Programme Officer: Advocacy & Training

The Programme Officer: Training & Advocacy plays an important role in devising result-oriented advocacy and capacity-building strategies in line with the programme’s deliverables. The Programme Officer will be devising effective advocacy plans to reduce stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings and increase access to education, employment, and legal services for the transgender and Hijra community. The person will be responsible for holding sensitisation sessions with health care providers, educational institutions, law enforcement and government departments and political leaders to mitigate the stigma and barriers challenging the community. The Programme Officer will be responsible for measuring the impact of capacity-building programmes imparted to CBOs and the advocacy initiatives at the field level. The Programme Officer will be responsible for implementing advocacy and policy activities and for informing, influencing and documenting advocacy work within the programme(s) of Alliance India and its partner agencies. S/he is also responsible for capacity building of partner organisations and communities in advocacy skills and ensuring that advocacy reporting is regular from all sites.