Advocacy and Media Technical Assistant United Kingdom
Support advocacy and media efforts to enhance humanitarian action
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Overview
Support advocacy and media efforts to enhance humanitarian action
You have:
- Right to live and work in the UK
- Experience in advocacy and media
- Understanding of humanitarian principles
- Ability to engage with stakeholders
Contract
This is a Professional contract, Grade 4 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 4 (NRC) contracts.
Norwegian Refugee Council in the UK
NRC UK was established in 2020 with the main objective of strengthening the profile, outreach, and impact of the Norwegian Refugee Council as a humanitarian organisation in the United Kingdom. The NRC UK office has two primary functions: supporting fundraising for NRC’s overseas aid programmes that meet the needs of displaced people; and working with or providing humanitarian policy advice to UK donors, government departments, parliamentary committees, think tanks, universities and peer non-governmental organisations.
What we do
NRC’s policy and advocacy work aims to translate and amplify the direct experiences of our humanitarian programmes, partners, and the communities we serve, into practical recommendations to UK leaders to better meet the needs of the world’s displaced people. NRC UK focuses its engagement in the following policy areas: protection, climate change and disaster displacement, humanitarian financing, counter-terrorism measures which impede humanitarian action, and principled humanitarian action.
About the role
This is a 12 month contract based in London. You will need to have the right to live and work in the UK.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you had to advocate for a cause? | This question assesses your previous advocacy experience and ability to represent interests. | Share a specific example of an advocacy effort you were involved in, highlighting your role and the outcome. |
| How do you approach stakeholder engagement in advocacy work? | This question explores your strategies for building relationships with important stakeholders. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use to stay informed about humanitarian policies? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you give an example of how you've used media to influence policy? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced in advocacy work, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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