Closing date: 13 Jun 2023
International Justice Mission
Who We Are

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1,200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable.

We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve.

The Need

For 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence by 2030, IJM Uganda is seeking a Senior Manager, Advocacy and Community Engagement to lead and steer achievement of all advocacy and activation strategies and interventions of the Uganda national violence against women and children (VAWC) program. The SM Advocacy and Community Engagement will lead the development of a national advocacy strategy focused on equiping and rallying together civil society actors, community leaders, local leaders, religious leaders, survivor leaders and traditional and cultural institutions as a strong unified voice in protection of women and children.

This position is based in Kampala and reports to the Country Director.

Responsibilities:

Manage all advocacy and community engagement initiatives ensuring strict adherence to the local program concept plan and strategic alignment to global program standards.
Ensure high quality programme implementation while overseeing efficient deployment of the Advocacy and Community Engagement team and strategic prioritization a
Support the Manager, Survivor Services in ensuring survivor leadership in all IJM Uganda programming and that the Uganda Survivors Network is a vibrant movement calling for action in protection of women and children.
As part of the senior leadership team, ensure coherent and aligned program leadership across all the key program deliverables.
Conduct periodic field supervision of program implementation to track progress against the workplans and ensure high quality implementation by field team.
Build a strong movement of IJM Uganda and relevant civil society actors, community leaders, local leaders, the church and other religious leaders, survivor leaders, traditional and cultural institutions to rally for the protection of women and children from violence.
With the Coordinator, Communications and Media, develop regular knowledge pieces, policy briefs and media stories that share learnings, jurisprudence, and best practices in response to violence against women and children.
Manage the creation of documented best practices and intervention models that can be scaled through partners and adopted by other IJM programmes.
Lead the conceptualization, design and execution of all advocacy campaigns.
Lead the engagement of church partners, including the execution of a high impact annual Freedom Sunday campaign.
Ensure the team compliance to all finance polices and processes.
Requirements:

Graduate degree in social sciences, journalism, gender studies or other relevant field or candidates with equivalent combination of bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience
Ten or more years of professional experience in gender programming, management of successful movements and advocacy campaigns.
Five or more years of experience in managing teams to achieve challenging objectives in a fast-evolving environment with excellent results.
Excellent critical thinking, analysis, and oral and written advocacy skills.
Fluency in English and other local language, with excellent writing and speaking in both.
Computer literate with proficiency in MS Word, Outlook, and Excel.
Experience in working in women and children sector is preferred.
Experience in project management preferred.
Critical Qualities:

Mature Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed;
Self-starter with strong initiative;
Disciplined with priorities;
Strong interpersonal skills and self-awareness;
Exceptional verbal and written communication;
Flexible, collaborative and eager to support others;
Effective team player who fosters collaborative environment; and
Adept at creative problem solving.