Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.
The Program / Department / Team
The Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) team advances policy changes to achieve transformational impact in the countries where we work and for the populations Mercy Corps serves. The U.S. Policy and Advocacy team influences the United States government and select multilateral institutions such as the United Nations and World Bank to adopt and improve relevant policies, practices and decisions affecting vulnerable communities living in fragile, conflict-affected and disaster-impacted countries.
The Position
A senior leader within the agency, the Director for Policy and Advocacy is a public thought leader and policy expert – influencing the policy and practices of the U.S. government’s Congressional and Executive branches and multilateral institutions such as the United Nations and the World Bank. They bring voices, stories, evidence, and analysis from the countries where Mercy Corps works in order to shape policy debates and decisions in Washington and globally.
The Director supports Mercy Corps’ humanitarian response approach in its Pathway to Possibility strategy through strategically shaping and designing Mercy Corps humanitarian policy and advocacy agenda. The Director will help set and lead Mercy Corps’ portfolio on humanitarian policy issues and select priority crises, as appropriate. This includes working with key Mercy Corps stakeholders to set priority humanitarian crises and themes, generating policy recommendations for improved humanitarian response, leading humanitarian advocacy in Washington, DC and supporting Mercy Corps policy colleagues in other policy markets to advocate on the portfolio. In the Washington context, this will include shaping relevant U.S. legislation and engaging key Congressional leaders, as well as working with the U.S. government, particularly with national security, humanitarian, development and peacebuilding experts, to advance key humanitarian priorities and policies. S/he will track and analyze humanitarian policy issues, independently and through working groups with partner agencies to advance joint coalition advocacy and campaign initiatives in U.S. and international fora, including those involving relevant United Nations agencies (e.g. OCHA, WFP, etc).
The role will also collaborate with and support policy advisors as appropriate in other Mercy Corps offices (including in European capitals and in Mercy Corps program countries) to influence the humanitarian policies and response of several key global actors. The Director will also be responsible for raising Mercy Corps’ profile and humanitarian policy positions including through: representation at external events, panels; developing written policy documents for external dissemination; supporting Mercy Corps’ grassroots advocacy efforts; and supporting liaison efforts with Mercy Corps country/regional, technical, and headquarters teams on refining the US Policy and Advocacy Team’s humanitarian work plan and annual priorities .
Essential Responsibilities
STRATEGY AND PLANNING
EXECUTION
INFLUENCE AND REPRESENTATION
Supervisory Responsibility
Manage and direct the team in the Senior Director’s Absence. Manage Policy Advisor focused on humanitarian response, and occasional interns.
Accountability
Reports Directly To: Senior Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Works Directly With: Global Policy and Advocacy Team (including USPA, MCE, and other global positions); Humanitarian Leadership and Response Team; Washington DC office staff; Research and Learning Team; Media Relations Team, Digital Team; Regional and Country Teams; and Technical Support Unit.
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
Success Factors
Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions
This position is based in Washington, DC with the expectation of travel up to 10-15% of the time to field locations that may include insecure or harsh environments. Travel may include short-term deployment to Mercy Corps field locations experiencing acute humanitarian need. Mercy Corps US Policy and Advocacy team members are expected to be based in Washington, DC, with opportunities for periodic remote work, as appropriate. Mercy Corps team members represent the agency both during and outside of work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and Mercy Corps policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Ongoing Learning
In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.
We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.
We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme . We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
As a safeguarding measure, Mercy Corps screens all potential US-Based employees. Any offers of employment or continued employment are dependent on the successful completion of the screens which include, but are not limited to our Background Check and Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme processes.
Mercy Corps has determined that, in an effort to protect the health, safety, and well-being of all Mercy Corps employees working in the United States, all U.S.-based employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, regardless of prior COVID-19 infection status.
This policy will be revised as needed to comply with federal, state, and local requirements, and to respond to changing guidance from public health authorities.
For new employees this requirement goes into effect within 10 business days of employment. Team members that travel are expected to comply with host-country requirements, including vaccinations. Failure to comply may impact your employment. Proof of vaccination or exemption must be provided.
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