Advocacy& Communication Coordinator

Position: Advocacy& Communication Coordinator

Job Location: Gaziantep

Length of Contract : 6 Months

Reporting to: Regional Director

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships: Senior Manager Programs, IMU team, Field Manager, Headquarters Advocacy and Communications Manager, Advocacy Manager from other ALAMEEN country programs.

Location: Turkey- Gaziantep with ability to travel abroad.

General objective of the position:

The ACC is responsible for working with advocacy and communications staff in other ALAMEEN offices and headquarters to influence policies to improve access and humanitarian services, and protection of civilians, and humanitarian workers, and raise ALAMEEN profile. The advocacy manager should be able to work on both strategic level, and daily operations.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Advocacy Management

· Work with Regional & Country director, senior management team, leadership of the organization, advocacy staff from ALAMEEN other country programs and headquarters advocacy, media and communications staff to identify key policy areas ALAMEEN wants to influence, e.g. access, protection, services, funding, administrative policies/issues affecting ALAMEEN staff and operation.

· Work with senior management team, and headquarters advocacy and communications staff to develop ALAMEEN advocacy strategies, policies, tactics and tools. That includes developing the advocacy campaigns that serve the organization, and supervision of implementing them.

· Map and analyze donors and partners existing and planned assessments.

· Engage with humanitarian coordination platforms.

· Work closely and communicate on daily basis with teams on the ground.

· Monitor data Collecting from IMU, ALAMEEN teams on the ground, other organizations working on human rights and humanitarian response, and updates coming from other partners on the humanitarian needs in Syria, Yemen,Iraq , Lebanon and Sudan.

· Liaison with local, regional, and international media, and representing ALAMEEN on media when needed.

· Lead the media team in Turkey , Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Sudan, that includes supervision on materials flow to HQ, supervision of content including visual one, for ALAMEEN social media, website, and monthly newsletters in Arabic and English.

· Representing the organization in humanitarian platforms including civil society alliances, donors’ meetings, UN coordination meetings, advocacy working groups, and others.

· Working on talking points, presentations, briefings for the senior leadership of the organization when they represent the organization in any platform.

· Facilitating advocacy events and trips including conferences, and trips to EU, USA, and other countries.

· Work with HQ to give the leadership updates from the ground to form the messages of the organization.

· Liaison with human rights and investigation bodies who are tracking violation against humanitarian workers.

· Build and maintain long-term relationships with key policy makers, donors and other stakeholders.

· Supervision of the liaison with Turkish governmental and non-governmental entities.

· Supervision of the budget of the advocacy activities.

Office culture

· Promote and model a positive, professional and respectful office culture.

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required

•A University degree in Journalism, communication, political science, Media, International relations, or any related field Minimum 2-3 years’ experience influencing policy makers

Languages

Fluency written and spoken in English.