Advocacy Officer (M/F)

• Monitor closely, and analyze the political environment and the policies in Bulgaria and in Europe with the follow up of the main political and diplomatic stakeholders' agenda, statements and movements

• Support the definition of the advocacy strategies:

- targeting both local and national levels and involving stakeholders from local, national and international levels)
oin partnership with the team in Bulgaria and HQ referents
- Consolidation of an advocacy action plan in the relevant thematics

• Support Sliven project with implementation and monitoring of their advocacy action plan by the design of target audience, messages, partnerships, methodologies and tolls:

- Mapping and follow-up of actors and representatives
- Identification of key events
- Definition and proofreading of key messages, review of MdM presentation
- Proposition and elaboration of advocacy tools
- Creation and update, dissemination of advocacy documents and tools
- Organization, and/or support in the organization of events by the civil society and/ the community
- Support the teams in collecting adequate and reliable data to be used in advocacy. Train the field teams to collect testimonies

• Participate in meetings and represents MdM at conferences and seminars
• Mobilize, lead and develop networking among stakeholders (NGOs, Governmental actors, press, university, UN, community, media, etc.)
• Lobby during conference and meeting (platforms, institutions, etc.) in the relevant thematics
• Draw up communication notes (press releases, press packs, etc.)
• Contribute to the management and production of content contained in the social channels of the mission
• Sensitize the team about advocacy, support the capacity building of the team and community members on advocacy and involve them in advocacy actions
• Participate to the briefing for the new MdM staff for teaching about the MDM advocacy in Bulgaria

• General higher education (international relations, humanitarian, political sciences)
• 2 years experiences in project management or/and in communication/advocacy role
• Excellent written skills both in Bulgarian and English
• Computer skills:
• Knowledge of windows environment (MS Word, MS Excel)
• Software skills (publishing), Excellent management of social medias/ community management

• You are committed to MdM's values as an organization and motivated by its non-statutory and Not-For Profit model.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Interest in research information particularly within political issues and legal framework
• High sense of Diplomacy and excellent communication
• Easiness for speaking up in public
• Self-assertiveness and leadership skills (bringing people around common goals)
• Flexibility, Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability