Overview
The Advocacy and Community Liaison Officer will support the design and implementation of advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and community liaison strategies to strengthen program visibility, government engagement, community participation, and policy influence.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of advocacy and community engagement strategies.
- Facilitate effective engagement with government ministries, community leaders, civil society organizations, and humanitarian actors.
- Support coordination and communication between IRC field teams and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to the documentation of humanitarian needs, community concerns, and program impact.
- Support community consultations, stakeholder meetings, and engagement forums.
- Ensure community feedback and accountability mechanisms are strengthened.
- Monitor and analyze humanitarian, political, and community developments.
- Support the integration of protection mainstreaming, accountability, and community participation.
- Represent IRC in relevant coordination meetings and external engagements.
- Contribute to proposal development processes.
- Support the development of advocacy briefs, talking points, and external communication products.
- Assist in identifying strategic partnership and collaboration opportunities.
- Support the development of visibility and engagement materials.
- Support the organization of advocacy events, campaigns, policy dialogues, and community engagement activities.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 3–5 years’ experience in advocacy, community engagement, stakeholder coordination, humanitarian programming, or related field.
- Experience working with NGOs, INGOs, government institutions, or humanitarian organizations.
- Experience in Northeast or Northwest Nigeria humanitarian context is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience engaging with government stakeholders, communities, and partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in political science, International Relations, Mass Communication, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Law, or related field.
- Master’s degree is an added advantage.
