**National Vacancy**

**Position:** Policy And Advocacy Senior Officer

**Salary**: Starting from 9,657 ILS

**Contract Duration:** 9 months - extension upon funding

**Location:** West Bank/Ramallah Office

**Responsible to:** Regional Advocacy And Communication Manager

**Closing date:** 22 March 2026

## THE ORGANIZATION

Handicap International (which runs projects under its operating name, Humanity & Inclusion - HI -), is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. Handicap International is a not-for-profit organization with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations.

**OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:**
The Policy and Advocacy Senior Officer in Palestine, works under the responsibility of the Regional Advocacy and Communication Manager, and in close collaboration with the Country Director, the Federal Advocacy and Institutional Relations team (AIR) and the Federal communication team. She/he contributes to the design, implementation and follow-up of HI policies and advocacy strategies related to the Palestinian crisis, on national, regional and international levels.

**Responsibilities/ Missions:**
***Mission 1: STRATEGY AND STEERING***

*Responsibility 1.1:* Analyse the humanitarian environment and define HI positions

- Monitor and analyze the humanitarian context, architecture and actors at play to identify the main positioning and ethical issues to ensure a principled humanitarian action
- Define and produce policy papers laying down HI positions in accordance with HI ethical guidelines and principles of intervention, liaising with relevant stakeholders at programme level (PD/AM) and HQ levels (HI Institute and AIR)
- Undertake research and provide recommendations based on ethical guidelines
- Contribute to the risk-analysis for the adaptation of the advocacy strategies

*Responsibility 1.2:* Develop and update advocacy strategies and action plans

- Work with the AIR team on developing and updating the joint advocacy strategy related to \[CRISIS\] and ensure it is consistent across national, regional and international levels
- Lead the design and implementation of coordinated advocacy action plans at regional and national levels, and ensure they are properly implemented, in compliance with HI advocacy quality standards and procedures
- Identify key issues emerging from HI operations that would require advocacy for policy changes
- Carry out and constantly update a stakeholder mapping and power analysis to identify key advocacy targets and allies

***Mission 2: OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION.***

*Responsibility 2.1:* Ensure that advocacy is based on reliable and up-to-date evidence and data

- Regularly liaise with key operational staff and external stakeholders to gather timely information and data to feed into federal and country based advocacy strategies
- Ensure that the programme produces reliable and consistent data for advocacy purposes and that it is shared with the AIR team
- Lead or contribute to the preparation of advocacy tools (reports, briefing papers, talking points, medias/social media tools, collection of testimonies), in collaboration with the AIR team and HI federal Communication team

*Responsibility 2.2:* Organize the effective influence and outreach of HI vis-à-vis key decision-makers and networks

- Engage in relevant fora, networks and coalitions or with key partners at national and regional levels to feed the analyses and promote HI positions; identify opportunities for, and collaborate with the AIR team on collective advocacy initiatives
- Maintain contacts with key decision makers at national and regional levels through regular meetings and exchanges
- Take part in events and conferences and ad hoc meetings with decision makers at global level in coordination with the AIR team
- When appropriate, liaise with the medias on advocacy related issues with the support of the federal Communication, and AIR teams

*Responsibility 2.3:* Ensure HI internal communication and ownership

- Disseminate advocacy- and policy- related information within the HI network through appropriate channels, including by feeding HI internal communication tools and platforms
- Contribute to internal advocacy related working structures, and other relevant internal meetings to provide updated information and discuss advocacy developments; liaise as necessary with AIR, Federal Communication, HI Institute, or National Associations
- Inform and provide support to key operational staff and local/national partners on HI advocacy activities
- Assess needs and provide trainings accordingly on principled humanitarian action and HI ethical guidelines to staff as well as local/national partners when appropriate

*Responsibility 2.4: Contribute to fundraising efforts*

- Identify funding opportunities for advocacy and positioning activities and staff, including through incorporating advocacy activities into field projects and new project proposals

*Responsibility 2.5: Contribute to support or to implement the programme’s emergency preparedness actions, and, in case of emergency, adapt her/his way of working in order to contribute to an efficient humanitarian response from HI.*

**Mission 3: STANDARDS and EXPERTISE**

- Contribute to raising the quality and internal ownership of HI advocacy work
- Comply with and promote HI quality standards and internal procedures relating to advocacy
- Report to line manager and the AIR Humanitarian Advocacy Manager any issues of compliance
- Contribute to the design and delivery of presentations and training tools on advocacy
- Provide advocacy-related inputs into internal processes as requested

**Mission 4: COMMUNICATION**

- Contribute to the communications strategy by leading relevant content, coordinating campaigns, and disseminating information to target audiences. Adapt strategies for emergency preparedness and response.

**Job Requirements:**

- Degree in International Law (IHL, IHRL, Human Rights, Refugee Law etc.), International relations, political science or equivalent degree or with significant experience
- Experience: 5 years including 3 in emergency settings (field experience)
- Experience in context analyses, policy development in relation to principled humanitarian action
- Experience in advocacy work
- Experience in networking and in active participation to conference/forum, including at high levels

**PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:**

HI workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct. In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

**DISABILITY INCLUSION:**
The candidate or his/her representative must let the HR representative know that s/he needs an adjustment or change at the test and the interview for a reason related to a medical condition by sending a request for accommodation at the email: [recruitment@palestine.hi.org](https://reliefweb.int/../../recruitment@palestine.hi.org).

By applying to this position, you grant HI’s recruitment team your consent to perform a reference check on you with respect to the misconduct disclosure scheme.

**The initial contract will be for a period of up to 9 months, with the possibility of extension depending on the funds and the performance.**

Handicap International is an equal-opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities.