Summer Policy & Advocacy Fellow – Humanitarian Aid

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Requisition ID: req25638
Job Title: Summer Policy & Advocacy Fellow – Humanitarian Aid
Sector: Advocacy & Government Affairs
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Part-Time
Open to Expatriates: No

Location:
New York, NY HQ USA; Remote USA

Job Description

Background:

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees who have fled war or disaster. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through 25 offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees and other immigrants resettle in the U.S. and become self-sufficient. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve.

The Policy & Advocacy Department (P&A) is a dynamic team whose core purpose is to drive fundamental change in the humanitarian sector, and to defend and promote core humanitarian policies, protections and assistance. The team carries out, coordinates, and provides guidance on a wide variety of domestic and international advocacy initiatives, including expert briefings, public outreach and education, and communication with the media. IRC advocates represent the IRC with legislative and executive branches of the US government, the media, NGO partner agencies and coalitions, the United Nations, and international financial institutions such as the World Bank. Learn more about the IRC’s Policy and Advocacy team here: https://www.rescue.org/policy.

Job Overview: The Policy and Advocacy team seeks a current undergraduate or graduate student for the role of Policy & Advocacy Fellow – Humanitarian Aid. The Fellow will work with the P&A Team’s Humanitarian Aid portfolio, which works on issues including solutions to protracted displacement and refugee inclusion, humanitarian financing data and analysis, and broader sectoral reforms.

Responsibilities: This short-term opportunity as a Humanitarian Aid P&A Fellow is a remote position with expectation of working within Eastern Time hours and reporting to the Officer for Humanitarian Aid P&A. Work activities may include the following:

  • Conduct research on humanitarian aid effectiveness and reform and new policy developments and provide written analysis to staff.
  • Produce a weekly tracker of press articles, reports and upcoming meetings, events, hearings and UN meetings related to humanitarian aid.
  • Attend meetings and events with and on behalf of senior staff, including NGO coalition meetings and congressional hearings, take detailed notes and report back.
  • Draft, edit, and format policy and advocacy materials such as talking points for meetings, briefs and reports for distribution to key stakeholders.
  • Other duties and tasks as assigned related to research, writing, analysis, and advocacy.

Job Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.
  • Available to work a minimum of 20 hours per week, for a minimum of 14 weeks between May and August.
  • Solid writing, editing, and research skills with a focus on detail.
  • Interest in and familiarity with humanitarian aid and refugee issues.
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced work environment.
  • Solid computer skills: able to work effectively and accurately with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, email, and internet applications.
  • Flexible work attitude: able to work productively in a team environment as well as under minimal supervision, taking the initiative to ask questions as needed.
  • Demonstrated commitment to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the humanitarian field.
  • Lived experience with communities or regions facing conflict or crisis-driven displacement, resettlement, asylum, immigration or migration

Learning Outcomes: Over the course of the summer, the Fellow will:

  • Will gain experience in policy writing with an advocacy focus.
  • Will learn about complex system of factors affecting policy at international and national levels.
  • Will have an opportunity to observe and interact with different NGO partners and IRC staff involved in advocacy and policy decisions.
  • Will network within the NGO community.
  • Will learn about process of coordinating advocacy across an international NGO.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Officer, Humanitarian Aid Policy & Advocacy
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

  • Internal: Colleagues across Global and Europe Policy & Advocacy teams, and IRC Technical Units

Standards of Professional Conduct

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Equality, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Apply here!

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