Title: HINGO Advocacy and Communications Coordinator
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (with regular travel to field locations)
Employment Category: G1 (Non-management)
Reporting To: HINGO Manager
Direct Reports: N/A
Unit/Department: HINGO Steering Committee
Start of Contract & Duration: 12 Months (October 31, 2023)
Posting date: September 19, 2022
Closing date: October 2, 2022
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
Overall purpose of the role:
The Advocacy and Communications Coordinator provides overall leadership, coordination, and strategic direction to the HINGO Forum’s advocacy and communications work in Ethiopia. Under the supervision of the HINGO Manager, the Advocacy and Communications Coordinator will be responsible for engaging key stakeholders in evidence-based initiatives to influence and lobby for the rights of affected populations on a diverse range of policy issues, as well as the development of key positions and messaging around pertinent issues to advance agreed HINGO Forum principles and vision. They will also coordinate efforts on communications and visibility providing a common voice for the HINGO constituents
RESPONSIBILITIES
Advocacy
Communications
Strategy and Representation
Experience and Technical Competencies: (include years of experience)
Education (include certificates, licenses etc.):
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: