Position: Senior Advocacy Officer - PRF-2307-01014-385
Job Location: Gaziantep, Turkey
Reporting to: Advocacy and communication Manager
Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey
Number of positions open: 1
Last date for application: August 11, 2023
Summary of the position
The senior advocacy officer will be working with advocacy and communications staff in Turkey officer, as well as other SAMS country offices and headquarters in the planning, development and implementation of SAMS’s advocacy initiatives in line with SAMS’s advocacy strategy. This will be made in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, including governments, UN entities, Syrian NGOs, and Syrian local community.
The senior advocacy officer will also help in Drafting advocacy material for SAMS, including letters, reports, policy documents. He/she will also participate in Providing advocacy recommendations on issues, methods, and approaches; anticipates and resolves communications/ public relations issues/problems.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Key relationships:
Grants officer, IM and Assessment officer, Information Officer, Field Officer, and staff.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
Advocacy and communication:
- work with the Advocacy manager on the design and development of SAMS’s Turkey advocacy plans, initiatives, and campaigns in line with our strategic plan.
- develop and implement advocacy components in projects within SAMS with the support of relevant programme teams.
- Ensure coordination among various departments (programs, advocacy, and information), and consistency in messaging.
- Coordinate with programs departments (e.g., Grants, projects, Information, Security) regarding updates.
- Coordinate with Syria field officers regarding updates.
- Keep up to date with new developments in Syrian policy at national and local levels.
- Track humanitarian community wide reports and policy briefs and provide summary reports to advocacy staff from SAMS.
- Produce relevant advocacy products, including letters, talking-points, press-statements, Op-eds , policy documents, meeting-minutes, and information briefs
- Develop and monitor relevant KPIs related to advocacy and campaigns.
- Provide a monthly report about advocacy efforts and humanitarian situation.
Representation, Networking, and Profile building:
- Maintain and strengthen existing partnership networks and support joint actions, including developing new partners to further Syrian issues at Syrian different levels.
- Build public relations with various media channels (e.g., TV channels, radio channels, agencies. Etc.)
- Represent SAMS in media outlets, conferences, meetings, upon request. With many stakeholders, including the UN, donor community, diplomats. Etc.
- Widely raise the profile and visibility of SAMS.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with key policy makers and stakeholders.
- Ability to deliver oral presentations to various audiences.
Research and dissemination:
- Help in research and in writing reports and papers as per SAMS advocacy and research needs.
- Contribute to the production of promotional materials, articles, blog posts, social media revision, and reports for external and internal publication, including SAMS’s website.
THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS
Mandatory Qualifications required
- A university degree is required, with a preference for degrees in journalism, international relations, or law.
- A minimum of two years of proven experience in positions related to advocacy, public information, public relations, journalism, international relations, or related area, especially within humanitarian or civil society organizations and contexts.
- Thorough understanding of Syrian context.
Languages
- Fluent written and spoken in Arabic.
- Intermediate written and spoken English.
Competencies:
- Advocacy Management skills
- Networking Abilities
- Coordination
- Content Creation and Dissemination Technical Knowledge
How to apply
CONTRACT CONDITIONS
The salary will be defined regarding the SAMS Turkey Office salary scale on-going.
