Policy and Advocacy Advisor - Human Rights and Civil Society Space
Trócaire, Ireland

About Trócaire

Trócaire is an International NGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create.Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world.Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We work towards five goals:

• Promote Access to Justice;

• Achieve Climate amp; Environmental Justice;

• Ensure Women amp; Girls’ Protection, Voice amp; Influence;

• Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity and

• Mobilise the Public on the island of Ireland to achieve Global Justice.

The Policy amp; Advocacy Team is responsible for delivering a programme of policy influencing focusing on Irish, EU and international institutions in close collaboration with colleagues in overseas programmes. The policy and advocacy advisor on Human Rights and Civil Society Space will contribute to this programme of policy influencing within these areas, with a specific focus on tackling corporate power.

Civil society organisations and human rights defenders are under increasing attack from governments across the world. In addition, the actions of irresponsible businesses are resulting in the displacement of communities, violent evictions, pollution of land, and destruction of livelihoods, with a disproportionate impact on women and indigenous communities. In this role, you will strategically advocate for the rights of communities, land and environmental defenders, protection of civil society space and corporate accountability, with respect to human rights and the environment.

For the candidate with the required experience and passion for the role, Trócaire offers a competitive package of salary and benefits.

The role will report to the Head of Policy and Advocacy. The role is based in Ireland.

Requirements

Develop and implement effective advocacy for bringing about change on specified advocacy priorities.

• In collaboration with other members of the team, develop and implement an advocacy strategy for the priority themes, in line with Trócaire’s best practice approach to advocacy.
• Ensure regular reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the advocacy strategy.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders including the Irish political system, the European Union and other international institutions as appropriate to influence policies and practices.
• Represent Trócaire on key external networks, and at high level meetings and conferences related to the advocacy priorities.
• Clearly articulate Trócaire’s message on the advocacy priorities in the media and in other public and on-line communications and events.
• Ensure compliance with legal responsibilities in relation to lobbying.

Research policy issues on specified focus areas including identifying policy and advocacy priorities.

• Develop and maintain an excellent working knowledge of current and emerging policy trends relevant to your focus area.
• Lead and facilitate the process of identifying advocacy priorities in collaboration with the team, overseas staff and partners.
• Ensure that policy development is rooted in and informed by Trócaire and partners work in country programs, through building and maintaining relationships with staff based overseas.
• Advise and support research initiatives at country and regional level that provide evidence for global policy and advocacy priorities.
• Oversee the commissioning and/or lead research projects on specific policy areas
• Develop high-quality policy position papers, publications and briefing papers on priority policy and advocacy issues.
• Develop joint research and advocacy on corporate accountability and climate justice with other policy team members.

Engage and support Trócaire country programmes in policy and advocacy

• Ensure policy and advocacy is informed by the experience in country programmes and supports the organisational ambition around partnership and localisation.
• Convene or participate in a Global Advocacy Priority Working Group as an integrated way of working with colleagues to develop and deliver the advocacy strategy.
• Link with and support country-based staff with policy and advocacy support for their own planning and implementation of country-based advocacy.
• Identify opportunities for linking countries working on common issues across country classifications (as outlined in the strategic plan) and support the development of advocacy linkages at local/regional and global levels where possible.

Team and broader organisational integration and network collaboration

• Provide ‘rapid response’ poli

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