Position Title: Movement Building Lead
Closing date: 5 Nov 2022
We are a global team of experts and innovators tackling some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. We work with leaders and change-makers around the globe to bring health strategies to life. We provide ideas, advice and technical know-how that enable our partners to build a path to lasting change.
With 30 years’ experience in global health, we collaborate with our partners to explore existing evidence, combine expertise, scale up ideas and co-create solutions that accelerate change. This includes collaborating on policy design, managing initiatives, building powerful coalitions and galvanising social movements. Our impact is felt across whole communities, with a focus on women, girls and those who have been marginalised.
As part of MSI Reproductive Choices, all our profits go back into supporting MSI’s own mission of children by choice, not chance.
We believe in a world where everyone can access the high-quality health services they need, without financial burden.
The UK Government (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – FCDO) has a vision of a world free from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) by 2030, in line with the SDGs. A programme has been established entitled ‘Support to the Africa-led movement (ALM) to end FGM/C’ to contribute to global efforts to achieve that vision. Following a co-creation period, programme implementation began in September 2021.
Position
The Movement Building Lead will spearhead the implementation of the strategic interventions on capacity strengthening and movement building in line with ALM’s overall strategy, theory of change and results framework. The role will provide leadership, coordination and technical assistance to consortia partners, grassroots grantee partners and other networks/organisations/ movements in delivering capacity strengthening and movement building interventions including through grants support, training, mentoring and peer-to-peer learning which seek to bring about social norm change on FGM/C within communities, and build a strong enabling environment to end FGM/C at multiple levels (sub-national, national, regional and global). ALM’s feminist movement building will take the form of sustained work with community-based activists, organizations and networks, to support and strengthen effective movement leadership, alliances, and strategies.
Requirements
- Substantial expertise working in the development sector in the African region with a focus on FGM/C (with beneficiaries and civil society organisations)
- Experience in the field of women and girls health and rights, and social and behaviour change, familiar with navigating sensitive community issues for young people.
- Experience in programming aiming to curb FGM practices.
- Experience in managing sub-contractors, suppliers, and/or civil society implementing partners.
- Experience in strengthening institutional capacity.
- Experience of engagement with movement partnerships and collaborations.
Benefits
Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous annual leave allowance, medical insurance and 13th month pay.
Other information
- As an equal opportunity employer, Options Consultancy Services is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage or civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Options Consultancy Services.
- Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and postholders to share this commitment.
- We seek people who are pro-choice, promote diversity and inclusion, are energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision
- Applicants must have the right to live and work in Kenya
How to apply
- To apply, please fill in the form HERE.
- The closing date for applications is: 5th November 2022.
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview.
- Please note that this role will be subject to full pre-employment background checks including criminal record checks, identification checks, employment references and right to work verification (where appropriate).