CSSP Capacity Building & Advocacy Manager

Kagiso Trust is one of South Africa’s leading development agencies working towards a prosperous, peaceful, equitable and just society. We work to overcome poverty by developing and implementing scalable, replicable, sustainable development programme models in the areas of education development, institutional capacity building, socio-economic development and financial sustainability. Over the past 30 years, we have invested over R2 billion in development and implemented over 1,831 programmes.

Job Title: CSSP Capacity Building & Advocacy Manager

Reporting into: Head of Civil Society

Department/Team: Civil Society

Manages others: Yes

Occupational Level

Job Grade

JOB PURPOSE
Conceptualising, design, plan, implement, manage, and monitor Civil Society Support Programmes by working with partners, stakeholders and the wider target audience including programme pillars. Engaging with stakeholders and building relationships is a key component to effectively implement the programme.

Key Performance Areas Objectives
Civil society coordination & collaboration
•Develop advocacy framework for sector coordination and collaboration
•Support the consultative conferences, working groups, networks, and sectors
•Convene sector learning and building forums for selected sectors as case studies.
•Identify common Civil Society Policy positions to create a platform for advocacy and lobbying.
•Support integration and collaboration with Programme Pillars to popularise KT work in civil society
•Identify, monitor, implement and evaluate NPO Capacity Building Framework
•Develop and maintain a national NPO capacity building schedule, calendar, and database
•Maintain a national NPO database

Stakeholder and Partner Engagement
•Develop an advocacy plan for stakeholder engagement.
•Leverage partnerships and relationships to enhance sustainability of Civil Society organisations and KT programmes.
•Contribute to KT’s development strategy by meeting with potential partners and seeking out avenues for new projects.
•Support CSOs to apply innovative strategic communication approaches to promote engagement.

Internal Management
•Support planning of activities related to Civil Society for program pillars.

Research and Policy Development
•Build and scale-up thought leadership through research and policy development to promote, design and adoption of new systems and cultures facilitating planning for long-term sustainability.
•Contribute towards the rebuilding of civil society’s voice and capable responsiveness to national policy development and community needs.

Reporting
•Prepare project weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports on Civil Society Support Programme activities.
•Assist with ad hoc tasks as and when required

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE

Formal Qualification/Degree
Relevant tertiary qualification (honours

Work Experience (What kind of experience is needed in order to do this job?)
Minimum 5 years’ experience in the development sector, project management space and/or civil society capacity building
Experience of strategic planning, process management and stakeholder engagement
Project experience related to community development within the NGO space

Job Related Knowledge (knowledge of systems, processes, regulations or law)
Knowledge and understanding of programme planning, design, management, evaluation and monitoring
Knowledge of policy development processes
Knowledge of contractual and financial accounting, management and budgeting

Job Related Skills Essential Desirable
Excellent report writing and presentation skills
Coordination and management skills
Relationship management and networking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strategic- and operational planning skills
Effective lobbying and advocacy skills

COMPETENCY PROFILE Competency Name Essential Important
1Deciding and Initiating Action
2Understand civil society
3Strong coordination skills
4Effective interpersonal and communication skills
5Adhering to Principles and Values
6Relating and Networking
7Adapting and Responding to Change
8Writing and Reporting
9Learning and researching
10Creating and Innovating
11Planning and organising
12Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
13Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
14Persuading and influencing
15Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives