Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Advisor Required

Role Purpose

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. 

With approximately 38 years of experience in implementing its program, Plan International Kenya (PIK) mainly operates in 10 geographical areas; Nairobi, Machakos, Kajiado, Tharaka-Nithi, Siaya, Kwale, Kilifi, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Tana River.

Plan International Kenya Strategy statement

Plan International Kenya’s strategic goal in the next five years is to end teenage pregnancies and end gender-based violence against adolescent girls and young women. We aim to help create an enabling environment where girls and young women are safe, valued, equally cared for, and have equal opportunities. PIK will contribute to the global strategy by aiming to reach approximately 3 million (tbc) girls and Young Women directly over the period of the strategy 2022-2026 and to reach additional beneficiaries through its interventions.

The role serves as the principle advisor for Plan Kenya’s integrated technical and program advice in girl and youth focused sexual and reproductive health and rights. The incumbent will use policy and advocacy work to increase support from the Kenya government to enable the country make substantial progress in health with a primary focus on adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health ad rights. 

S/he will lead the program design, technical strategy, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning of Plan Kenya’s adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health rights (AYSRHR). Working with others, S/he will ensure highest level of technical quality of the SRHR program and related projects. The role plays a critical role in advancing Plan International’s SRHR strategy and will work closely with other advisors in the region and at the global hub to support Plan International’s SRHR program. This requires an individual who is passionate about SRHR, has sound technical knowledge and solid programmatic experience and an appetite for learning and sharing.

The position will contribute to business development by supporting intelligence gathering, proposal development, advocacy and donor engagement to deliver on Plan Kenya’s bold ambitions for girls and youth in Kenya.

The incumbent will drive intended results and outcomes for this area of work.  Key to this will be the delivery of related strategies that contribute to the elimination of teenage pregnancies and harmful practices that prevent girls from thriving and achieving their full potential. The role will ensure that Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights issues are brought into the mainstream of health and development in the different local and national contexts.

Accountabilities and Main Work Activities

  1. SRHR program strategy design, planning and implementation– 30%
  • Take leadership in defining the SRHR strategy for PIK and provide guidance in development of SRHR implementation strategy.
  • Deliver a policy and advocacy strategy that increases Plan Kenya’s advocacy impact on adolescent SRHR with the Kenya government and other external stakeholders where necessary;
  • Advocate and negotiate with high level technical experts and government officials, parliamentarians and CSOs;
  • Conduct policy analysis to inform advocacy issues and establish maintenance of dialogue with key decision makers within government.
  • Provide technical expertise in key thematic areas, including but not limited to ICPD Plan of Action for Kenya, Universal Health care,
  • In close collaborating with our influencing advisor and communications team, create communications to influence health and SRHR policy, engagement of girls in policy engagement, and increase in civil society support for advocacy on health and SRHR;
  • Provide strategic guidance on policy and practice of Plan’s Program on SRHR in the context of the national health policies, guidelines, the Global Plan and WHO guidelines
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance implementation of Health, SRHR and WASH programs across the country.
  • Lead in influencing and advocacy on matters related to SRHR/WASH and Health policies.
  • Represent Plan Kenya in relevant national health technical working groups and networks.

For full job description: https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Nairobi-Sexual-Reproductive-Health-and-Rights-Advisor-%28SRHR%29/637299601/?locale=en_GB

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