Director Global Advocacy & External Relations – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Salary: £82,937 per annum

Location: Birmingham

Contract type: Fixed

Hours: Full-time

The Vacancy

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a faith-based humanitarian aid and development organization dedicated to saving and transforming the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Founded in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.

IRW is recruiting for the position of Director of Global Advocacy & External Relations to join its dynamic team based in its Birmingham, UK office. The organisation operates a hybrid working policy.

The purpose of the role is to lead the development and delivery of Islamic Relief’s global advocacy work and to support the advocacy and media work of its member and country offices, working with global media and leading global reputation management. As a member of the Board of Directors, the role will contribute to the leadership of the organisation.

The successful candidate must have the following:

• Master’s degree in a field of social development, communications or equivalent.
• Experience leading advocacy, media and external relations in international non-profit organizations, with a track record of developing and delivering impactful advocacy and media strategies
• Experience in developing relationships and impactful partnerships with international actors, such as multilateral institutions and UN bodies, government donors, international Islamic organizations and global private sector actors.
• In-depth knowledge of international media organisations and effective approaches to media engagement, combined with a proven track record of leading teams to achieve high-profile media coverage.
• Experience in reputation management and crisis communications, including demonstrable experience in dealing with negative media coverage.
• Extensive experience in providing training to senior staff.
• Excellent written communication skills for a wide audience, including the ability to develop concise and coherent public messages to convey complex and technical information in an engaging manner.
• An experienced media interviewer with valuable experience representing organizations in broadcast media interviews.
• Strong management, performance management and people development skills
• Experience in preparing and managing large budgets.
• Understanding Islamic teachings and how they relate to key areas relevant to this role, such as charitable obligations, alleviation of poverty and suffering, climate justice, and empowerment/education for women and girls.
• Fluent or strong working knowledge of a relevant second language, particularly Arabic or French

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If you are talented, reliable, service-oriented, resilient and a highly motivated professional seeking a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values, sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and guardianshipYou can register by completing our online application form.

For more information about the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit:

https://www.islamic-relief.org/work-with-us/what-we-offer/

NB: Interviews are expected to be conducted on a rolling basis until a suitable appointment is made. We may therefore close the advert earlier than the advertised date.

Pre-employment checks:

Every employment with Islamic Relief is subject to the following checks:

• screening approval
• proof of eligibility to live and work in the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references
• This post is classified as Social Media Profile Level One (Senior Ambassador) under IRW’s Personal Social Media Policy. The post holder must disclose his/her social media accounts and represent IRW in an acceptable manner online, in accordance with the policy.

Please note, for roles in the UK we can only accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to process applications that require sponsorship.

Our values ​​and commitment to protecting

IRW is committed to preventing all forms of undesirable behaviour in the workplace, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and is committed to promoting the well-being of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW works. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct. We are committed to ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values ​​are recruited to work for us.

The job holder follows appropriate training and is responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization’s safety policy.

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, including criminal record checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In accordance with this policy, we request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or about incidents that were still under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the applicant confirms that he/she has taken note of these recruitment procedures.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunity employer