Advocacy & Communication Coordinator 27 views1 applications

Job Title: Advocacy & Communication Coordinator
Function: Advocacy, Communication & Policy
Job Group: Programme
Duty Station: Tawila, Sudan With 40% Field Travel Within Sudan
Duration: 6 Months (Renewable Based on Funding and Performance)
Technical Line Manager: Head of Mission
Line Management Responsibility: Yes, but in the Future

ABOUT US
Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is a dynamic, international non-governmental organisation. We work to reduce violence and protect civilians in countries affected by violent conflict and its aftermath through unarmed civilian protection (UCP) and by helping to transform the world’s response to conflict situations. NP implements programming through the deployment of trained, unarmed, civilian protection teams to the field.

NP has been working in Darfur for several years, with particular focus on North Darfur and is now looking at expanding its operations. Working through Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP), NP centres local communities in preventing violence and promoting positive peace. The NP programming focuses on building capacities within local communities to engage in nonviolent self-protection methods such as protective accompaniment/presence, community-led safety and security initiatives such as conflict de-escalation techniques and early warning/response mechanisms. Secured funding spans several years and offers an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of sustainable, civilian protection.

Job Profile
The Advocacy and Communication Coordinator will support leadership, management and strategic direction to Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP’s) advocacy and communications work in Sudan, leading or coordinating delivery of the advocacy strategy and media plans. The Advocacy and Communication Coordinator will play a central role in defining the advocacy strategy and media plans, although the Country Management Team (CMT), and ultimately HoM, approves these. The role ensures that NP’s operational evidence, protection analysis, and humanitarian positioning effectively influence policy, funding, public discourse, and decision-makers at national, regional, and international levels. The position strengthens NP’s external profile while ensuring principled, risk-informed, and evidence-based advocacy that supports the affected populations in Sudan.

This post directly manages the following positions when they become available:

• Advocacy & Communication Programme Accompaniers/Officers.

Key Responsibilities:
Communications and Media Engagement

• In collaboration with Global Communications Team, develop and implement a Sudan-specific media and communications strategy, including a country media plan with lines to take, ensuring risk analyses inform any public positions and sign-off procedures are followed.
• Execute digital communications strategies and manage social media platforms in line with NP standards and as agreed with the Head of Mission and Global team.
• Source, research, write and share compelling stories, photographs and videos that demonstrate NP Sudan’s impact, including child-focused content for digital channels, marketing, fundraising, and donor engagement.
• Train and advise partners on gathering quality content and ensure all materials meet NP child protection, informed consent and data protection standards.
• In collaboration with the Global Communications Team, regularly pitch stories, photos and other resource ideas.
• Train and collaborate with NP Sudan programme and field staff to collect content suitable for local media, international outlets and blogs in line with donor requirements.
• In collaboration with the Global Communications Team, support staff capacity development on communications, branding and donor accountability through systematic training in compliance with NP policies including social media standards.

Policy and Advocacy

• In collaboration with NP Sudan, HQ, Global and Regional teams, develop and implement a Sudan-specific advocacy and policy strategy aligned to the overall country strategy, ensuring coherence between advocacy and programmatic priorities.
• Produce high-quality, evidence-based policy analysis, briefing papers and position statements on key humanitarian, displacement, conflict and protection trends.
• Identify and coordinate NP Sudan’s advocacy response to prioritised issues at country and international levels.
• Represent NP in key fora and to relevant stakeholders, including in relevant Sudan specific advocacy and policy spaces.
• Strengthen strategic advocacy networks and identify opportunities for joint advocacy.
• Lead or contribute to relevant in-country advocacy objectives within the humanitarian community in Sudan.
• Liaise with NP Country, Regional and Global Representation Offices to coordinate messaging and maximise impact.
• Serve as a focal point between NP Sudan and the Global Policy and Advocacy and Global Communications teams, ensuring consistent and open information-sharing.

Specific responsibilities:

1. Strategically and ethically raise issues and voices of displaced people in Sudan to the attention of decision-makers, duty-bearers, and the public, through both traditional and innovative means.
2. Increase accountability of NP Sudan through providing regular and consistent information publicly, about the situations we are responding to and the state of our response (or contributions to coordinated responses).
3. Contribute to solving Country Office and Field Offices problem, protection, and programme analyses and ‘systems thinking’ with a policy lens and a public interest lens, and subsequently promote that relevant policy, advocacy, and communications elements are integrated when designing responses and strategies.
4. Coordinate and monitor implementation and impact of NP Sudan advocacy and media plans and strategies.
5. Prepare high quality briefings, reports, press statements, letters, and other communications materials (including visual, digital, and social media) for internal coordination and external use.
6. Gather and analyse primary data, evidence, testimony, and visual stock, from displacement- and conflict-affected people, either directly or indirectly through NP staff or outsourced means (e.g. to a research firm, photographer), in a manner aligned with NP’s standards of informed consent and data protection.
7. Focus capacity development and transfer of responsibilities to Sudanese advocates, spokespeople, and social media champions.
8. Liaise with Global Advocacy and Communication team on response local events, NP’s work and key humanitarian issues.
9. Perform other tasks as requested by the Head of Mission and Head of Programmes.
10. If requested/delegated by the HoM:
    1. Support coordination fora on specific advocacy plans, objectives, or products, e.g. for the Protection cluster, NGO Forum, Durable Solutions Working Group etc.
    2. Support as an on-record, public spokesperson on agreed talking points.
    3. Support with off-record information provision to trusted persons working in the best interests of displacement- and conflict-affected people.
    4. Support facilitation and/or accompaniment of external media personnel visits.
    5. Support resource mobilisation efforts, brand recognition, and project visibility requirements requiring media/social media outreach.
    6. Support the crisis management team, if formed, with crisis communications capacity.
    7. Support the Country management and area management teams, with communications input into humanitarian access negotiation and civil-military coordination preparations and debriefing.

What You Will Bring:
Education and Experience

• Degree in journalism, Business Administrative, Mass Communication, Development Communication, Social Sciences or a related field.
• Minimum four years of relevant experience in humanitarian, international media or advocacy contexts.
• Proven experience producing high-level advocacy products, policy analysis and sensitive external communications.
• Multimedia skills including video production, photo management and graphic design.
• Experience working in complex and insecure environments, preferably in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia or the Horn of Africa.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of humanitarian coordination architecture, donor environments, and international legal and policy frameworks relating to displacement, protection, peace and conflict.
• Fluency in spoken and written Arabic and English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Professional and Google Products.

Personal Competencies

• Excellent analytical, creative and critical thinking skills with the ability to work across teams and with staff and stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a proactive, resourceful approach to managing competing priorities.
• Aptitude to think creatively and boldly, including when engaging potentially hostile advocacy targets.
• Flexibility, initiative and willingness to assume responsibilities across communications areas as needs evolve.
• Willingness to participate in capacity building initiatives and apply learnings on the job.

Desirable Criteria

• INGO experience with outstanding policy, advocacy & communication experience and support the area management teams, with communications input into humanitarian access negotiation and civil-military coordination preparations and debriefing.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. NP will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported.

NP recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. NP is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with NP will be expected to adhere to NP’s Safeguarding policy and sign NP’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

SPECIAL NOTICE

Nonviolent Peaceforce is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

Nonviolent Peaceforce acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of employees, contractors, volunteers, interns, communities we work with, and other stakeholders and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities and government guidance and complies with best practices in the Humanitarian and Development sector. NP expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We prioritise ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. NP also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

NO FEE

We never ask for payment as part of our selection process, and we always contact candidates via our corporate accounts and platforms. If you are approached for payment, this is likely to be fraudulent. Please check whether the role you are interested in is posted here on our website.

How to apply

Application Process

• Candidates meeting the above requirements are requested to submit a CV (max. 2 pages) and cover letter (max. 1 page), through our website detailing their experience and how they qualify for the role. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• The closing date for applications is Friday, 26 June 2026.
• Candidates may be selected before the closing date; apply early
• As part of the recruitment process, shortlisted candidates may be asked to complete a technical assignment before participating in an interview.