Overview
Provide day-to-day secretariat and coordination support to the WLO Platform, and lead and support the development and implementation of communication and social media content.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day Secretariat support to the WLO Platform.
- Support membership coordination, including onboarding, record-keeping, and engagement of member organizations.
- Organize and coordinate meetings, including preparation of agendas, confirmation of participation, follow-up communication, and documentation.
- Take accurate meeting minutes and ensure timely circulation of minutes and action points.
- Support internal and external communications, including drafting emails, coordination notes, and updates.
- Lead and support the development and implementation of communication and social media content for the WLO Platform.
- Draft and disseminate key messages, statements, and advocacy content reflecting the voices and priorities of women-led organizations in Syria.
- Support increased visibility of the platform’s work with national, regional, and international stakeholders.
- Ensure communications are gender-responsive, conflict-sensitive, and contextually appropriate.
- Support the collection, compilation, and analysis of gender-sensitive and contextual data generated by WLO members.
- Contribute to briefings, reports, position papers, and advocacy products based on platform-generated data and analysis.
- Support initiatives that strengthen the leadership, sustainability, and collective capacity of women-led organizations.
- Contribute to localization efforts by promoting equitable partnerships, access to funding, and recognition of national women’s leadership.
- Support mapping of funding opportunities relevant to women-led civil society organizations.
- Assist in capacity-strengthening activities related to coordination, advocacy, and organizational leadership.
- Support the development and maintenance of strategic partnerships between the WLO Platform and key national and international stakeholders, including UN agencies, donors, INGOs, and government counterparts.
- Assist in coordinating engagement in national and inter-agency forums, consultations, and policy dialogues.
- Contribute to advocacy and positioning efforts to ensure the meaningful participation of women-led organizations in decision-making spaces.
Required Experience
- At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience working with civil society and advocating for gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
- Experience in coordination, programme support, policy analysis, and/or strategic planning is desirable.
- Proven experience working with and building partnerships with civil society organizations on Syria is required.
- Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and social media platforms.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Social Science, International Relations, Literature, Law or other relevant fields
