Deadline: 20 November, 2023

Location: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or Nigeria

WaterAid  has announced a vacancy for the role of Pan-Africa Advocacy Director.

WaterAid is an international not-for-profit determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere, within a generation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the development and implementation of the pan-Africa advocacy Strategy, working in collaboration with GPAC, regional directors, regional advocacy managers and with the whole of WaterAid
• Review progress against strategic objectives and ensure WaterAid’s pan-Africa advocacy activities contribute to the attainment of the organisation’s global aims, especially climate resilient WASH and sector financing
• Ensure that WaterAid’s strategies and plans link practice and policy to maximise the organisation’s impact, maintaining a strong relationship with the global advocacy priorities (GAPs) within regional plans and activities in collaboration with the African region RAMs
• Prepare and lead the implementation of annual and medium-term operational plans to deliver on the pan-Africa strategy and ensure the plans are agreed upon
• Lead the development of strategic partnerships for WaterAid’s pan-Africa work in collaboration with international affairs and institutional funding partnership to target decision-making on WASH and climate adaptation financing
• Identify key strategic opportunities at the continental level within the WASH and climate change sector and in the wider African development sector that WaterAid seeks to influence, with a special focus on AMCOW and AfDB
• Provide leadership and support to RAMs to enable them to influence the advocacy agenda for climate-resilient WASH and WASH financing

Requirements

• First degree (preferably taught) and postgraduate degree or professional qualification or training in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Humanities, Political Science, Public Administration or a related field
• Significant exposure to WASH sector issues through formal education and/or short training courses and workshop
• Ten years, minimum, of substantial experience of working in Africa at senior management levels, some of which could be in WASH, environment, health or education sectors
• Substantial experience in delivering successful high-impact advocacy strategies in Africa and a strong track record of building effective relationships with high-level decision-makers
• Experience in collaborating with key decision-makers in official bilateral or multilateral donor organisations
• Record of working with research and academic institutions to deliver relevant evidence capable of influencing policy-making processes
• Experience working in collaboration with and/or managing civil society networks, a regional institution, or a regional institution or regional programme in Africa

To apply and for more information, click here.