Job Details:
Organisation: Jesuit Refugee Service International
Deadline Fri, 15 May 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
Belgium
Position Summary
The Policy and Advocacy Officer develops and implements an effective advocacy strategy for JRS Europe that covers all issues of regional importance and puts forward the voices and concerns of refugees and other forcibly displaced.
S/he comes with sound analytical skills and a creative mindset, and is in tune with JRS mission and way of working. The Officer is able to engage with fellow team members in the Regional Office as well as JRS national office teams in working towards a common vision and providing training on policy and advocacy issues. S/he comes with good networking skills and engages with all relevant stakeholders in the fields of civil society, politics and media, and represents JRS Europe in relevant fora. S/he is a compelling public speaker and succinct writer who can draw the attention to the plight of refugees. S/he regularly visits JRS national offices to assist them with the design of advocacy strategies as well as strategic planning.
The position requires 4 to 5 years of experience in policy and advocacy work.
About JRS Europe
The Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organisation. Its mission is to accompany, to serve and to advocate for refugees and forcibly displaced people. The JRS Europe team in Brussels shares this mission by engaging in policy and advocacy work, project management, fundraising, communications and coordination. The policy work focuses on forcibly displaced people who suffer from immigration detention, destitution and the externalisation of European border management and asylum.
Communications work is today closely linked to the advocacy activities and includes the publication of materials for various audiences, media relations and the coordination of central messages with other JRS offices in Europe. The JRS Europe Regional Office has on-going working relationships with relevant EU institutions, UNHCR, and NGOs from a variety of backgrounds. The JRS Europe Regional Office coordinates activities of 13 JRS country offices. The Brussels-based team includes seven permanent staff and a few volunteers.
For more information and to apply, download the application pack at: http://www.jrseurope.org/news_detail?TN=NEWS-20150430032425
Jesuit Refugee Service Europe Policy and Advocacy Officer
Job posted by: Jesuit Refugee Service International - Mon, 4 May 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Jesuit Refugee Service International
Deadline Fri, 15 May 2015
Job type: Contract
Location: Belgium
Position Summary
The Policy and Advocacy Officer develops and implements an effective advocacy strategy for JRS Europe that covers all issues of regional importance and puts forward the voices and concerns of refugees and other forcibly displaced.
S/he comes with sound analytical skills and a creative mindset, and is in tune with JRS mission and way of working. The Officer is able to engage with fellow team members in the Regional Office as well as JRS national office teams in working towards a common vision and providing training on policy and advocacy issues. S/he comes with good networking skills and engages with all relevant stakeholders in the fields of civil society, politics and media, and represents JRS Europe in relevant fora. S/he is a compelling public speaker and succinct writer who can draw the attention to the plight of refugees. S/he regularly visits JRS national offices to assist them with the design of advocacy strategies as well as strategic planning.
The position requires 4 to 5 years of experience in policy and advocacy work.
About JRS Europe
The Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organisation. Its mission is to accompany, to serve and to advocate for refugees and forcibly displaced people. The JRS Europe team in Brussels shares this mission by engaging in policy and advocacy work, project management, fundraising, communications and coordination. The policy work focuses on forcibly displaced people who suffer from immigration detention, destitution and the externalisation of European border management and asylum.
Communications work is today closely linked to the advocacy activities and includes the publication of materials for various audiences, media relations and the coordination of central messages with other JRS offices in Europe. The JRS Europe Regional Office has on-going working relationships with relevant EU institutions, UNHCR, and NGOs from a variety of backgrounds. The JRS Europe Regional Office coordinates activities of 13 JRS country offices. The Brussels-based team includes seven permanent staff and a few volunteers.
For more information and to apply, download the application pack at: http://www.jrseurope.org/news_detail?TN=NEWS-20150430032425