Summary

Title: Global Policy Advocate

ID: 1369

Department: Policy and Advocacy

Description

based in Washington, DC or New York

Primary role:

Under the direction of the Senior Director or the Deputy Director, Policy & Advocacy, in coordination with the Senior Global Policy Advocate and relevant work in country offices, the Policy Advocate supports the advancement of ICRW’s policy priorities and advocacy agenda in various global advocacy forums. This role will have a focus on the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) including:

• supporting accountability for commitments already made
• Mobilizing and encouraging additional commitments to support the goals of the GEF Action Coalitions.
• Lead the development of a strategy on sustaining ICRW’s engagement in follow-up GEF processes and mapping areas for ICRW leadership and support to government, UN Agencies, and partners at the global level

The Policy Advocate will also support global advocacy within the United Nations and other international organizations, G7/G20, and other global policy dialogues.

Thematic issues in the advocate’s portfolio include but are not limited to women’s economic empowerment, sexual reproductive health and rights, feminist foreign policy, and other GEF Action Coalition thematic areas such as feminist leadership and movement building, gender-based violence, feminist action for climate justice, and technology and innovation for gender equality as relevant. The advocate will engage in coalition leadership and advocacy, as well as assist in the development, planning, and execution of advocacy initiatives contributing to ICRW’s advocacy goals.

This is a full-time, grant dependent, one year contract position with possibility for renewal.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks:

Working under the close guidance of the Senior Policy & Advocacy Director, the Advocate will be responsible for:

• Management of ICRW’s Generation Equality Forum engagement with an initial focus on accountability and implementation of existing global commitments, while also looking towards potential opportunities for additional commitments.
• Drafting and analyzing relevant policy frameworks and proposals, sign-on letters, and other policy documents for institutional fit, and translating those to ICRW internal and external stakeholders (coalition partners, donors, press)
• Monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting relevant news and policy developments, such as those associated with the Generation Equality Forum process, the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Processes, the G7/G20 and other relevant bodies
• Leading or assisting in the development of necessary policy briefs, one-pagers, emails, events, and other advocacy tactics to advance ICRW policy priorities.
• Working closely with ICRW’s research, policy, and communications teams to develop and disseminate key messages for ICRW’s advocacy agenda, including serving as a spokesperson with external stakeholders (advocacy targets, press, donors, etc.).
• Supporting the development and review of requested content, including talking points, questions for the record, op-eds, presentations and related resources for policymaker’s advocacy audiences.
• Building, maintaining and, where applicable, leading advocacy coalitions on ICRW’s priority issues, including women’s economic empowerment, child marriage, and gender equality.
• Planning and executing ICRW advocacy and coalition events.
• Planning and leading meetings to advance the advocacy team’s agenda (e.g., scheduling meetings, ensuring meeting conference room and equipment are available, ordering catering, and taking and/or distributing meeting minutes).
• Working with the advocacy and business development teams to deliver donor satisfaction and ensure excellence in the management and renewal of advocacy’s grants (budgeting and spending according to plan, timely submission of grant proposals and reports, donor cultivation as needed).
• Other duties as assigned.

Educations and Experience:

• Three years of directly relevant work experience with master’s degree or five years of directly relevant work experience with bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated ability to implement advocacy strategies within international and multilateral and/or USG contexts required, experience working with the United Nations, Generation Equality Forum, and other global policy forums, as well as existing networks relevant to foreign affairs and appropriations strongly preferred.
• Expertise and strategic capacity required to understand, analyze, and communicate effectively regarding issues in this area of work and to design and help implement advocacy strategies to effect change.
• Experience working on gender equality and global women’s issues and corresponding with global networks strongly preferred.
• Publications and demonstrated experience writing for various audiences, including journal publications, policy briefs, blogs and/or op-eds, as well as for social media audiences, required.
• Experience with proposal and grant report writing project and budget management strongly preferred.
• Experience with event planning required
• Hiring Range is between $58,700 and $73,300. All offers are determined by an assessment of the candidate's years of experience, qualifications and internal and external equity review.

Skills:

• Familiarity with political processes and priorities from the Generation Equality Forum, U.N. and relevant global forums required.
• Working knowledge of gender issues and development is strongly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills required.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds, engage and/or manage coalition advocacy and organizing and work cross-culturally highly desired.

Additional Information:

Hiring Range is between $59,900.00 - $74,900.00. All offers are determined by an assessment of the candidate's years of experience, qualifications and internal and external equity review.

This position does not offer sponsorship of employment visa .

Covid 19 Recruitment Information:

Currently ICRW staff and our new hires working from our Washington DC office will temporarily work from home until it is safe to return to the office on a regular basis.

ICRW expects its employees who engage in any work-related in-person interactions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. New hires must also provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination at the time of hire, and offers of employment will be contingent on compliance with ICRW COVID-19 vaccination policy. Any documentation received by an employee will be kept confidential to the extent consistent with U.S. law.

ICRW is committed to promoting a culture of equity through our recruitment processes, staff training, policies & procedures, Board membership, and research programming. We believe that all people deserve an equal opportunity for employment, advancement, and fulfillment - regardless of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity & expression, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to expanding our definition for what diversity means, moving beyond the binaries, and setting new standards for ourselves and across sectors.

ICRW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law, where applicable. ICRW is an E-Verify Employer.

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