Senior Policy Advisor

Vacancy Announcement

A team of established International Non-Governmental Organizations working in Nepal hereby invites applications from interested candidates for the following full time positions for a DFID Funded opportunity in Nepal on Women’s Economic Empowerment (Sabalaa) for a period of 5.5 years which is expected to start by April 2017.

The last date for receiving applications is 17:00hrs, 31 October 2016 .

Position: Senior Policy Advisor

Key responsibilities: The Senior Policy Advisor will be embedded within the Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare and will work with the Women’s Development Program team at the Ministry level to provide guidance and advise on implementation of the WDP program recommendations and capacity strengthening activities, promote learning from the Sabalaa program to inform policy implementation and liaise with other line Ministry stakeholders to promote women’s economic empowerment and prevent and/or mitigate conflict with regards to same. S/he will identify and prioritize WEE institutional development needs for government Line Agencies and partners. S/he will also provide support in developing M&E indicators and systems of REACH component of the programme by supporting partners, stakeholders and staff to conduct evidence-based advocacy campaigns, participate in critical policy dialogues, and disseminate information to relevant constituencies with regard to women’s economic empowerment.  S/he will support local authorities and other stakeholders to document their lessons learned & model holistic people-centered approaches for recommendations for policy and practice improvements.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience: Master’s degree in political science, international development, or a closely related social science with a minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience working experience with Government line agencies for women’s economic empowerment and governance programming with a sound knowledge of local self-governance policies and practices.