Apply: CARE Regional Humanitarian Advocacy Advisor

Deadline: Not specified

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) International is seeking to fill the role of Regional Humanitarian Advocacy Advisor.

CARE, an international nonprofit with local staff and community partners in 100 countries, creates local solutions to poverty and inequality.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the regional team, CARE USA humanitarian affairs, and the CARE confederation to identify, and elevate relevant humanitarian advocacy issues at various levels
  • Provide direct technical support for country offices on the current humanitarian crisis with a focus on food insecurity, gender, nexus access, and localisation
  • Lead the development and implementation of the regional humanitarian advocacy and influencing strategy
  • Represent CARE at the regional level with key humanitarian stakeholders (UN agencies, peer NGOs, donors, etc.) and in regional fora, as well as in country-specific events based on country office’s request
  • Cultivate relationships with and links to diverse local and external networks, policymakers in the region and internationally, in coordination with other CARE regional colleagues
  • Provide advocacy and policy capacity-building and technical support to country offices; work with them to prepare internal and external messaging and talking points as needed
  • Support country teams in articulating their top advocacy priorities so that national, regional, global and donor advocacy are aligned
  • Prepare and/or commission high-impact materials for internal and external advocacy and influencing
  • Distil what CARE and partners are learning from multi-country advocacy initiatives, such as food insecurity/the hunger crisis, localisation, gender-based violence, in coordination with global, regional, and national teams, and provide the analysis to translate learning into policy asks
  • Ensure lessons learnt from country programmes inform global and regional agendas and decision-making

Requirement

  • Degree in International Affairs, Law, Humanitarian Studies, Social Sciences, Women’s Studies, or a related field
  • Five years, minimum, of relevant humanitarian advocacy experience
  • Comprehensive understanding of the humanitarian architecture, including governing and participating bodies, at the international, regional, and country levels
  • Demonstrated track record in humanitarian advocacy, particularly in designing humanitarian advocacy initiatives and generating policy and advocacy messages and guidance
  • Outstanding analytic abilities
  • Excellent written and spoken English language skills
  • Strong communication and diplomatic skills, including in cross-cultural work contexts
  • Sound personal organisational skills, including excellent time management, ability to meet deadlines, prioritise tasks, and work under pressure
  • Experience with different parts of the humanitarian system (working for local or national NGOs, for example, or for donors, governments, or regional bodies)
  • Strong knowledge of the international legal framework

To apply and for more information, click here.

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