Senior Advocate for Displaced Women and Girls' Rights

excerpts from the official posting

This position is based out of Refugees International’s office in Washington DC.. We have a flexible, hybrid work environment, with an expectation of 3 days in the office per week. We strongly encourage individuals with lived experience of displacement to apply.

Main responsibilities

• Devise and execute advocacy and campaign strategies to promote policy recommendations, including partner and civil society mobilization to bring pressure to bear on…
• Implement a plan of action to advocate for displaced women and girls and communicate their needs across RI's areas of engagement;
• Advise senior officials from the U.S. government, the United Nations, and donor communities on the protection and humanitarian needs of displaced women and girls;
• Advance the advocacy agenda through established media contacts and interviews, including writing articles for publication in newspapers, journals, and other outlets;

Profile

• A minimum of seven to ten years of highly relevant experience on the rights of displaced women and girls, including overseas work, preferably with refugees, internally…
• Experience working for U.S.-based NGOs and/or direct experience with U.S. advocacy and U.S. policy highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda required; experience implementing or advocating on WPS commitments is highly desirable.