A HUMANITARIAN POLICY AND ADVOCACY EXPERT

About : Action contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger starting operations in Afghanistan in 1979 and opened the base in Kabul in 1995. This role is a unique opportunity to support a key department of AAH operations in Afghanistan. The mission as you can see is old but the context is new and is one of the most challenging and stimulating. You will have the opportunity to open the advocacy department and maybe manage a small team that is expected to grow in the coming months.

Mission :

The Advocacy Expert will act as an Advocacy and Policy focal point for the Afghan mission by:
Providing direct support to the mission to develop positioning, strategic engagements;
Identifying recommendations in line with mission objectives;
Working with the program and support teams to build their capacity in advocacy;
Ensuring that programmatic data and analysis is available for policy, advocacy and other related objectives;
Developing and implementing ACF advocacy Afghan strategy and outputs, in line with ACF global and mission strategy.

Profile :

Masters’ degree in international relations, International Humanitarian Law, social sciences, politics, development studies, or similar field;
At least 3 years’ experience advocacy. Experience in other fields than advocacy will be examined in the face of exposure to high-level stakeholders (governments, UN agencies, NGOs – at national level);
Experience in using grant management, using M&E information for advocacy, campaign and dialogues with partners and governments;
Demonstrated working experience in policy analysis, data collection, analysis and interpretation (both qualitative and quantitative data), writing and production of reports, policy briefs and publications;
Strong and demonstrated expertise in humanitarian Advocacy and/or representation, negotiation and influence of aid policies at a high level (ege g., country director/tech coordinator/ advocacy manager profile with a track record of representation to donor and government;
Ability to grasp a wide range of complex issues and synthetize them strategically;
Sensitivity or specific qualifications in politics, international relations/ affairs, humanitarian or development aid/ project management;
Good knowledge of the IHL, humanitarian principles, humanitarian system;
Excellent knowledge of advocacy cycle and advocacy tools;
Excellent writing skills and oral communication skills in English.