Advocacy Manager Sudan

Generic professional competencies:

• Postgraduate degree in a relevant field, with a minimum of five years' experience in humanitarian, human rights, diplomacy, mediation, or related fields within international organisations (INGOs, UN agencies, diplomatic institutions, or similar).
  
• Demonstrated experience in advocacy, policy engagement, humanitarian diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement.
  
• This is a specialized advocacy role. Applicants must have substantial advocacy experience, including advocacy management and influencing work in humanitarian contexts. Candidates without demonstrated advocacy experience will not be considered.
  
• Demonstrated experience in strategic communications, media engagement, and serving as a spokesperson.
  
• Experience working in complex, conflict-affected, and highly volatile environments, including engaging with sensitive stakeholders
  
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to produce high-quality briefs, reports, and policy papers.
  
• High levels of initiative, flexibility, and creativity.
  
• Strong interpersonal and coordination skills; managerial and project management experience are an asset.
  

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of international legal and policy processes and instruments relating to humanitarian access, Protection of Civilians, international mediation, and humanitarian action
  
• Experience in Sudan, especially at the policy level, is ideal
  
• Experience with humanitarian protection programmes and humanitarian policy and advocacy
  

• Develop and coordinate NRC's humanitarian diplomacy strategy on Sudan, including stakeholder analysis, engagement plans, and messaging, with a particular focus on Gulf and African states.
  
• Analyse programme findings and coordinate research initiatives to produce high-quality analytical, policy, and advocacy products, and strengthen evidence-based, programme-driven advocacy.
  
• Build and maintain relationships with organisations involved in the Sudan response, contribute to INGO Forum advocacy efforts, and support the development of joint positions and advocacy initiatives towards key target audiences.
  
• Lead NRC's strategic communications efforts, including engagement with media and oversight of the production of high-quality communications products.
  
• Line manages the Advocacy and Communications Unit. This includes:
  
• Performance management process; setting clear goals aligned to country strategy and priorities, and to follow up and support staff’s achievement.
  
• Responsibility for key processes as workforce planning, recruitment, staff induction and development and ensure Duty of Care for own staff
  
• Work with NRC's local partners to develop joint advocacy initiatives that are relevant, compelling, and aligned with NRC's advocacy strategy.
  
• Oversee advocacy and communications capacity-strengthening initiatives for NRC staff and local partners.
  
• Ensure NRC Regional Offices, Representative Offices, and relevant departments (Field Operations, External Relations, Partnerships, and Policy) are regularly briefed on advocacy priorities and supported to advance NRC's advocacy objectives on Sudan.
  
• Identify funding opportunities for advocacy work and contribute to the development of quality proposals, ensuring the inclusion of research, advocacy, and policy activities related to humanitarian and protection issues affecting displacement-affected populations where appropriate.