Advocacy And Community Engagement Specialist

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children seeks an Advocacy and Community Engagement Specialist to provide technical support to Provincial-/District-based MCGL teams for strengthening the capacity of DHOs to implement PHC policy, advocacy, and Community Engagement strategies in 44 districts under the USAID-funded MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) award in five selected provinces of Indonesia.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Advocacy and Community Engagement Specialist serves as a technical specialist on Advocacy and Community Engagement.

• Compile all the mapping exercise results from all targeted districts and province and develop the action plan as to address thegap based on the analysis
• Work closely with the Advocacy and Community Engagement Lead to co-design with sub- national team (with relevant community stakeholders) on Community Engagement strategies and advocacy interventions plan based on findings of the mapping exercise and gap analysis
• Facilitate the process to strengthen sub-National teams in ensuring the capacity of cadres/community leaders on the Primary Health Care (PHC) initiative
• Develop the implementation strategies to strengthen the capacity of identified civil society organizations (CSO) to continue Community Engagement activities (scale to other villages/districts)
• Develop technical guidelines and tools for social accountability in demand creation for quality services.
• Work closely with Advocacy and Community Engagement Lead to document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation; contribute to the analysis, synthesis, and reporting of project outcomes and results; and prepare and contribute to timely semi-annual and annual reporting of project activities as needed
• Support the community Engagement & Advocacy Lead to build the capacity of district coordinators in MCGL focus provinces to work with PHOs, DHOs and other local stakeholders on development and implementation of Advocacy and Community Engagement strategies.
• Under the supervision of Community Engagement & Advocacy Lead to develop the necessary processes and tools for PHC resource mapping at Provincial and District levels and build SPM and DC capacity to implement, analyze and document results from these tools
• Support the MCGL program to Monitor advocacy/Community Engagement workdone by
• District coordinators and provide feedback as needed.
• Support the Community Engagement & Advocacy Lead for the development of Advocacy and Community Engagement sections annual workplans, semi-annual reports and annual reports, incorporating feedback from the sub-national MCGL team

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education and Experience background

• Bachelor's University Degree or equivalent in a relevant field
• At least 5 years of work experience with non-government organizations in Eastern Indonesia, preferably experience on issues directly related to Primary Health Care system in Indonesia
• At least 5 years intensively working with the community.
• Proven experience in Community Engagement and advocacy for the Government at least from District to Provincial Level
• Experience working on health programming and working with health facilities in Indonesia.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and pressure to perform
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills, including report writing and dissemination.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia, both verbal and written
• Ability to travel within Indonesia up to 70%