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About the Role

The Associate Director, Advocacy Impact will define targeted advocacy strategies that advance IRC's highest-priority objectives and ensure those strategies translate into measurable, at-scale impact for people affected by crisis. This role will lead the development of integrated advocacy strategies that connect country program crisis priorities with Refugee, Asylum, and Integration (RAI) priorities, identifying where the two portfolios can reinforce one another and amplify a single, cohesive IRC voice. This role is for someone energized by breakthrough thinking, pushing IRC's advocacy beyond the expected through bold campaigns, high-impact visits, and sharp written products that command attention.

Responsibilities

Champion IRC’s priority of achieving advocacy impact at scale by ensuring Policy and Advocacy strategies are designed, resourced, and sequenced to deliver influence commensurate with the scale of crises IRC responds to.
Work with team leads to define what impact at scale means for their portfolios, and build the frameworks needed to advocate to key stakeholders, track success, and report on it.
Lead cross-team planning and coordination to maximize IRC’s influence around high-profile global moments, such as the UN General Assembly, ensuring the organization speaks with one voice, sequences asks and products effectively, and converts moment-specific attention into durable advocacy gains.
Identify moments within multilateral processes (board meetings, replenishments, high-level assemblies, negotiations) where targeted advocacy can shift outcomes.
Identify, pilot, and scale new approaches to advocacy engagement, including virtual visits to IRC country programs that bring external decision-makers and influencers closer to IRC’s field operations.
Develop mechanisms to coordinate advocacy in geographies where IRC does not currently have a dedicated advocate on the ground, ensuring these locations remain connected to and represented within IRC’s global advocacy strategy.
Support market directors in power-mapping key stakeholders, identifying creative advocacy strategies, and developing breakthrough ideas that bring IRC's policy products to life.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science or other related field.
Minimum 7-8 years work experience preferred.
Advocacy experience working with an international organization, NGO or Government.
Excellent organizational and time management skills, including juggling competing priorities and tight deadlines and prioritizing tasks appropriately.
Experience designing and implementing strategic planning processes.
Positive, resourceful and flexible attitude with ability to problem solve, work productively both in a team environment or independently as needed, and take initiative in a fast-paced environment.
Strong project management skills, ideally within a cross-organizational team to deliver on projects/strategies.
Strong writing skills, ability to translate policy solutions into actionable advocacy points.
Solid English language writing and editing skills with a focus on details.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop and manage complex relationships.
Ability to engage with senior policy makers.
Familiarity with or proven interest in humanitarian aid sector, foreign policy, and/or refugee issues.
Fluency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and ability to learn online web-based applications.
Commitment to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion at the IRC and in the humanitarian field.

Skills

Advocacy experience, crafting advocacy campaigns, briefs, is a plus
Strong project management skills
Strong writing skills
Solid English language writing and editing skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to engage with senior policy makers
Familiarity with or proven interest in humanitarian aid sector, foreign policy, and/or refugee issues
Fluency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to learn online web-based applications

Location

Hybrid office work environment

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum 7-8 years work experience preferred

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science or other related field

Salary/Compensations

US Pay Rate: $110,000-$114,000/yr
UK Pay Rate: £58,476– £69,440/yr

Benefits

10 paid sick leave
10 U.S. holidays
20-25 generous paid time off based on role and tenure
Medical insurance starting at $163/month
Dental starting at $6.50/month
Vision starting at $5/month
Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, and commuter)
403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match (immediate vesting)
Non-elective employer contribution based on age and years of service (3-year vesting)
Disability and life insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering confidential counseling and support services for employees and their families

About the Company

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.
Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.
The Global Policy and Advocacy team is a dynamic part of the External Relations Department that leverages the power of IRC’s ideas to solve the biggest challenges facing IRC’s clients across the “arc of crisis.”
The Policy and Advocacy team are leaders in understanding crisis, seeking to mitigate it and connecting our analysis to actionable recommendations.
We work to make impacts at scale and drive policy solutions forward from the ground up and top down.
We remain focused on delivering funding for fragile states and communities and creating the conditions on the ground to support the uptake of our solutions.
We are connectors, entrepreneurs, and experts in solutions.
We translate IRC research and program evidence into actionable, policy-relevant recommendations.

Equal Opportunity

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.