Policy, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Grants and Accountability, the Policy, Advocacy and Communications (PAC) Coordinator will be responsible for the design and implementation of the IRC Yemen’s advocacy and communication strategy, ensuring consistent messaging to support high-quality external relations and to enable every staff member to be an effective ambassador for the mission. This role will hold responsibility for the development of content and materials suitable for dissemination to donors, stakeholders, potential partners, and sharing via IRC’s website and other social media channels, in the context of the broader strategy. The post-holder will also coordinate closely with the Programmes, MEAL, and Grants Units and the SMT in order to inform and advance advocacy messaging to donors, within the humanitarian architecture in-country and within IRC’s global advocacy framework.

Specific responsibilities

• Lead on the implementation and review of IRC Yemen’s advocacy and communications strategy; lead strategy implementation in the field, and advise and support colleagues in the MENA Region and in global capitals to implement the strategy with international targets.
• Produce high quality public and private policy, advocacy and comms materials including talking points, briefing notes, position papers, fact sheets and advocacy reports.
• Conduct a robust stakeholder mapping and maintain an updated contact list of key targets in-country.
• Regularly liaise with relevant in-country stakeholders, including UN, donor representatives, diplomatic missions, local civil society and peer agencies.
• Promote a principled approach to policy, advocacy and communications on Yemen among relevant internal stakeholders and ensure that external messaging is evidence-based and driven by field realities.
• With support from regional and global comms colleagues, facilitate the collection and sign-off of compelling client-focused content that can be used in internal and external communications products.
• In conjunction with country program staff and the regional/global advocacy and communications teams, closely monitor humanitarian policy debates and media pertaining to Yemen, ensuring that relevant information is analyzed and disseminated in a timely and effective manner.
• Represent the IRC in humanitarian coordination and advocacy fora, conferences, lobby meetings, and other events as requested; or provide talking points for other senior representatives, including the Country Director and Regional Vice President.
• Respond to external inquiries on policy issues, including briefing policymakers and media.
• Provide trainings on advocacy and communications to field staff and develop the capacity of national staff to implement impactful advocacy interventions.

Required experience/qualification/skills

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience crafting and delivering policy and advocacy work responding to complex humanitarian crises and/or development contexts;
• Experience in advocating on behalf of marginalized groups in conflict settings;
• Demonstrated creativity, ability to apply innovative thinking and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent analytical, presentation, communication and representation skills;
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is essential, with demonstrated exceptionally strong writing skills;
• Ability to navigate interpersonal and inter-departmental organizational dynamics to keep focus on goals and products;
• Ability to work well in unstable security environments, and under significant administrative and programmatic pressures;
• Flexible to adapt to changing requirements;
• Culturally sensitive, able and interested in working with a multi-ethnic team;
• Strong commitment to the IRC’s mission, purpose and values;
• Must be able to work independently while being a team player;
• Advanced degree in relevant field desired;
• Experience with training and staff capacity building;
• Yemen and/or Middle East regional experience and Arabic language skills preferred.

Source:https://careers.rescue.org/us/en/job/req51480/Policy-Advocacy-and-Communications-Coordinator