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Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.
This position will sit in the Mercy Corps Europe Policy and Advocacy team. This team covers - ZFRA, Peace and Conflict, Food Security, Emergency Responses and Climate.
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (the Alliance) is a multi-sectoral partnership focusing on finding practical ways to support communities in developed and developing countries strengthen their resilience to flood risk. Our vision is that floods have no negative impact on people’s and business’ ability to thrive.
The Alliance consists of humanitarian, NGO, research, and private sector partners who work together to increase public and private investment in evidence-informed community-based flood resilience. The Alliance was originally launched in 2013 with the goal of shifting focus from flood response and recovery to pre-event risk reduction. The Z Zurich Foundation funds this work through to the end of 2024.
The Advisor will work closely with the ZFRA Advocacy Lead and will support coordination and management of the global advocacy work of the Alliance partners, developing and delivering targeted influence strategies to our priority stakeholders, facilitating meetings, coordinating and tracking activities, organising events and production of publications, and representing the Alliance where appropriate on a range of bodies where we feel we can leverage highest impact.
The Advisor will also support coordination of Mercy Corps research and analysis related to flood resilience and will support the production of communication materials, in partnership with technical staff. This requires managing inputs from consultants, technical partners and peer reviewers, and dissemination of new resources to influence ongoing policy/practice discussions and practices in the field.
Essential Responsibilities
ADVOCACY, INFLUENCE AND COORDINATION
COORDINATION, REPRESENTATION AND NETWORKING
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Reports Directly To: ZFRA Advocacy Lead
Works Directly With: ZFRA Regional Advocacy Advisor, ZFRA Programme Manager and Advocacy Advisor.
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Define the specific behavior and attitudes critical to success in the position at time of hire and as it develops over time in paragraph form (soft skills).
The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills – being able to build new relationships with a range of different stakeholders (internal and external). They will be confident in their communication style and have a positive and solutions focused outlook to work e.g. they may spot an opportunity to delivering a new advocacy product and come up with a concept note setting out how and why this is most impactful decision to make. They will be comfortable working across a diverse range of cultures, contexts and timezones.
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They will have excellent organisational and time management skills and a positive and can-do approach.
In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development
Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.
We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.
We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
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