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Job Title:  Advocacy Manager

Organisation: Norwegian Refugee
Council    

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Job Grade: 9

About US:

The
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian
organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more
dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for
the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter,
education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and
hygiene sectors.

Job Summary: The Advocacy Manager provides overall leadership, management and
strategic direction to NRC’s policy and advocacy work in Uganda. S/he is
responsible for identifying priority protection concerns for advocacy,
strengthening the incorporation of advocacy into all aspects of NRC’s
activities and guiding NRC’s advocacy messaging to promote an improved
protection and humanitarian response environment in Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·      
Advocacy activities related to urban refugees and protection programming

·      
Develop messages and products related to outcomes of community based
protection analysis

·      
Ensure the provision of high quality analysis on the humanitarian
situation pertaining to displacement-affected, contributing to improved NRC
programmatic response and informing internal and external advocacy products

·      
Support programme staff in incorporating and integrating advocacy into
all aspects of NRC’s programme activities, strategy and budgeting

·      
Actively network with other organizations involved in the response, and
lead on development of joint field-based advocacy and positions towards target
audiences

·      
Prepare high-quality briefings, letters and other written materials for
internal and external use, ensuring strong evidence-base in messaging and
following agreed sign-off procedures

·      
Identify and coordinate NRC’s advocacy response to prioritized protection
issues both within the country and internationally

·      
Develop and implement country-specific advocacy strategy, aligned to
overall country strategy

·      
Line management, including development of staff if applicable

·      
Ensure advocacy coherence and reinforce effective synergies between
programmes and advocacy by working closely with programme staff to integrate advocacy
into programme planning and implementation.

·      
Ensure systematic training on advocacy and communication and build
capacity of technical staff

·      
Provide high quality protection analysis on key humanitarian and
displacement trends and prepare evidenced-based policy briefing papers, policy
position statements and other public-facing advocacy products when strategic
and relevant

·      
Liaise with other NRC Country, Regional and Global Representation Offices
to coordinate the strategic delivery of advocacy messaging and to maximize
impact

·      
Advise on media lines and media strategy, ensuring potential risks
associated with NRC’s positions are assessed and sign-off procedures are
adhered to

·      
Represent NRC to key stakeholders, strengthen strategic advocacy networks
and identify opportunities to advocate NRC’s position

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·      
The ideal applicant must hold a University degree with minimum 5 years of
relevant Manager/ Adviser experience within the humanitarian field

·      
Professional knowledge about protection principles and advocacy, and the
use of media for public advocacy

·      
Solid understanding of international legal and policy processes relating
to displacement

·      
Fluency in English, both written and verbal

·      
Handling insecure environments

·      
Strategic thinking

·      
Empowering and building trust

·      
Working with people

·      
Initiate action and change

·      
Analyzing

Travel:
25% within Uganda

How to Apply:

All
candidates are strongly encouraged to apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 20th December
2019

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