Advocacy and Communications Advisor (Middle East, Asia and Europe HQ Hub)

About the role

The Advocacy and Communications Advisor within the Middle East, Asia and Europe (MEAE) HQ Hub plays a key role in amplifying and coordinating the influencing efforts of the country offices supported by the Hub, and gives strategic advocacy and external engagement advice to the Hub's Executive Director. The role promotes a consistent voice on DRC's positions and messages, from country to regional and global levels, including with the UN, bilateral donors, governments, elected officials and the media. It leads the regional parts of DRC's global influencing strategy and works with country operations on country-specific advocacy strategies for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Myanmar, oPt, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine and Yemen.

Key responsibilities

• Lead regional advocacy efforts in line with the Global Influencing Strategy, coordinating with headquarters colleagues and the DRC offices in Brussels, Geneva and Berlin
• Ensure coherence between country, regional and global strategies, priorities and positions
• Support the Executive Director's advocacy priorities, identify regional and global opportunities for country offices, and represent DRC at advocacy working groups and INGO forums
• Draft and support regional and country-specific advocacy products and evidence-based recommendations
• Map key influencers and stakeholders, build strategic networks and alliances, and brief senior management on high-level advocacy opportunities
• Monitor policy developments and recommend how DRC should respond
• Develop briefing notes and talking points for high-level field visits, and mentor country office advocacy colleagues
• Work with the Global Communications Unit to align advocacy products with communications outputs, draft and disseminate press releases, social media content, newsletters and website updates, and package field stories and testimonies
• Provide basic guidance to country staff on external communications and media engagement, and liaise with communications colleagues across HQ, Hub and country offices

Required profile

• Senior advocacy professional with significant experience developing and implementing evidence-based advocacy strategies in the Middle East, Asia and Europe
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in a similar or complementary role with a country or regional focus in the Middle East, Asia or Europe
• Fluent English; Arabic desirable
• Ability to advocate on multiple complex contexts at once and to present arguments clearly and persuasively

Required skills

• Excellent planning, coordination, advisory, teamwork and collaboration skills
• Well-established contacts among decision makers, the UN and other stakeholders across the region
• Experience in external communications, media engagement, content development and messaging for humanitarian or development organizations
• Ability to turn complex analysis into clear communications products for media, donors and policymakers
• Understanding of the political and humanitarian contexts of the countries supported by the Hub

Desirable: knowledge of human rights, refugee rights, international humanitarian law and protection principles, and familiarity with civil society, the UN, institutional donors and political structures. The contract is 12 months, non-management, unaccompanied duty station in Amman, starting 1 January 2027, with salary according to DRC's terms of employment.