Policy and Communications Advisor (Education)

Location: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom or Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be located in and have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom or Germany. Travel may be required.

Salary: London/UK GBP 52,210–61,999 annually; Germany EUR 68,000–72,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is an international humanitarian non-governmental organization supporting people affected by conflict and disaster in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities.

What you will do

• Support implementation of the education influence strategy, identifying policy opportunities, tactics, audiences, and partnerships that can increase impact in early childhood development and education in conflict and crisis contexts.
• Support country offices in understanding, delivering, and advocating for the IRC education strategy.
• Coordinate policy meetings, consultations, events, and follow-up activities with senior education leadership and external stakeholders.
• Draft talking points, presentations, think pieces, policy documents, newsletters, and other content for internal and external audiences.
• Act as the Education Technical Unit liaison with Communications, External Relations, International Philanthropy, Partnerships, Fundraising, and Awards Management teams.
• Fact-check and review press releases, op-eds, reports, donor materials, digital content, and education web content for technical accuracy and appropriate tone.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of relevant experience, including field and programmatic experience in a donor, NGO, or comparable international agency.
• Experience and familiarity with donors, peer agencies, and national contexts, preferably in education, humanitarian, transitional, or post-crisis settings.
• Experience and expertise raising funds from bilateral, multilateral, and private donors.
• Experience producing press-facing, digital/social, donor, policy, and advocacy materials for diverse audiences.
• Strong policy and advocacy skills and expertise in development or humanitarian settings.
• Strategic planning, policy development, execution, and private and statutory business development/fundraising skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to translate technical and programmatic content into clear, audience-appropriate language across formats and channels.
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, solve problems within established procedures, and work effectively with remote colleagues and supervisors.
• Relevant first degree.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Nice to have

• Expertise in education.
• Experience contributing to or managing social media content in a professional context.
• Proficiency in additional IRC-relevant languages such as Arabic, French, Spanish, or Kiswahili.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work based in London or Berlin.
• Two-year fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension.
• Work within a senior education management team and collaborate with policy, advocacy, communications, external relations, fundraising, and international partnerships colleagues.
• Work focused on restoring safety, dignity, education, and economic wellbeing for people affected by conflict and disaster.
• Professional standards are based on integrity, service, equality, accountability, safeguarding, and protection from retaliation.