About the role

Reporting in to the Global Influencing Lead, the Pan Africa Advocacy and Policy Lead is a key member of the Policy and Influencing division who will oversee the Pan Africa advocacy strategy and coordinate with other Advocacy colleagues to co-design thematic global advocacy strategies, responding to partner voices and priorities and local contexts, aligning with organisational values and goals. 

The post-holder will horizon scan the agendas of African institutions to advise and provide policy and advocacy insight to Global Influencing Lead, African MCCs and partners, fostering a team mindset and support a culture of knowledge sharing of ideas and insights at a continental level.

Collaborating with the MCC Policy and Advocacy Leads, and Programme Portfolio Lead, you will build a cohort of national and regional partnerships, including faith partnerships, to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of partners working on short- and medium-term outcomes and systemic change to align with organisational values and goals.

The post-holder will act as a convenor of policy and advocacy spaces by supporting and accompanying national and regional partners to engage in regional and global coalitions and networks enabling collaboration on shared priorities, fostering a mindset of connection.

You will act as an ambassador by representing Christian Aid and engage in regional and global spaces jointly with partners, collaborating with the MCC Advocacy and Policy Leads, ensuring alignment with organisational values and goals.

About you

Essential:

Degree level qualification in a relevant field (International development, economics or comparable field).

Substantial experience in supporting national and regional organisations to develop an advocacy strategy, including integrating 

advocacy into programme work.

Substantial experience of supporting and accompanying partners to navigate and influence on a global scale.

Substantial experience of devising, leading and implementing advocacy strategies, preferably in another NGO or faith group.

Substantial experience of networking, building alliances and coordinating initiatives in networks and faith groups.

Substantial experience of peer-to-peer learning.

Substantial experience of policy research and managing research projects.

Substantial experience of public speaking to a variety of audiences, including the media.

Substantial experience of budget management.

Detailed understanding of the current policy debates, trends and analytical frameworks around key development issues.

Detailed understanding of power and political analysis, and rights based approaches.

Detailed understanding of national and regional Civil Society and faith networks - their policy positions and dynamics.

Understanding of how theology influences policy.