Community Engagement and Advocacy Senior Officer - Minya

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Community Engagement & Advocacy Senior Officer will be responsible for leading the planning, implementation, and monitoring of community mobilization and local advocacy activities under the GAC SRHR project, which aims to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through gender-transformative approaches.

This role will support the creation of inclusive, youth-centred, and gender-sensitive platforms for community engagement, while working to strengthen community accountability, promote behavior change, and support evidence-based advocacy with local stakeholders. The Officer will work in close collaboration with project staff, implementing partners, youth leaders, and local authorities to ensure community ownership and the sustainability of project outcomes.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: PATHWAYS Project Manager

Staff reporting to this post: Health Advocacy Officer, Community Engagement Officer, and Adolescents &Youth Development Officer.

Budget Responsibilities: No

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Community Engagement and Mobilization

• Lead the design and implementation of participatory community engagement strategies that promote adolescent SRHR and gender equality.
• Coordinate and support the establishment, training, and functioning of community structures such as youth groups, women’s associations, civil society networks, peer educators, and parent committees.
• Oversee community dialogues, awareness campaigns, and social and behavioural change (SBC) interventions tailored to adolescents, caregivers, and community leaders.
• Ensure integration of safeguarding, gender equality, and meaningful adolescents and youth participation across all community-based activities.

Advocacy and Partnerships

• Support the development and implementation of local advocacy strategies to address harmful norms and practices affecting adolescent SRHR.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with local government authorities, civil society organizations, traditional and religious leaders, and other stakeholders to promote adolescent health and rights.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder meetings and community forums to influence local decision-making and policy implementation.
• Identify opportunities to elevate community voices — particularly those of adolescents and marginalized groups — in policy discussions and public platforms.

• Develop advocacy and policy briefs capturing the knowledge, successful approaches and lessons learnt during implementation.

Capacity Building and Support

• Provide ongoing capacity building and mentorship to field teams, community mobilizers, and youth advocates.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure consistent messaging, alignment with national strategies, and the use of evidence-based approaches in community engagement.
• Ensure that community engagement tools and guidance are adapted for local contexts and responsive to community feedback.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL):

• Contribute to the design of monitoring tools and indicators related to community engagement and advocacy efforts.
• Track and document community engagement outcomes, success stories, and lessons learned to inform adaptive programming.
• Prepare high-quality reports and inputs for donor reporting, learning products, and advocacy materials.

Other Duties:

• Ensure that all activities are implemented in line with SCI’s policies on child safeguarding, gender equality, and safe programming.

• Represent Save the Children in relevant community-based forums and advocacy platforms.

• Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Project Manager to support the objectives of the PATHWAY project.
  

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice )

Accountability:

• hold him/herself accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

• hold the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Set ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.

• Widely share their personal vision for Save the Children, engage and motivate others.

• Think a head, think strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Build and maintain effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

• Value diversity, see it as a source of competitive strength

• Be approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develop and encourage new and innovative solutions

• Be willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Be honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences, gender studies, development studies, or a related field.

• Advanced training in community engagement, advocacy, or social and behavior change communication is an asset.

• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in community and partnership engagement or advocacy in SRHR, gender equality, or youth programming.

• Experience working directly with adolescents, women, and marginalized populations in rural or underserved areas.

• Strong understanding of gender-transformative approaches, adolescent health, and rights-based programming.

• Proven experience in identifying key stakeholders, building relationships, advocating towards government officials and other advocacy targets

• Strong facilitation, training, and communication skills.

• Experience in participatory approaches and community-led initiatives.

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and basic data reporting tools.
  

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring.
• Ability to think strategically to solve problems and accomplish goals.
• Well-developed communication skills across cultures.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team player and independently.
• Experience in program design and proposal development.
• Experience in representation with international bodies, government, and funders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to work under pressure and deliver results with tight deadlines.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.