Senior Technical Advisor Consultant at Raising Voices, Kampala, Uganda

Job Description

Overview
The STA will provide quality and sustained technical assistance to programs that scale
VAWG prevention initiatives, towards ethical and effective scaling process, across the
different aspects of programing; planning, implementation, learning and documentation;
upholding feminist partnership and collaboration within the consortium and with grantee
partners.
Specific Roles
a) Provide effective and harmonized technical assistance and guidance to program partners
to implement VAWG prevention programs at scale using creative and multifaceted
modalities such as training, ongoing remote and onsite TA.
b) Articulate and guide partners on principles of ethical scale, Accountability to women
and girls, Practice Based Learning and other key technical aspects in line with feminist
principles.
c) Collaborate with the grantee partner to conduct programmatic reviews, and analysis to
inform refinement of the design, and adaptation of planned scale projects.
d) Connect and collaborate with the research consortium members that studies the program
and generate evidence.
e) Support partners to conduct regular reviews and critical reflection to draw practice-based
knowledge and document experience’s and to share their stories in a compelling manner.
f) Contribute to the Learning Partnership Team’s efforts in the collective learning and sharing,
through leading and participating in reflection sessions, documentation, reporting etc.
g) Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including program partners, WW2
Consortium and Originators if applicable.
Person Specification
Education
• MA in gender, development, public health, international affairs, or another related
field
Essential Experience
• Competency in VAWG prevention, including knowledge of best practices and
evidence-based approaches and considerable understanding of the VAW prevention
field.
• At least 7 years of proven experience in designing, implementing, and/or evaluating
VAWG prevention programs at scale, particularly in the global south.
• Competence in Practice Base Learning, documentation, and dissemination of VAW
Prevention programming
• Highly collaborative and experienced in provision of capacity building and technical
support on violence against women and girls’ prevention.
• Experience in partnership management and working in and/or supporting consortia,
preferred.
Essential Skills & Competencies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work
effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Fluency in English required; proficiency in second language desired.
• Committed to feminist principles.
• Maintains high standards of quality programming and professionalism – is a keen
time manager, takes initiative, meets deadlines, is honest and cooperative.
• Ability to contribute to positive organizational culture and embody the core values of
Raising Voices
• Ability to provide technical assistance in a way which balances power and promotes
collaboration.
• Understanding of principles that underpin accountability to women and girls.