Senior Officer, Advocacy Communications - London, United Kingdom - International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Requisition ID:
req39811

Job Title:
Senior Officer, Advocacy Communications

Sector:
Advocacy & Government Affairs

Employment Category:
Fixed Term

Employment Type:
Full-Time

Compensation:
USD 73, ,000.00 Salary

Location:
New York, NY HQ USA

Background:

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities rebuild.

Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.

The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster.

Through 25 offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees and other immigrants resettle in the U.S.

and become self-sufficient.

The IRC is committed to bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we work with and serve.

The Global Advocacy & Influence Department is a dynamic team that uses the power of IRC's ideas to solve the biggest challenges facing IRC's clients.

From the drivers of conflict to the needs displaced people, the team partners with politicians, policy makers and civil society to bring solutions to life.

We take pride in being creative and precise in our tactics, and messages.

We lead change year over year, knowing that system change takes dedicated focus while maintaining the flexibility to respond to emerging needs.

Finally, we collaborate not only with programs, strategy, research and innovation, and communications teams across the IRC, but also externally.

We are constantly seeking new insights and perspectives from others in the humanitarian sector and beyond.

Job Overview:

The Senior Officer for Advocacy Communications will work closely with the Policy & Solutions, Marketing & Mobilization (M&M), and Programmatic teams to help advance IRC's strategic vision of using communications as a method to influence policy change and raise our organizational profile.

The Senior Officer will lead development of high-profile communications, helping translate sophisticated policy solutions into a coherent and inspiring narrative.

They will help the IRC stay consistent on messaging and ensure that our language is inclusive, anti-racist, and feminist.

They will also coordinate policy content across markets, and seek opportunities for the IRC to advance its policy agenda and build its public profile.

Major Responsibilities:

Work together with policy leads, advocacy leads, and M&M colleagues to help design and implement robust policy communications plans for all advocacy strategies. This includes the work of IRC's policy roundtables. Leverage external opportunities and identify creative messaging tactics and/or tactics that list partner or client voices where appropriate.
Maintain a calendar of policy communications across all markets. Ensure that plans for policy audiences are fully aligned with and supported by M&M and other ER plans.
Maintain central database of policy recommendations and language (Advocacy Master Documents) across priority areas for use by partners across ER and the broader organization. Provide input on Communications Master Documents to ensure fidelity to IRC's influence strategies and our evidencedbased approach.
Serve as a key point of contact for Policy & Solutions and Advocacy & Influence engagement in external communications joint activities and moments. Participate in meetings with partner teams and facilitate crossteam collaboration.
Track the humanitarian and broader foreign policy landscape to help understand and identify key moments of opportunity for policy objectives and profile.
Facilitate the development and editing of internal and external advocacy products (letters, private policy briefs, meeting briefs, reports, opeds, etc.). Ensure adherence to high standards of quality and consistent IRC voice.
Steward gender equality, diversity and inclusion both in the culture of IRC as well as in the policy solutions we promote and the ways we wield influence.
Support a positive team environment by acting openly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues in their work and sharing credit with others where appropriate.

Key Working Relationships:

Position reports to:
Director of Policy Communications

Position directly supervises:
N/A

Internal contacts:
Policy & Solutions and Advocacy & Influence colleagues in US and Europe; Marketing and Mobilization; President's Office; Technical Excellence leads; International Programs leads; Resettlement, Asylum and Integration leads

External contacts:
Experts at peer organizations, think tanks, current and former government officials, etc.

Job Requirements:

Education:
Advanced degree in relevant fiel