Communication and Advocacy Adviser Afghanistan (National and Internal Position)

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contracts.

NRC is looking for a Communication and Advocacy Adviser to join the Afghanistan mission. The role holder will support with the development, coordination, and delivery of communications, media, and advocacy activities. He/she will be responsible for initiating and delivering high quality media, communications, and advocacy products and resources to a wide and diverse range of audiences. **This position is only open to Internal Candidates, who are Afghan Nationals**

If you are an influential people leader; with diplomatic negotiation skills; strong coordination, networking, and stakeholder management skills; and has a track record in building sound and constructive relationships, then this is the role for you!

What You Will Do

• Media and communications strategy development and implementation.
• Advocacy strategy support.
• Communications, advocacy, and media products development and production.
• Media, visibility, and communication products drafting, distribution, and follow-up.
• Donor visibility and communications content quality.
• Case study and story identification and development.
• External and internal network building.
• National and international media engagement.
• Training and induction for staff.

What You Will Bring

• Journalism and/or media management experience.
• Communications experience in a humanitarian early recovery/emergency context.
• Humanitarian work, and vulnerable and displaced communities knowledge and exposure.
• Afghanistan context and the Afghan humanitarian community response experience and knowledge.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.
• Local language fluency (both Pashto and Dari).

What Makes This Position Attractive?

• The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is complex, protracted, and worsening. The country is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe.
• This is an opportunity to contribute to the protection and assistance of vulnerable and crisis-affected women, girls, boys, and men. NRC is a prominent humanitarian agency operating in Afghanistan and is one of the leading humanitarian response agencies (particularly for Afghans forced to flee). NRC is present in, and focused on, some of the most difficult parts of the country that are affected by displacement, maintaining a presence of 12 offices and over 1,000 staff in 14 provinces across the country.
• Operational since 2003, NRC has focused on three primary sectors to directly assist and protect people that have been forced to flee their homes: Information, Counselling, and Legal Assistance; Shelter; and Education. It also has complementary activities in other technical sectors, such as Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene; Livelihoods and Food Security; and Camp Management services in urban displacement and out-of-camp settings.
• Meaningful work that responds to the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns raised by beneficiary communities. NRC Afghanistan meets immediate humanitarian needs, prevents further displacement, and contributes to durable solutions. The organisation strives to influence wider policy and strategy in the interests of people who have been forcibly displaced, promoting humanitarian access, humanitarian protection, and long-lasting solutions that help families restore their lives and integrate into local society, and improving the wider quality of response.
• NRC is currently supported through multiple institutional, bilateral, and multilateral donors. These include the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the European Commission-Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Danish International Development Agency, U.K.’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, the E.U. Directorate-General for International Partnerships, and UN agencies such as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ Common Humanitarian Fund, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, etc.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What We Offer

• Kabul, Afghanistan duty station.
• 12-months contract duration.
• 40% travel, approximately.
• Grade 8 in NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying

• We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here.
• Learn more about NRC’s operation in Afghanistan here.
• This position is only open to Internal Candidates, who are Afghan Nationals. To apply, click on the suitcase icon “I am an employee” on the top right of the page to be redirected to NRC’s internal career site.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your employment history, experience, responsibilities, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. NRC is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
• For any queries, please email us at [email protected] with “Communication and Advocacy Adviser Afghanistan” as the subject line.