Job Overview:

The Advocacy and Information Coordinator, working under the supervision of the Advocacy Manager, will contribute to the design and implementation of NRC Afghanistan’s Advocacy strategy. There will be a particular focus on ensuring mainstreaming of gender considerations across all advocacy initiatives, via constructive and meaningful engagement with female staff and beneficiaries.

For more details about this position please click here: Job Description and NRC Grade Structure.

Generic Responsibilities:

• Ensure the voices of Afghan women are mainstreamed across NRC Afghanistan’s advocacy strategy and outputs.
• Prepare and submit reports, analysis and talking points.
• Ensure proper filing and documentation.
• Provide secretariate support to the County Management Group (CMG).
• Contribute to effective coordination of advocacy at different levels.
• Maintain the close collaboration and communication with NRC programs.
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines, donor requirements.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Ensure the perspectives of Afghan women are mainstreamed throughout NRCs advocacy strategy and outputs.
• Maintain strong engagement with female staff representatives, female community leaders and NRCs female beneficiaries. Working closely with the program teams to tap into established community networks.
• Support the Advocacy Manager to design and implement advocacy interventions (including developing advocacy tools, organizing advocacy events, conducting policy meetings, etc.)
• Establish and maintain effective communication and coordination with the key advocacy stakeholders within formal and informal coordination forums/working groups/clusters, including local civil society actors, (i)NGOs, donors, UN agencies, etc.
• Work closely with the Advocacy Manager, advocacy team and programmes to develop advocacy messages on key issues.
• Conduct policy research and provide timely and context-specific information updates to internal and external stakeholders on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
• Manage budgets, implement project activities, and ensure quality and timely reporting within advocacy projects/interventions.
• Develop and deliver advocacy trainings.
• Develop context-specific expert recommendations to the authorities at the different levels of governance to promote rights- and evidence-based policy responses.
• Work closely and coordinate with the Communications Advisor and Advocacy Manager on the design and implementation of the communication strategy.
• Conduct interviews with beneficiaries to support advocacy initiatives, ensuring compliance with relevant NRC protocols on consent, data protection and ‘do no harm’ principles.
• Any other duties as required to support the design and implementation of NRC Afghanistan’s advocacy strategy as requested by the Advocacy Manager.
• Produce and circulate clear and concise minutes for the CMG, including action points and follow up.
• Establish and maintain a functioning online filing system for the CMG.
• Responsible for the CMG calendar, ensuring relevant participants are invited and included in information dissemination.
• Responsible for any additional administrative tasks the support the functioning of the CMG.

Generic Professional Competencies:

• University degree in social or political sciences, sociology, law, human rights, gender studies, development studies or other similar subject (international academic background would be an asset).
• At least 3 years of progressively responsible work experience in human rights, policy, research, or advocacy.
• Prior experience working in humanitarian and displacement context.
• Prior experience working with local, regional, national governments and/or national/international organisations, local civil society.
• Confident and articulate public speaker.
• Practical experience in coordination, design and implementation of advocacy interventions at different levels.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Fluency in Pashtu, Dari and English.
• Excellent drafting skills (e.g. reports, analytical documents, etc.)
• Strong research and analytical skills (context, legal and policy), ability to understand and apply complex socio-cultural contexts, policy/legal frameworks to data and programmatic evidence and vice-versa.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, presentation skills.
• Strong understanding of the humanitarian context in Afghanistan, displacement and durable solutions’ challenges and knowledge of the relevant international law & standards.
• Good understanding of the national, regional and local frameworks on IDPs (for example, in the area of access to civil documentation, freedom of movement, IDP assistance and registration, access to essential services, social payments, etc.).
• Experience articulating and defending organization positions and talking points to external audiences.
• Experience in an executive assistant role would be considered desirable.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Analyzing
• Handling insecure environments
• Empowering and building trust

We Offer:

1. Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale.
2. NRC has medical coverage for staff plus 4 dependents.
3. Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labour Law.
4. Top up Credit card on monthly basis.