Advocacy Coordinator

The Advocacy Coordinator is responsible for defining and implementing the advocacy strategy for DRC Yemen and the Cash Consortium of Yemen (CCY). The role involves leading evidence-based advocacy efforts to influence key decision makers, supporting communication strategies, and coordinating with various stakeholders to ensure effective humanitarian advocacy and communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update the advocacy strategy, talking points, topline messaging, briefing papers, advocacy reports and other advocacy asks for the local DRC team.
• Lead on the implementation of the DRC Yemen advocacy strategy.
• Follow up on the implementation of DRC’s Communication strategy and communication commitments with support from the Middle East Asia and Europe Hub.
• Participate in and support the relevant working groups of the Yemen based INGO network, including supporting the planning and drafting of relevant inter-agency products such as key messaging, public statements, high profile letters, briefings etc.
• Remain up to date on key issues at the national and regional level, through engagement with relevant stakeholders.
• Alert the SMT to relevant policy developments and provide analysis and input for various inter-agency meetings such as the Technical Monitoring Group, the Humanitarian Country Team and others.
• Support the Head of Programmes and Technical Coordinators in coordinating advocacy and programme objectives and develop programme-specific policy work.
• Work with Sector Managers, Technical Coordinators and Area managers on key issues within clusters, working groups and area specific forums.
• Contribute to the DRC’s global and regional advocacy strategies and initiatives, ensuring that the DRC Yemen specificities are reflected and captured.
• Ensure DRC works in equitable partnerships with Yemeni civil society for advocacy, and work with relevant programme staff to ensure advocacy efforts are locally led.
• Participate in and conduct research to prepare for global advocacy joint calls on Yemen and provide information and advocacy messages relating to the Yemen humanitarian crisis.
• Liaise with key UN, NGO and other interlocutors in country to ensure DRC has up to date information on the humanitarian situation and response in the region.
• Represent DRC in key forums, including the Advocacy Working Group for Yemen, and other groups as delegated by the CD.
• Represent DRC in external meetings with a variety of stakeholders, including diplomatic staff within embassies, donor governments, UN leadership, think-tanks.
• Support the Yemen CO to build relationships in key capitals and represent DRC Yemen in agreement with the CD.
• Share timely information and coordinate global advocacy work with DRC representation office in key capitals (Copenhagen, Brussels, Geneva, Berlin).
• Establish strategic relationships with media outlets to ensure push of key advocacy messages and communication materials.
• Support in developing messaging for and actions around key national policy responses and frameworks, as well as other factors such as UN coordination, protection concerns, funding for the response, security and current and future challenges that have an impact on displaced populations and their access to humanitarian assistance and protection services.
• Build networks of key informants and stakeholders in country.
• Coordinate and supervise the daily activities of the communication officer.
• Contribute to recruitment, capacity building, and performance appraisal of members of the team as needed.
• Oversee the CCY research and advocacy strategy development process in line with the revised CCY strategy, including managing an external consultant.
• Manage communications and visibility consultants ensuring high-quality communications and visibility products are developed and shared with donors.
• Support the consortium management unit with the development and dissemination of CCY-specific policy and research outputs, engaging relevant stakeholders, and ensuring effective dissemination and uptake of research products.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in human rights, social sciences, journalism, or related discipline is compulsory.
• Advanced degree such as Masters or a combination of disciplines is an advantage.
• At least 5 years' experience working in policy, research and advocacy on humanitarian issues, access, refugee rights, human rights, and/or development issues.
• Proven experience of influencing and advocacy work including lobbying, policy development and information provision in humanitarian issues.
• Experience of and strong skills in developing and implementing humanitarian advocacy strategies and campaigns.
• Knowledge of international human rights and humanitarian law, humanitarian and protection principles.
• Understanding of UN and donor operations at country and regional level.
• Understanding of political and humanitarian context in the region and/or in Yemen.
• Experience in producing and/or supervising production of communications materials.
• Full proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Arabic is an asset.

Skills

• Human Rights Advocacy
• Policy Development
• Humanitarian Advocacy Strategies
• Lobbying
• Research on Humanitarian Issues
• Refugee Rights
• Humanitarian Law Knowledge
• Protection Principles Application
• Campaign Development
• Communications Material Production
• Stakeholder Coordination
• UN Operations Knowledge
• Donor Operations Knowledge
• Political Context Analysis
• Humanitarian Contexts
• Evidence-based Advocacy
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English, Arabic