About the Role
The senior advisor to Humanitarian Communications and Engagement fills an essential function in the External Engagement and Resource Development (EERD) Team for Impact Communications. This role is critical to representing WV in the humanitarian space with UN agencies and donors in order to maximize impact, influence, and income for humanitarian response.
Reporting to the Director of Impact Communications, with a dotted line management to the Senior Director, Disaster Management External Engagement and Resource Development, this Sr. Advisor will be responsible for strategic engagement and further partnerships with external humanitarian actors and partners, especially UN agencies, as well support priority global events and processes. He/she will develop time-bound, intensive and targeted influencing strategies to position WV in the humanitarian space as a thought leader, as a partner of choice, and a reliable collaborator in the humanitarian space. He/She will engage closely with technical and operational teams to advance external engagement and resource development priorities and be expected to support the mobilization of resources as a critical member of the EERD and Global Impact teams.