Vac-11462 Monitoring, Reporting And Communications Officer

To support the government’s efforts & in line with the principles & targets of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), National Development Plan 9 (NDP9) & the charter of the United Nations (UN), our client in Somalia jointly with UN Women partners with the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development (MoWHRD) to implement the initiation plan activities for persons with disabilities. These are aimed at addressing the discriminatory practices & barriers to development faced by persons with disabilities & empowering them to be actively involved in decision making processes about policies & programs, including those directly concerning them. The main outputs of this current project includes the goal to reduce the stigma & discrimination against people living with disabilities especially women & girls with disabilities through evidence based interventions & changed attitudes & behaviour of rights holders & duty bearers.

It is in this context that our client in Somalia is recruiting a Monitoring, Reporting & Communications Consultant to provide monitoring, reporting & communications support for project visibility to the persons with disability project & the police project & related components of the rule of law portfolio. The Monitoring, Reporting & Communications Consultant will report to the ROL & Security Portfolio M&E Officer. Expected output include but are not limited to:

• Prepare two mid term reports & one annual report for the project.

• Prepare one project fact sheet.

• Prepare monthly news bulletins.

• Ensure project visibility by developing short write ups for websites, messages for our client & other social media spaces.

• Ensure that the project’s innovative ideas are showcased in global initiatives.

The consultant will provide monthly reports on activities implemented & results achieved. The Portfolio Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Specialist will monitor the progress through bi weekly update meetings.

• Bachelor degree in law, human rights, development, communications, social sciences or other relevant field with 7 years of relevant experience or masters degree in the same fields with 5 years of relevant experience.

• Consultant has to be Somali & has to have working experience in Somalia.

• Fluent written & spoken Somali & English.

• Experience at the national or international level in providing services & hands on experience in reporting in development projects using results based management tools.

• Experience working in communications, media relations, developing knowledge products, preparation of promotional materials & report writing.

• Work experience in human rights issues.

• Experience in monitoring & evaluation, review & analysis of activities based on human rights based approach perspective & report writing.

• Relevant experience in conducting interviews, review of comparative study reports from human rights perspective.

• Knowledge of functioning of justice institutions.

• Knowledge in working on gender justice & working with civil society organisations would be an asset.

• Previous experience in developing reports & establishing inter relationships among project stakeholders, international organizations & national governments.

• Experience in the usage of computers & office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.

This role has no team management responsibility.

Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.