Advocacy and Research Officer

Action against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women, and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation. 

In Lebanon, the Syrian crisis continues to generate political, social, and economic pressure due to the war in Lebanon and keeps more than 1.5 million refugees in a situation of increasing vulnerability. In this environment of political, economic and social uncertainty, our teams have maintained their high levels of humanitarian response and aid to Lebanon. Likewise, our interventions have been maintained in the Bekaa and northern areas, as well as in the south of the country, with a special focus on working in partnership or in consortium with other organizations and on institutional strengthening of the relationship with both donors. institutional, such as with local authorities and entities. 

Objective 1: Support in the development and implementation of advocacy activities (50%)

•            Support the Advocacy Coordinator in the implementation of the advocacy strategy at the national and base level.

•            Support the Advocacy Coordinator in the development of the advocacy campaigns at the strategic and implementation level.

•            Bring innovative advocacy ideas and perspectives – no idea is too farfetched.

•            Support in the update of the local, national, and international stakeholder analysis and in the policy/research review upon request.

•            Develop advocacy documents, such as research, positioning, policy papers, and emergency situation reports/alerts.

•            Support with the implementation of advocacy activities, such as conferences, trainings, round tables, panel discussions.

•            Support ACF contribution to the relevant inter-agency advocacy platforms in-country.

•            Gather inputs from technical and operations teams in Lebanon and summarize them in writing through situation report alerts according to the context evolution.

•            Prepare advocacy inputs for reports and proposals to donors and internal stakeholders, as well as public documents related to effective humanitarian access, hunger, conflict, and other identifiable areas of ACF advocacy.

•            Support the communication team with identifying key messages and ensure coherence between advocacy activities and communication products.

•            Support the monitoring of the advocacy strategy implementation and draft activity reports.

Objective 2: Support with internal coordination for advocacy purposes (35%)

•            Draft context update, including a research, report, and inputs from technical teams to be reviewed by Advocacy Coordinator and shared internally.

•            Share potential security and access incidents/info with Advocacy Coordinator.

•            Draft meetings’ minutes and reports, including during internal and external meetings on advocacy.

•            Attend field visits to implement advocacy activities and to ensure community concerns are implemented and integrated into ACF advocacy, and that our efforts are supporting operational teams.

•            Develop a strong relationship with MEAL colleagues in the field to support evidence-based advocacy.

•            Work closely with the Communications Officer to make sure advocacy messages are part of ACF communications efforts across the mission.

Objective 3: Support with external relations’ needs (15%)

•            Support the Advocacy Coordinator in developing advocacy initiatives, such as workshops’, public events’ planning and capacity building activities.

•            Prepare advocacy arguments for stakeholders and key targets when requested.

•            Draft talking points for Advocacy Coordinator and Country Director when internal meetings with key targets and stakeholders occur.

•            Support joint advocacy initiatives with humanitarian partners.

•            Support in any other relevant tasks requested by the Advocacy Coordinator.

•            Represent ACF in inter-agency meetings, alongside the Advocacy Coordinator, contributing to in-country joint initiatives and strategic planning.

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.