Regional Director of Communications and Advocacy – Cyprus 10 views

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Regional Director of Communications and Advocacy, you will be responsible for the strategic direction and successful implementation of communications, advocacy and external engagement work across the Middle East and Eastern European region (MEER) ensuring agile, high quality, high impact, solutions-driven and brand-aligned outcomes.

You will lead WV MEER efforts to influence, raise awareness and understanding among key stakeholders of the needs of vulnerable children, families and communities across the region, leveraging the societal, political and environmental challenges which impact the wellbeing of children, and of World Vision’s development and humanitarian interventions, demonstrating evidence of impact of work implemented across the region.

You will contribute to enhancing World Vision’s organisational capacity to effectively position the organisation as a leading relief, development and advocacy agency in the region, and will work closely with senior leadership to coordinate and lead World Vision’s external engagement on regional issues. The role will lead efforts to strengthen World Vision’s brand, reputation, and influence, building trust with audiences for greater organisational impact and income. You will also lead rapid, real-time Communications & Advocacy response for emergency/crisis situations in the region.

You will further support Field Offices in successful delivery of their respective advocacy and policy goals. This involves providing strategic input, support and direction to National Offices to fulfil their strategies, including communicating their evidence base, ensuring effective local and national level advocacy, hearing and communicating the voices of children and that the campaign is integrated across all sectors and functional areas at the national level.

Requirements include:

• University degree in Communications, Marketing, International Affairs, Policy & Advocacy, Political Science, or any other relevant field. Masters degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years professional experience in global communications, media, or public affairs.
• At least 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience responding to complex humanitarian crises and/or post-conflict situations, with a track record of delivering change through highly impactful policy, advocacy, and communications strategies.
• In-depth understanding of key aspects of child right, advocacy and campaigns, demonstrable understanding of the essentials of transformational development and humanitarian programming across a variety of contexts
• A keen understanding of political complexities in the MENA and Europe regions is required; previous experience working in the Middle East is preferred.
• Experience in high level government, IO & UN representation.
• Fluent English is essential; knowledge of one or more regional languages is an asset.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.