Options Consultancy Services Limited is a leading global health consultancy established in 1992 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marie Stopes International. We manage health programmes that ensure vulnerable women and children can access the high quality health services they need. We work with partners to co-create and implement locally informed solutions to complex health problems. This includes governments, development partners, NGOs, civil society and health workers. Our programming is flexible, evidence-based and politically informed. This means we adapt to changing contexts, use data to inform our decisions and ensure our approach is appropriate. Our focus is always on building local skills and systems that last.
Options Consultancy Services seeks an External Engagement and Influencing Manager to lead and manage the external engagement strategy for the anticipated What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls: Impact at Scale (What Works II) programme.
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Options is preparing to bid for the What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls: Impact at Scale (What Works II) programme. The first phase was a flagship initiative for DFID, with a major investment in research & impact evaluation to establish ‘what works’ to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG), bringing together world-leading researchers. Phase I included 15 prevention interventions and impact evaluations in 12 countries. What Works II is a 7-year programme that will systematically design, implement and rigorously evaluate the scale-up of violence prevention efforts.
The External Engagement and Influencing Manager will lead and manage the external engagement strategy for the programme. They will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of the advocacy, communications and policy influencing strategies, driving use of evidence to influence more effective, scaled up VAWG prevention efforts – nationally and globally
To succeed in this role, you will have: