Job description
Manager Policy & Advocacy
Place of work:
Islamabad Pakistan
Pay band:
G4
Salary:
Competitive with excellent benefits
Reports to:
Head of Programmes
Manages:
Country Advocacy Team and Influencing and Enabling
Programme
Budget responsibility:
Yes
Travel:
Occasional, Need based
Team description
Job purpose
WaterAid in Pakistan (WAP) is looking for an energetic and creative Manager for
Policy & Advocacy in order to continue its high quality policy influencing work. The
work pivots around nurturing sustained engagement with public, private and
academia at the national and provincial level with greater emphasis on influencing
water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) agenda at the level of federal as well as
provinces. H/She is required to lead WAP’s advocacy team, and support the work of
WASH Sector and local partners in Pakistan to promote as well as implement WAP’s
policy and advocacy agenda. The overarching strategic objective of the work of the
Manager is to maximise policy endeavours and create tangible impact in promoting
right to water, sanitation and hygiene for all the citizens’ with focus on the poor,
women and the excluded.
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Accountabilities
The Programme Manager is required to demonstrate high quality skills of
programme management and leadership while designing and managing policy
and advocacy programmes
He/she would be part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) of WAP and would
be required to provide quality inputs in shaping new programmes, contributing in
new strategic initiatives for influencing policy and developing programme
strategies
Plan, organize, direct, control and review programme/ projects and manage
programme budgets
Proactively analyze and review sector policies and plans for promoting pro-poor,
gender-sensitive, and sustainable approaches in the sector
Design and launch issue based advocacy campaigns at national and provincial
level and undertake coordination to make the process inclusive and consultative
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Job description
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Provide required level of support for scaling up of WAP’s successfully
demonstrated models through government and other sector partners
Further strengthen the established relationships with sector ministries/
departments/UN/bilateral agencies/INGOs/CSOs/academia/media/ and the
private sector in the country including for learning and initiating joint programmes
Keep him/herself aware of the national agenda and work of other sector partners
in order to implement more effectively as well as inclusively the policy influencing
agenda
Coordinate with WaterAid’s Regional Advocacy Manager- South Asia and Policy
and Campaigns Department (PCD) in UK for shaping policy influencing agenda
based on global best practices
Identify, coordinate, commission and/or undertake thematic research studies
Design and organize strategic capacity support to partners/stakeholders on
mutually identified areas
Represent WAP and its partners work at meetings and forums in-country and
internationally to continuously strengthen its strategic positioning
Contribute in key organizational processes and in development of documents
such as Country Strategy, multi-year planning and budgeting (MPB), and in
producing high quality progress reporting
Take on any other tasks assigned by the line manager
Skills Required and Preferred
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Post-graduate / Masters’ degree in development studies, social sciences, public
health, public policy, project management or development economics from a
reputed university.
Minimum 10-15 years including at least 5 years of experience in senior
management position.
Ability to conduct policy analysis, undertake cutting-edge research and advocacy
as well as managing campaigns would be preferred
Demonstrated knowledge on WASH sector issues, advocacy networks and social
movements in Pakistan and in South-Asian Region.
Knowledge of political/ government structure and policy making process in
Pakistan would be preferred
Knowledge on cross linkages of WASH with Health & Education Sectors would
also be a preferred areas of knowledge
High quality written/ verbal communication skills including well-demonstrated
lobbying ability
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