Advocacy & Communications Officer - Syria Aleppo or Idleb
Local Work Rights Required
This employer does not provide visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the job location.
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Role Summary
Join GOAL as an Advocacy & Communications Officer in Syria, focusing on impactful storytelling and visibility for humanitarian efforts.
Key Responsibilities
The Advocacy & Communications Officer supports GOAL Syria's advocacy, communications, visibility and external engagement efforts by producing compelling stories, digital content and multimedia products that showcase programme impact while contributing to evidence-based advocacy, donor visibility and organizational positioning.
The role also contributes to GOAL Syria’s internal communications initiatives and supports the Communications and Media Department’s internal and external coordination efforts.
Storytelling & Content Development
Multimedia & Design
Advocacy Support
Communications Coordination
External Engagement
- Develop high-quality written, visual, and audiovisual content packages for GOAL's communications, advocacy, and donor visibility initiatives.
- Identify, develop, and produce compelling human-interest stories, beneficiary profiles, case studies, and success stories that demonstrate the impact of GOAL's programmes.
- Conduct interviews with beneficiaries, community members, staff, partners, and other stakeholders while ensuring dignity, informed consent, and humanitarian communication standards.
- Draft and edit web stories, social media content, press releases, newsletters, speeches, talking points, and other communications products.
- Work closely with programme teams to identify communications opportunities and ensure timely documentation of programme achievements and field activities.
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of communications campaigns and maintain content plans and editorial calendars.
- Capture high-quality photography and mobile videography to support communications, advocacy, donor visibility, and fundraising initiatives.
- Edit photographs and produce short-form videos and multimedia products for digital platforms.
- Design engaging social media graphics, infographics, presentations, and other visual communications materials in line with GOAL's branding guidelines.
- Package written and visual content for publication across GOAL's website, social media channels, newsletters, and other communications platforms.
- Maintain an organized archive of multimedia assets, ensuring appropriate metadata, consent records, and accessibility.
- Support the development and implementation of advocacy campaigns and public engagement initiatives.
- Collect field evidence, beneficiary testimonies, quotes, and case studies that support GOAL's advocacy priorities.
- Contribute to the drafting of advocacy products, briefing notes, key messages, and other external communications materials.
- Monitor humanitarian developments and identify emerging communications and advocacy opportunities.
- Support the preparation of communications materials for policy discussions, donor engagement, and external events.
- Coordinate closely with programme, MEAL, Grants, and technical teams to gather programme information and communications content.
- Liaise with GOAL's Head Office Communications Team to ensure timely review, approval, and publication of communications products.
- Support the implementation of donor visibility and branding requirements across programme activities.
- Coordinate with photographers, videographers, designers, consultants, and other service providers when required.
- Ensure all communications outputs comply with GOAL's editorial, safeguarding, branding, and donor visibility standards.
- Support communications planning and logistics for donor visits, high-level missions, media visits, and external events.
- Prepare communications materials, briefing packs, talking points, and visibility products for external engagements.
- Coordinate communications activities with partners and support the development of joint communications products where appropriate.
- Contribute to strengthening GOAL Syria's external profile through high-quality communications and effective stakeholder engagement.
- Undertake any other communications and advocacy responsibilities as assigned by the line manager.
Minimum Requirements
- Citizen of Syria.
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Media Studies, Public Relations, Visual Communications, Multimedia, Cinema and TV, Graphic Design, or a closely related discipline.
- At least 2-3 years of experience in communications, media, advocacy, journalism, or a similar role.
- Strong experience in drafting and editing written content in English (including human-interest stories, web stories, social media content, and press releases), to be assessed on the basis of links to samples of work listed in the applicant's CV.
- Experience in photography, mobile videography, and audio-visual pre-production, production, and post-production, including developing, scripting, and editing short-form video, to be assessed on the basis of links to samples of work listed in the applicant's CV.
- Proficiency in graphic design and visual communications, including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere Pro) and Canva.
- Content management skills, including knowledge of archiving and multimedia publication formats.
- Advanced oral and written English.
- Work experience in a humanitarian or development agency for at least six months.
- Postgraduate certificate/diploma or master’s degree in a relevant field.
Eligibility Criteria
This position is primarily targeted at local candidates in Syria without visa sponsorship offered.
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