ABOUT SIHA
The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a civil society coalition bringing together grassroots women’s rights organizations from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Uganda. It was established in 1995 by a collection of women’s rights activists, with the view of strengthening the capacity of women’s rights organizations in the Horn of Africa. SIHA aims to contribute to unlocking the massive potential of women’s rights movements in the Horn of Africa, by improving the capacity of local organizations, and building a strong network of grassroots civil society members that can interact and support one another in advocating for effective change. More information about SIHA is available at www.sihanet.org
THE CONSULTANCY
SIHA is currently implementing a 2-year project dubbed Stronger Together; Strengthening a Cohesive Women’s Network in Uganda. The overall project objective is to Improve the working conditions for women market vendors by influencing the development and implementation of local policies on issues that impact them directly and engaging with local policymakers, city authorities, and women’s rights organizations among others. It is against this background that SIHA seeks a consultant to support with knowledge synthesis that will be used to generate evidence for advocacy activities of the WMVs.
The consultant will be expected to rreview existing policies, by-laws and annual plans of Arua city council to identify existing gaps progress made towards improving the working conditions of women market vendors and provide clear guiding recommendations for evidence-based advocacy; Similarly, the consultant will develop knowledge and communication products including commentaries, blogs, press statements, presentations, talking points, social media messages, fact sheets and policy briefs.
Timeline: 8th September 2023- 22nd September 2023
KEY COMPETENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Relevant academic qualification preferably in one or more of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, Gender Studies, law and human rights.
- 5-10 years’ experience in a similar work environment
- Previous work experience on policy review and policy analysis, gender budgeting and policy reforms.
- Ability to synthesize information from a wide range of sources including policy guidelines and documents, by-laws, reports and city council plans.
- Experience working with grassroots women and women rights organizations on gender budgeting advocacy.
- Research experience
- Good report writing skills.
- Good command of English
- Experience working in the West Nile region particularly Arua will be an added advantage.
APPLICATION PROCESS
SIHA Network requests Interested Candidates to provide their current CV and expression of Interest to human.resources@sihanet.org copy to mercy@sihanet.org by 5th September 2023. In the email subject line, please write ‘Knowledge synthesis for evidence-based advocacy”. Applications not following these guidelines correctly will not be considered. Due to the volume of applications. SIHA receives, only short-listed candidates who will be contacted for scheduling interviews. Thank you for your interest in SIHA’s work.