Technical Advisor – VAW Prevention Practice

Role Overview

In collaboration with the VAW Prevention Coordinator, the Technical Advisor will provide strategic support and leadership to VAW Prevention Practice. The Technical Advisor will lead and support effective planning and implementation of the day-to-day VAW Practice program, support program learning initiatives and effective technical assistance (TA) partnerships. The TA will also provide dynamic and feminist informed support to the VAW Prevention Practice team.

Duties and responsibilities

Technical Expertise

• Provide oversight and technical guidance on VAW Prevention Practice in designing and implementation of program initiatives and activities ensuring quality results.

• Develop and maintain principled based and effective TA partnership for the SASA! Together and other iterations; through dynamic and inspiring training, ongoing remote and onsite technical support.

• Ensure external TA providers stay up to date with emerging learnings to enable them to provide quality and effective TA to partners.

• Lead and participate in program reviews, processes at organizational, departmental and team levels, including the VAW Prevention learning frameworks.

• Lead the compilation and documentation of VAW Prevention Practice Learning activities including development of program tools, program briefs, and publications elevating learning from practice.

• Support in effective risk management measures across the program, where risks are clearly defined and managed using an appropriate risk management system and tools.

• Lead the preparation and compilation of annual and quarterly work plans, budgets, and reports as required.

Strategic Leadership

Train Managers

• Support the development of program strategy in line with the organizational strategy and emerging lessons from the work.

• Participate strategically in team processes to reflect on and strengthen our approaches and identify new initiatives/ strategic directions for program.

• Keep up to date with emerging developments and discourse within the VAW prevention field.

• Embody Raising Voices values and be a custodian of the organizational culture.

Finance and Operations

• Prepare the annual budget for the VAW Prevention Practice and participate in the departmental budget making processes.

• Guided by the authorization matrix, review and approve concepts and payments, confirming alignment to work plan, approved budgets, and overall program strategy.

• Review the budget vs actual (BVA) analysis reports for Practice, in collaboration with the coordinator, and engage with the finance team during monthly budget review meetings.

• Ensure financial and other resources are utilized efficiently and ensure value for money in all expenditures.

• Adhere to all organizational policies, systems, and procedures.

• Participate or co-create staff meetings, staff development sessions, staff retreats, reviews, strategies, and processes.

• Review and/or submit accountability reports in a timely manner.

Internal and External Relations

• Build and maintain mutually productive relationships with partners and other likeminded organizations.