JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Advocacy Coordinator Climate and Environment to join our team in Berlin and coordinate the development of an engagement plan for programme-based advocacy.

Background:

NRC recognises that climate change and environmental damage increases the vulnerability of displaced people and host communities, and that NRC has a role and responsibility to the people it serves.

Therefore, NRC’s Global Strategy 2022-2025 contains a sub-objective on climate an environment.

The Advocacy Coordinator coordinates the development of an engagement plan for programme-based advocacy which is built on the needs in displacement affected communities.

The objective of the engagement plan is to include climate change adaptation in policies and planning, and increase the funding that reaches people in at-risk communities.

What you will do: 

• Coordinate the development of topics for policy engagement
• Coordinate the development of an engagement plan for programme-based advocacy including a mapping of relevant key targets
• Collect, structure and document evidence from NRC programmes as the basis for the engagement plan
• Represent NRC in interagency coordination groups such as the ICVA Climate working group, the IASC Sub-group on Climate
• Prepare briefing notes on trends in interagency coordination and of publicly available information and reports on climate trends and projections related to displacement
• Support Advocacy Managers in Regional and Country Offices on climate and environment related work with communication materials
• In close coordination with the Advocacy and Media Section, develop and publicise social media posts based on content from NRC country operations in line with global advocacy priorities and guidelines

What you will bring: 

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in advocacy work
• Documented skills in coordinating complex themes and stakeholders
• Experience in developing guiding documents
• Experience from climate and environment related work
• Knowledge about work in complex and volatile contexts
• Capability  of operating in an evolving environment with a flexible and innovative attitude
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Fluency in German, both written and verbal is desired
• Preferred university degree or equivalent experience

What We Offer 

• Shaping NRC’s position on this important topic
• Be part of a professional team of dedicated and inclusive colleagues
• Get to know NRC’s work on displacement linked to climate and environment across all Country and Regional Offices
• Duty Station – Berlin (Germany)
• Up to10% travel
• Contract length: up to 31st December, 2023 (fixed term), possibility of other projects and/or longer engagement on this topic
• Salary: Grade 7 in NRC’s salary scale.
• NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package

We encourage you to learn more about this role please click here to access the Detailed Job Description 

Please note: 

• Kindly submit your CV and application in English and include your full name as written in your passport. 
• Please include all relevant employment history and education when completing your application. Uploaded CV’s will not be considered. 
• For any inquiry please reach out to [email protected] including the job title “Advocacy Coordinator Climate and Environment” as a subject.

We are looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do
• To be innovative with our solutions
• To act as one unified and inclusive team
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family

Due to large response, NRC will not provide feedback to those candidates who do not meet criteria and/or not follow the application process.