Advocacy Project Officer - Belgium

at  Handicap International

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights..
Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.
Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview.
For more information about the organisation: www.hi.org

REQUIREMENTS

• University Degree in political science, international relations, economics, law, or a related field with at least 3-5 years of prior project management experience (ideally with ECHO funding).
• Previous experience with multi-stakeholders dialogue, and organizing events (online and face to face) with officials, including States representatives;
• Previous experience with advocacy, ideally in an NGO ;
• Solid experience and knowledge in humanitarian initiatives and the protection of civilians ;
• Organizational skills to plan, implement, and monitor advocacy projects.
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to translate complex political narrative into simple content ;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Strong inter-cultural communication skills
• Analytical and mapping skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and punctual, with an ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously;
• Independently with minimal supervision,
• Proficiency in creating project plans and timelines;
• Capacity to collaborate effectively in a team and with external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and spoken English, a good command of French is desirable
• Very good IT skills - MS Office applications (Excel, Word and Power Point) and very good knowledge of social media

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. You manage project coordination and administration

. You contribute to other tasks on disarmament and protection of civilians:

• Draft, review, and update policy documents related to disarmament and the protection of civilians
• Contribute to development of funding proposals and drafting donor report