Organization: CGIAR System Organization
Location: Addis Ababa
Grade: Junior level – Junior
Occupational Groups:
Legal – Broad
Legal – International Law
Political Affairs
Communication and Public Information
Public Policy and Administration
Closing Date: 2025-02-06
About CGIAR
CGIAR is an international research collaboration aimed at ensuring future food security. The goals of CGIAR science are to improve natural resources and ecosystem services, decrease poverty, and increase food and nutrition security. Hundreds of partners, including academic institutions, development agencies, the commercial sector, national and regional research institutes, and civil society groups, collaborate closely on its research.
About the position
In order to provide diversified, healthful, safe, adequate, and reasonably priced meals, as well as to guarantee better livelihoods and more social equality, CGIAR has set out to offer knowledge and innovation and promote the transformation of food, land, and water systems. With each Center having its own governance and leadership structure functioning in tandem with CGIAR’s overall integrated governance and leadership structures, CGIAR functions as a matrix.
In order to strengthen CGIAR’s voice, influence, and effect globally, the Communications and Advocacy section offers programmatic and consulting services for the engagement of internal and external stakeholders in the CGIAR Systems Organization. The organization is better positioned to fulfill its mission of transforming food, land, and water systems when research for development is promoted by CGIAR as a whole and by individual centers using a clear, unified voice. This also encourages investment and increases the understanding and relevance of CGIAR’s science. The cornerstone of the organization’s relevance and its standing as a renowned supplier of counsel and solutions in the agricultural and food industry is its ability to anticipate the requirements of global stakeholder groups and respond with focused insights and programs.
In order to participate in and contribute to the public policy debate, the Advocacy Officer, Public Policy Engagement, who reports to the Senior Manager, Advocacy – International Fora, creates and executes campaigns and strategies as well as content that highlights CGIAR’s role in the global goals for the transformation of food, land, and water systems on a local, regional, and global scale. To promote and acknowledge the significance of agricultural research in accomplishing sustainable development goals and to highlight CGIAR’s achievements, campaigns must be conceptualized, carried out, and networks of advocates and civil society must be established.
Responsibilities
- Identify gaps and develop and sustain relationships with policy makers and other stakeholders in the policy making process and disseminate information about the CGIAR’s advocacy goals and policy positions to support the organization’s objectives.
- Identify and monitor developments/trends in public policy development at the national and international level, to inform and articulate the CGIAR System Organization’s advocacy positions and policy stances, and align messages to engage with and impact policy making.
- Identify and develop innovative advocacy events, opportunities, and activities for promoting the work of the CGIAR to enhance the group’s reputation and build support among policy makers in target geographies.
- Develop targeted messaging and content that aligns with advocacy goals and ongoing campaigns, consistent with CGIAR editorial standards.
- Organize production and dissemination of advocacy materials to sustain engagement and shape global, regional, and national policy discourse on identified impact areas.
- Coordinate closely Donor Relations and Business Development and Communications colleagues to ensure the design, implementation and impactful delivery of robust integrated external engagement strategies and plans.
- Advise the Communications and Advocacy team regarding emerging issues and topics of interest to policy makers and governmental stakeholders to aid in strategy and campaigns development.
- Collaborate with members of the Communications and Advocacy team to create events, digital engagement, and other activities to support advocacy initiatives targeting policy makers and policy fora.
- Collaborate with partners from across the CGIAR (e.g., scientists, media or digital engagement, communications) to gather inputs on knowledge products, policy papers, etc.
- Organise and monitor relevant policy dialogue opportunities that help advance critical topics, leveraging key policy forums and identifying and building relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- Develop and implement project plans and content for advocacy and outreach activities aligned to campaigns and content calendars, as well as regular programming and funding cycles.
- Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and develop monitoring, evaluation and learning plans to determine the impact of outreach initiatives and inform campaign and strategy development.
- Consolidate best practices in public policy engagement from across the CGIAR to sustain a knowledgebase that helps build capacity and strengthen its communications and advocacy work.
Requierments:
Education and Experience
- University Degree in Journalism, Communications, Social Sciences, Political Science, Public Relations, or other related disciplines.
- General/relevant experience in international advocacy work required, advocacy work related to food and agricultural sciences desirable.
Key Competences
- Substantive Knowledge: Demonstrated capacity gained through advanced training/education in advocacy reflecting conceptual understanding
- Communication skills: Demonstrated Skill gained through exposure in presentation/promotion
- Execution skills: Demonstrated Achievement in the execution/delivery of simple programs/services
Languages
Fluency in English essential to communicate in writing and speaking. Knowledge of a second language desirable.
The selected staff member will be offered terms and conditions commensurate with the grade of the position.
How to apply
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