[LONDON] Head of Policy and Advocacy / EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON REFUGEES & EXILES London

Deadline: 2 February 2005

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON REFUGEES & EXILES
HEAD OF POLICY & ADVOCACY  (Fixed Term Contract)
Salary £32,226 pa incl. London Weighting + up to 28 days’ annual leave + 10%
pension contribution
Based in ECRE’s London Secretariat

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is a dynamic network of
78 refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations in 30 European countries
working to promote the right to asylum for refugees.  ECRE campaigns on
behalf of its membership for humane and fair asylum policies and contributes
to the development of comprehensive responses to global refugee problems.

ECRE seeks a Head of Policy & Advocacy to provide strategic leadership of
our policy, legal, advocacy and media activities to influence the European
asylum debate.  As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will also
play a key role in overseeing the overall strategic and corporate management
of ECRE as the organisation embarks on a review of its structures.

You will take responsibility for ensuring the effective planning,
co-ordination and implementation of activities in the Policy & Advocacy
department and linking of activities across the organisation.  You will
ensure the quality and strategic merit of the department’s activities and
publications and represent us at the highest level of the policy community.
You will undertake management of departmental budgets and ensure necessary
fundraising initiatives are taken to achieve the objectives of the
department.

You will have experience of successfully performing in the key functions of
policy and/or advocacy and good overall knowledge and understanding of
principles in the areas of advocacy, researching and developing policy,
legal and media work.  Your experience and knowledge will have been gained
in a refugee-related context. An understanding of the key role of member
organisations in a network is essential and more broadly of the various
requirements of effective advocacy at a national and European level.

An excellent communicator with fluent written and spoken English, you will
have well developed organisational, representational and financial/strategic
planning skills. You will have the ability to lead and plan the work of
others to achieve agreed objectives with a supportive approach to
problem-solving.   Strong inter-personal skills in directing, managing and
developing a small team of specialist professional staff are essential along
with the ability to work co-operatively with others in the organisation.

A working knowledge of another European language is desirable.  The post is
based in London but the individual will be required to travel to other areas
of Europe.

The level of responsibility makes the position ideal for someone looking to
broaden their skills and help shape and take forward the organisation’s
agenda.   The post is offered on a fixed-term contract until 31 December
2005 after which, following a planned organisational review, it will be
re-advertised. The post would be suitable for a secondment.

Closing date: Wednesday 2 February 2005.  Interview dates: TBC.  Please note
we do not accept CVs.  Application packs available from 5 January 2005 at
www.ecre.org/involved/ or tel: +44 (0)20 7377 7556 ext 204. To discuss this
role, please contact Peer Baneke, General Secretary on +44 (0)20 7377 7556
ext. 205 or +44 (0)7808 295613.

ECRE is committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and encourages
applications from refugees.

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