Legal Advocacy Adviser, Africa at Center For Reproductive Rights

Technical support and Norm building:

• Lead in engagement with the regional and sub-regional human rights mechanisms
• Provide technical support to regional human rights mechanisms and support special Mandates & procedures in executing their mandates as necessary.
• Support partner capacity strengthening for an increased engagement with Human rights mechanisms.
• Deliver various influencing activities, including events and publications, drafting position papers and briefings, and convening policy dialogue with policymakers.
• Follow key influencing processes and provide briefings and updates as required to relevant Center staff and partners.
• Map out key influencers with whom the Center should engage on the SDGs and AU policy processes, working closely with the relevant partners and strategic allies.
• Represent the Center and engage with various key external stakeholders, including government officials, regional and global institutions, think tanks, academics, private sector and other key advocacy audiences.
• Draft and communicate analysis and insight of key policy and political trends and issues for internal and external audiences.
• Work with the Africa team to deliver the overall policy and campaign strategy and organizational priorities.
• Track, monitor and evaluate the Center’s influencing strategies and contribute to team planning, budgeting, and annual reporting.

Implementation

• Lead in implementing court decisions in the Center’s focus countries in Africa and collaborate with partners for implementation in the focal countries
• Build relationships with relevant line ministries and legislators in the Center’s focus countries in Africa
• Support partner efforts toward national-level legislative and policy processes in the focal countries
• Coordinate strategic advocacy partnerships for purposes of implementation
• Support national-level implementation of decisions and recommendations from human rights mechanisms (UN & regional)
• Undertake research to document and expose human rights violations/ to communicate impact of our work
• Develop project agreements, as needed, and monitor activities and expenses relating to them

General
Any other relevant duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in law or other relevant degree required with 8+ years professional and/or relevant experience.
• Knowledge of international human rights, women’s rights, Africa regional and global human rights mechanism.
• Ability to travel and, when required, to work outside normal office hours.
• Successfully achieving advocacy objectives and achieving policy change, in the context of NGO influencing agenda.
• Designing and delivering successful advocacy strategies.
• Strategic understanding of the political trends, opportunities, and challenges in international development and of the African and international political landscape
• Designing and delivering successful advocacy strategies
• Possess excellent writing, editing.