Position: Advocacy and Media Manager
Job Location: Damascus Head Office
Reporting to: Country Director (Administratively) + Media Manager in HQ (Technically)
Working area: Syria
Number of positions open: 1
Last date for application: April 30th 2025
Key relationships:
Senior Manager Programs, IMU team, Headquarters Advocacy and Communications Manager, Advocacy Manager from other SAMS country programs.
Purpose of Assignment:
The Advocacy and Media Manager is responsible for working with advocacy and communications staff in other SAMS offices and headquarters to influence policies to improve access and humanitarian services, and protection of civilians, and humanitarian workers, and raise SAMS’ profile. The advocacy manager should be able to work on both strategic and daily operations.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- Work with the Country Director, Senior Management Team, leadership of the organization, and advocacy staff from SAMS’ other country programs and headquarters advocacy, media, and communications teams to identify key policy areas SAMS wants to influence, such as services, funding, and administrative policies/issues affecting SAMS staff and operations in Syria.
- Work with the Country Director and headquarters advocacy and communications staff to develop SAMS advocacy strategies, policies, tactics, and tools. This includes designing advocacy campaigns that align with the organization’s objectives and overseeing their implementation.
- Map and analyze donors and partners’ existing and planned assessments related to the humanitarian situation in Syria.
- Engage with humanitarian coordination platforms relevant to Syria, including UN-led mechanisms, NGO consortia, and sectoral working groups.
- Work closely and communicate daily with medical teams in Syria.
- Monitor data collection from the IMU, organizations working on human rights and humanitarian response, and updates from other partners regarding humanitarian needs in Syria.
- Liaise with local, regional, and international media and represent SAMS in media engagements when required.
- Represent the organization in humanitarian coordination platforms, including civil society alliances, donor meetings, UN coordination meetings, advocacy working groups, and other relevant forums focused on Syria.
- Develop talking points, presentations, and briefings for senior leadership when they represent the organization in advocacy and policy-related platforms.
- Facilitate advocacy events and trips, including conferences and visits to the EU, USA, and other countries, to amplify Syria-focused humanitarian and advocacy efforts.
- Work with HQ to provide leadership with real-time updates from the ground to shape SAMS’ messaging and advocacy approaches.
- Liaise with human rights and investigative bodies monitoring violations against humanitarian workers in Syria.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with key policymakers, donors, and other stakeholders involved in Syria’s humanitarian response.
- Supervise liaison efforts with Syrian governmental, local, and non-governmental entities, as relevant.
- Manage the media and communication team to ensure proper media coverage for SAMS activities, this includes photos, videos, and other social media products.
- Oversee the budget for advocacy activities related to Syria.
Office Culture
- Promote and model a positive, professional, and respectful office culture.
THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS
Mandatory Qualifications required
- Bachelor’s degree in (Journalism, Political science, Communication, International Relations) or any related field
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Advocacy Management in NGO Sector
Languages
- Fluent written and spoken in Arabic
- Fluent written and spoken English
Competencies:
- Advocacy Management skills
- Representation Capacities
- Networking Abilities
- Coordination
- Content Creation and Dissemination Technical Knowledge
- Media and Technical Design Skills
- communication skills
- Gmail
How to Apply:
CONTRACT CONDITIONS
The salary will be defined according to the SAMS salary scale.
Interested candidates may please send their resume and fill the application in the following link:
