Background:
The Lutheran World Federation, in response to the Syrian refugee crisis, established operations in Jordan in 2012. The Lutheran World Federation is assisting refugees and vulnerable groups in Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Mafraq and Za’atari camp. The Lutheran World Federation is running projects related to Education, WASH, Livelihoods, Protection, Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Assistance.
Scope of Work:
He/she will be responsible for designing and implementing the integrated advocacy intervention in Jordan contributing to the LWF ‘Rights-based Approach, Local to Global’ (RBA L2G) initiative”. He/she will identify local and national partners, focusing on women rights, especially women’s empowerment and access to employment, and help them bring grass-root priorities into the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, and wider advocacy. He or she will ensure that the advocacy intervention is in line with rights-based approach, ensuring long-term access to fundamental labor rights for local women through structural changes, where duty-bearers (national and international) hold themselves accountable. He/she will be responsible to conduct advocacy on behalf of LWF Jordan with partners, and to ensure collaboration, networking and coalition building for LWF among Jordanian civil society.
Responsibilities:**
Empower local partners to follow up and translate UPR recommendations into measurable concrete lives changing policies, legal instruments and actions on the ground.
Provides advice and expertise to managers, senior officers and other public information staff on a range of advocacy and outreach issues, methods, and approaches; anticipates and resolves public relations issues/problems.
Support Community-level advocacy, lobby work on women’s rights to employment, and produce research material.
Supervise and mentor project staff on issues related to human and women rights and advocacy
Provide training on women rights, advocacy and lobby to targeted communities.
Carry out mapping of actors, coalitions and alliances focusing on women rights and economic empowerment of women and build networks at local and national levels to position LWF and partners as a key actor on fundamental rights in civil society coalition/alliance.
Identify local partners based on the mapping exercise and engage in networking and coalition building with the identified stakeholders
Be an active member and LWF representative in advocacy platforms and appropriate fora in Jordan
Engage with relevant stakeholders on the issue of women’s rights, especially women participation in the workforce.
Act as a media spokesperson on campaign and advocacy issues if required.
Run side events to raise profile of thematic issues
Work closely with PMER Officer in organizing media outreach; arranges all media contacts,; provides talking points and other materials as needed for senior staff; responds to media inquiries quickly and effectively.
Undertake regular visits to the project sites to interact with both community, government and LWF staff
Communicate closely and regularly with colleagues at LWF Geneva to ensure link-up and coordination between national and international level advocacy
Responsible for designing, planning, management, monitoring and reporting of RBA L2G project in compliance with donor requirements, project document and approved working budget.
Ensures project goals and objectives are met in a manner that is accountable to the people served and to donors
Evaluates results and impact of advocacy activities; reports on developments, trends and attitudes regarding Key Advocacy initiatives.
Prepare weekly highlights on the general operational and program updates to be shared with the management team
Ensure financial compliance with donor requirement and approved budget**
Manage and monitor the RBA L2G project budget
Prepare financial reports in coordination with the finance team
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