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Advocacy and Communications Adviser - Beirut (Lebanese National) - Lebanon

Beirut

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Beirut
  • Grade: Senior level - Senior
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Legal - Broad
    • Political Affairs
    • Communication and Public Information
    • Other
  • Closing Date: Closed





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.



The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs




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The Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum is administratively hosted by NRC: LHIF staff are employees of NRC. All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.


  1. Role and Responsibilities:

    The Advocacy and Communications Adviser will be responsible for policy analysis and coordinating collective advocacy and communications initiatives for LHIF, reflecting member-identified priority issues. The Adviser will also undertake research and manage research consultants to develop evidence to underpin advocacy. The position will also coordinate LHIF advocacy and communications actions across members and working with other NGO networks; engage effectively in the various fora available to LHIF to effect policy change; develop LHIF advocacy strategies; manage research consultants as required; and deliver regular reports, analysis, briefing and position papers.

1. Generic Responsibilities:

  • Develop strategies, technical guidance, and related policies and procedures
  • Comply with and adhere to related NRC and LHIF policies, guidance, and procedures; and provide analysis and recommendations for bridging any identified gaps when necessary.
  • Identify trends and donor priorities.
  • Ensure that key learnings are extracted from advocacy activities
  • Represent LHIF in relevant forums, including with other NGOs,  UN agencies, and the Government of Lebanon.
  • Adhere with NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and ensure that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved.

2. Specific Responsibilities:

 A- Advocacy Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement LHIF advocacy strategies, in direct coordination with the direct line manager and in collaboration with the LHIF membership, and develop a periodical review and feedback of the implementation of LHIF advocacy activities.
  • Analyse political developments in Lebanon and the Syrian Crisis more broadly, in particular as pertains to refugees and the mixed humanitarian/development policy context, informing LHIF Country Coordinator, Steering Committee, members and external partners, and proposing amendments to LHIF strategies where relevant.
  • Manage LHIF research projects by identifying research opportunities and developing research proposals with partners, and develop terms of reference for research consultants.
  • Advise on and coordinate the development of LHIF positions, briefings, research papers, policy analysis, etc.
  • Liaise with external advocacy partners, including ICVA, InterAction, CrisisAction, the SIRF Advocacy Working Group, national organisations and academics to identify advocacy and lobby opportunities for LHIF and inform others’ plans. 
  • Coordinate the collection, analysis and presentation of data/evidence including from LHIF member programmes to support LHIF advocacy, working closely with members and relevant external stakeholders.
  • Coordinate and monitor advocacy messages and initiatives to ensure impact and that LHIF external advocacy is in line with good humanitarian and development principles.
  • Provide leadership to the LHIF Advocacy Focal Group (AFG) and convene AFG meetings on a monthly basis, keep member advocacy focal points informed of developments, and keep abreast of member advocacy activities (and opportunities for collaboration).
  • Develop a calendar of upcoming advocacy opportunities and initiatives, and share with relevant parties.
  • Represent the LHIF Secretariat with external stakeholders in advocacy meetings, conferences, and round-tables as relevant.

B- Communications Responsibilities

  • Ensure effective and regular communication of LHIF activities, messages and positions both internally to/among members and externally to the wider humanitarian community, in direct coordination with the direct line manager

  • Lead on the development and implementation of tools and campaigns to communicate LHIF messages to key external stakeholders (e.g., the Government of Lebanon, national civil society, local media, international media, public), in direct coordination with the local consultants

  • Maintain the LHIF website with the support of of relevant staff within LHIF.

  • Review, update, implement, and report on LHIF’s internal and external communications strategies.

C- Management Responsibilities:

  • Recruit and manage consultants as necessary to support research, advocacy and communications work.
  • Chair LHIF Advocacy Focal Group and other LHIF’s thematic working groups in coordination with the direct line manager.
  • Contribute to donor reporting and proposal development for LHIF as needed and requested by the direct line manager.
  • Deputize the direct line manager as necessary.

    Critical Interfaces:

    By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

  • LHIF Member Organisations: Country Directors, Advocacy and Communications Staff and Technical Leads
  • National NGOs: Management and Project Staff
  • UN Agencies: Coordination, Information Management and Protection Specialist Staff
  • Government of Lebanon: with focus on the Ministry of Social Affairs
  • Academics and other Civil Society Stakeholders
    1. Competencies:

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following three categories:

 1. Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

  • Bachelor degree in Public Policy/Administration, Development, or a any other related field
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in policy analysis, advocacy strategy, communications, and research
  • Demonstrated capacity to develop and implement advocacy and communications strategies with clear theories of change
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken
  • Fluent in spoken Arabic (conversational), written Arabic skills is a plus
  • Knowledge in French is a plus
  • Previous experience working with national and/or international NGOs
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

2. Behavioral competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies, the following are essential for this position:

  • Handling insecure environments
  • Strategic thinking
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Influencing
  • Initiate action and change
  • Analyzing

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