Job Opportunity for an Advocacy Assistant-Action Against Hunger

Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication related Course (e.g. in PR, external communication, Journalism) or other Social Sciences related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years work experience in a Communications or Knowledge Management role or a role that involves Advocacy for an NGO.
• Experience in program or project design

Required Skills & Competencies

• Excellent research skills and desk review of advocacy policies and strategies.

• Ability to develop analytical evidence-based policy papers and reports.
• Experience in successful communication and advocacy work, preferably in international development
• Recognized capacity in translating complex information in a compelling and accessible way for non-technical audiences.
• Experience in capacity building and training

• Good writing and communication skills
• Strong Relationship building skills, ability to engage and inspire others
• Strong understanding of current lobbying and policy development landscape.

Physical demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis.

Working Conditions , Travel Requirements

• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends if required.
• Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes.
• While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high-security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as infectious diseases.

Gender Equality commitments

• Fosters an environment that supports values of women and men’s equal access to information and both men and women and promoted based on their performance.
• Respects all beneficiaries e.g., women, men, children (boys & girls) regardless of gender, sex, disability, religion, etc.
• Values and respect for all cultures.
• Promotes and upholds the PSEA policy and procedures.

Our Core values.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate Action Against Hunger-USA-USA’s five core values

Respect – we work with compassion and dedication, treating everyone the same way we expect them to treat us.

Integrity – we believe that being honest and fair is integral to every aspect of our work; conducting our work with a spirit of sincerity, truthfulness and transparency is imperative.

Creativity – we encourage new ideas, embrace innovative solutions, and create opportunities for meaningful and exciting ways to do our jobs and provide solutions to address the needs of the populations we serve.

Excellence – we strive to provide services that meet, and even exceed, the expectations of our stakeholders (populations in need, staff, communities and donors).

Empowerment – we are committed to fostering an environment in which our staff, partners and communities where we work have the space to grow, develop and feel confident about participating.

Benefits