Influencing And Advocacy Manager

As the Influencing & Advocacy (IA) Manager, you will provide support to the Country Director in strengthening the food and nutrition influencing agenda for GAIN in Kenya amongst key actors including Government, donors, the UN, civil society including peer NGOs, the private sector and consumers.
You will coordinate advocacy for food fortification in order to improve regulatory monitoring and enforcement of and compliance with Kenya’s Food Fortification laws and standards in the context of food quality, while supporting the SUN Business Network membership platform.

This role will require managing and supporting high level stakeholder relationships with business, government, donors, UN and civil society. Role specifics include;

Responsibilities

Monitor, attend and engage to represent GAIN, where appropriate, in key national-level and country-level policy fora and meetings.

Lead on external engagement with key stakeholders in government, private sector, UN, donors and civil society including academia, media, and other development practitioners; to improve support for GAIN’s mission and increase resources allocated to nutrition in Kenya

Lead the development of the SBN Kenya strategy and 2020 workplan – aligning the existing draft strategy in Kenya with the SBN’s Logic Model, Theory of Change and where relevant, utilising National SBN tools.

Organise technical and political level meetings between business, government, civil society, donors and UN agencies to strengthen cross-sector dialogue on nutrition and build consensus on priorities and opportunities for business and nutrition in Kenya.

Under the guidance of the Country Director, convene and coordinate fortification Advocacy Technical Working Group (TWG) of consumer rights, health advocacy, and other civil society organisations, INGOs supporting fortification and improved nutrition in Kenya, and members of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (within each county and national level)
Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree

Required relevant work experience
: 5 years

Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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