Somalia: OUTREACH OFFICER

About Farsight Africa Group

Farsight Africa Group is an East-Africa focused advisory and implementation company that provides customized services to clients in government, business and development. We thrive on working in complex, sensitive and frequently insecure environment.

Our team consists of experienced local and international practitioners with a background in strategy, research, project management, and specific industries. They have a deep and unparalleled understanding of the social, cultural and political landscape. We ensure that we can employ the rare commodity of influence to deliver strategic effects, as well as behavioral change among key audiences.

Taken together, Farsight is able to develop and deploy superior interventions that help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. Our service array is comprehensive and we distinguish ourselves by offering end-to-end solutions. We design our offer to match the challenge and the specific effects our clients want delivered. We are impact-led and view measurement of output, performance and effect as an integral part of our programme design.

The role provides media and other support to the Somali Federal Government and to implement and engagement programme aimed at both regional and diaspora audiences.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the outreach team to deliver services and outcomes across the region.
• Collaboration across departments and support programs in a matrix
• Analysis of government policy and regulatory frameworks and strategy
• Context and landscape research, monitoring and reporting covering the political, military and security spectrum including clan dynamics
• Contribute to daily reporting with a focus on Mogadishu adding depth, context and clarity
• Collaboration with program teams to set policy agenda and goals
• Developing governance structures for programs and with partners

Government and partner relationships

• Investigating, building and codifying new relationships
• Managing existing relationships both tactically and technically (e.g. managing contracts, meeting planning and tracking) as well as interpersonally (e.g. you and your team are seen as collaborative and supportive partners in their work)
• Understanding and observing appropriate protocols

Communications and advocacy

• Development and promotion of communications materials consistent across projects and in collaboration with global team.
• Ensure high-quality and consistent internal and external communications.
• Run advocacy to create and maintain legitimacy and political will among government and non-governmental partners
• Influence regulations, policies, annual operating plans, etc. to achieve institutionalized scale of evidence-based programming

• Build culture of a collaborative, evidence- and values-based team

• Collaborate with cross-cutting functions and programs at Evidence Action to foster high quality output that is consistent with program goals and is clearly communicated

• Build a culture of good partnership to maximize our impact with and through strategic institutional relationships

• Ensure the integrity of programs: Promotion of evidence and of Evidence Action values permeating our external relationships, communications and actions

• Organize and send vendor agreements from the different suppliers in the regions to the Farsight HQ

Qualifications

· Minimum 2 years working experience and proven networks with working in Somalia and the regions.

· Fluency in oral and written English and Somali is required.

· University degree in International relations, diplomacy, political study and any other related academic field.

· Must have strong written skills- with evidence (portfolio) of previously written reports

· Critical reasoning, proactive and problem-solving skills

· Capability and self-initiative to carry out assigned tasks at a professional level with limited supervision;

Applicants meeting the above requirements are requested to submit a cover letter summarizing their work experience with an updated resume (must have three references) to jobs@farsightafrica.com on or before 29^th August, 2017.