policy influencing efforts at national and county levels
Support internal and external communications – including but not limited to publication of articles and blog posts, commissioning of relevant communications products and guiding the overall communications strategy with support from the global VCA communications officer
Event Management
Administration and logistics

Grant Making

Support VCA grant management efforts by maintaining relationships with VCA partners
Communicating deadlines, updates and other relevant information to VCA partners
Supporting disbursement of funds
Supporting partners in implementation efforts when requested
Monitoring, evaluation and learning with regard to partners

Requirements

Relevant academic level of working and thinking.
Minimum of three to five years working experience.
Work experience in project implementation and working in teams
Expertise in relevant sector or theme and/or methodology (co-creation, social innovation, local ownership in climate justice)
Strong writing skills
Demonstrable networks with VCA advocacy targets at national and county level
Experience working with diverse partners including youth and creatives a plus

We particularly welcome applications from women and/or persons that belongs to one of the rightsholder groups. We offer a contract based on Hivos East Africa local labor conditions, with a remuneration commensurate with the experience and expertise requested.