Advocacy Mobile Implementation Advisor

• MSF experience required : Previous MSF experience mandatory

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 70 countries to communities in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and irrespective of origin, religion, creed or political affiliation.

CONTEXT

In the current landscape of growing humanitarian needs, compounded political, environmental, and economic crises, and shrinking humanitarian space, MSF teams play a key role in maintaining MSF’s relevance and impact and in positively influencing the overall response to communities’ medical and humanitarian needs by authorities and humanitarian actors.

While MSF country programmes have capacity for leverage this potential is often underused due to insufficient analysis and a lack of well-resourced advocacy strategies with clear follow-up mechanisms.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

This position is jointly managed by the Operations Department and the Analysis Department, and its main purpose is to provide targeted, time-bound support to country programmes. This includes analysing humanitarian contexts, defining positioning and advocacy objectives, developing data collection frameworks for advocacy, and contributing to the development of advocacy strategies and products. More specifically, the Advocacy Mobile Implementation Advisor can provide:

1. Direct support to Operations

• Support humanitarian analysis, including actor mapping and stakeholders power analysis
• Support the definition or revision of advocacy objectives and priorities, providing input for new or existing advocacy plans, engagement and influencing strategies
• Collect and analyse data and develop advocacy products, such as talking points, briefing notes, reports, and public communication initiatives in collaboration with the Communication Department
• Contribute to external engagement activities at the request of Operations
• Support emergency advocacy during acute or evolving crises by disseminating timely advocacy materials and by providing rapid analysis
• Organise or support learning activities at project level for increased awareness and capacity for humanitarian analysis and advocacy
• Support the recruitment and onboarding of new humanitarian affairs staff, provide guidance and support to existing staff, in complementarity with the Humanitarian Learning and Development Coordinator

2. Support for the development of knowledge products and learning solutions

• Contribute to the formalization and dissemination of good practices and the development of new humanitarian affairs tools
• Contribute to the review of advocacy approaches and practices
• Support the development of advocacy methodologies informed by anti-racism, diversity, equality, and inclusion principles
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the learning solutions offered by the Analysis department

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Experience

Political, Social Sciences or Public Health degree at postgraduate level

Minimum 2 years of international MSF experience in humanitarian affairs and advocacy in different contexts

Experience in other NGOs is an asset

Experience in mentoring and/or coaching is a strong asset

Strong analytical skills

Excellent writing skills

Ability to use data responsibly, safely, and ethically

Strong mentoring and coaching skills

Strong communication and teamwork skills

Flexibility and adaptability to working in diverse settings and with diverse priorities

Strong understanding and ability to promote humanitarian principles

Languages

Proficiency in English and French, both written and spoken, is mandatory

CONDITIONS

Expected starting date: January 2027

Location*: Brussels (Belgium)

Due to administrative constraints, given the duration of the contract, candidates may need to already have the permanent right and/or a valid work permit to work in the mentioned locations.

Other location/s where there is an MSF entity could be discussed in exceptional cases. The outcome will depend on the candidate's residency, the local legal restrictions (residency, work permit, etc.), and the agreement with the host MSF entity of the location.

Type of contract: Fixed-term contract – Full-time

Duration of contract: 1 year (possibility of extension)

Mobility: up to 70% of the time in MSF projects worldwide

Salary according to MSF mobile staff salary grid

High mobility allowance

The contractual terms, conditions and salary will be established according to the official residence of the selected candidate