Advocacy and Community Liaison Officer

About this role

Role: Advocacy and Community Liaison Officer with the International Rescue Committee in Borno. The role involves designing and implementing advocacy and community engagement strategies, acting as a link between IRC, communities, government stakeholders, partners and other actors to help ensure community-centred programming. It supports advocacy by generating evidence, mapping stakeholders, engaging with policy makers and gathering community feedback to inform programme priorities and strengthen accountability.

What you would do

• Implement advocacy and community engagement strategies aligned with country priorities.
• Facilitate engagement with government ministries, community leaders, civil society organisations and humanitarian actors.
• Support coordination and communication between IRC field teams and external stakeholders at state and community levels.
• Document humanitarian needs, community concerns and programme impact to inform advocacy messaging.
• Support community consultations, stakeholder meetings and engagement forums; strengthen accountability mechanisms across programme locations.
• Monitor political and humanitarian developments relevant to IRC programming and advocacy priorities; support integration of protection, accountability and community participation across programmes.

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree in political science, international relations, mass communication, development studies, social sciences, public administration, law or related field; Master's degree an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3–5 years' experience in advocacy, community engagement, stakeholder coordination, humanitarian programming or related field.
• Experience working with NGOs, INGOs, government institutions or humanitarian organisations.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with government stakeholders, communities and partners.
• Experience in Northeast or Northwest Nigeria humanitarian context is highly desirable.

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