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S/he will be responsible for the overall implementation and reporting of the project, at the County level.
The Coordinator will support and provide leadership for grassroots advocacy; manage, train and support citizen advocacy groups and volunteer advocates in engaging with County governments, elected leaders and stakeholders on health advocacy work at the county level.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Implementing all aspects of Grassroots Advocacy Project work at the County Level,
Analyzing county budgets documents and policies as it related to current advocacy issues at the County level as they affect health, develop and implement campaign plans.
Coordinating the grassroots citizens and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to take advocacy actions at the County level.
Establishing advocacy champions in the County Assemblies, the media, Civil Society and communities
Coordinating Citizen Chapters by providing advocacy training to grassroots groups and advocates on engaging County Government, Media and elected leaders .
Organizing regular meetings with group leaders and advocates for updates from the County.
Creating forums for Group Leaders to share and support each other; share innovations, stay abreast of campaign plans and grassroots interests as well as facilitate communications with advocates from other Countries.
Conducting trainings to the grassroots citizen advocates.
Developing Media, Campaign and advocacy strategies on various health advocacy issues  in liaison with the issue analyst .
Conducting outreach to NGOs, Unions and other organizations to encourage more citizen action and to gather intelligence on priority health issues for the County.
Creating a bank of useful campaign-related stories and volunteer testimonials for use in media outlets.
Developing best practice for Grass roots advocacy
Undertake any other duty as assigned  by management  .
Qualifications
Degree in a social sciences, Public Health or related field.
5 years NGO working experience in advocacy related program.
Proven capacity to create and deliver on effective and successful advocacy projects.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and capacity to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders, including decision makers, volunteers, media and NGO partners
Knowledge of health programs.
Experience in the political, citizen engagement, and legislative processes in the counties.
Good organizational skills, outgoing and enjoys working, mentoring and motivating others.
Experience implementing multi-faceted projects involving media engagement, policy and advocacy and engaging elected leaders.
Must be a local residence of Vihiga County.