Position: Advocacy & Communication Manager-PRF-2411-01002-1539

Job Location: Gaziantep or Istanbul, Turkey

Reporting to: Country Director

Working area: Gaziantep or Istanbul, Turkey “with ability to travel in Turkey, and abroad”

Number of positions open: 1

Last date for application: November 21, 2024

Summary of the position

The Advocacy and Communication Manager is responsible for working with advocacy and communications staff in other SAMS offices and headquarters to influence policies to improve access and humanitarian services, protection of civilians, and humanitarian workers, and raise SAMS’ profile. The advocacy manager should be able to work on both the strategic level, and daily operations.

Key relationships:

Senior Manager Programs, IMU team, Syria Field Manager, Headquarters Advocacy and Communications Manager, Advocacy Manager from other SAMS country programs.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Work with the country director, senior management team, leadership of the organization, advocacy staff from SAMS other country programs and headquarters advocacy, media and communications staff to identify key policy areas SAMS wants to influence, e.g. access, protection, services, funding, administrative policies/issues affecting SAMS staff and operation.
• Work with country director, and headquarters advocacy and communications staff to develop SAMS advocacy strategies, policies, tactics, and tools. That includes developing the advocacy campaigns that serve the organization, and supervision of implementing them.
• Map and analyze donors and partners’ existing and planned assessments.
• Engage with humanitarian coordination platforms.
• Work closely and communicate on a daily basis with medical teams on the ground.
• Monitor data Collected from IMU, SAMS teams on the ground, other organizations working on human rights and humanitarian response, and updates coming from other partners on the humanitarian needs in Syria.
• Liaison with local, regional, and international media, and representing SAMS on media when needed.
• Lead the media team in Turkey and Syria, which includes supervision of materials flow to HQ, and supervision of content including visual one, for SAMS social media, website, and monthly newsletters in Arabic and Turkish.
• Representing the organization in humanitarian platforms including civil society alliances, donors’ meetings, UN coordination meetings, advocacy working groups, and others.
• Working on talking points, presentations, and briefings for the senior leadership of the organization when they represent the organization on any platform.
• Facilitating advocacy events and trips including conferences, and trips to the EU, USA, and other countries.
• Work with HQ to give the leadership updates from the ground to form the messages of the organization.
• Liaison with human rights and investigation bodies who are tracking violations against humanitarian workers.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with key policymakers, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Supervise the liaison between Turkish governmental and non-governmental entities.
• Supervise the budget for advocacy activities.

Office culture

• Promote and model a positive, professional, and respectful office culture.

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required:

• A university degree in Communication, Public relations, or any other related field is mandatory.
• Proven experience of minimum 3 years in Advocacy & Communication Manager position.

Languages:

• Fluent written and spoken in Arabic (native)
• Advanced written and spoken in English

Competencies:

• Advocacy Management skills
• Representation Capacities
• Networking Abilities
• Coordination