Advocacy and Communication Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Advocacy and Communication Officer

Location: Abuja
Reporting to: Head of Department – Advocacy and Communications
Proposed start date: 1 December 2025

Key Responsibilities
Mission 1:  Develop an advocacy and communication implementation plan, tools and materials to increase awareness of Action Against Hunger programming to stakeholders:

• Liaise closely with the field advocacy team to develop and support the integration of new communication approaches, tools, and techniques into Action Against Hunger programming;
• Organize and coordinate the celebration of international/national advocacy days and campaigns, and use such forums for allowed advocacy themes (e.g. World Humanitarian Day, World Breastfeeding Day, International Women Day, Global Handwashing Day, etc);
• Support Action Against Hunger advocacy efforts by developing advocacy messages, materials, tools as well as multimedia content – photography and videography skills needed;
• Undertake field visits to monitor the impact of the communication materials, messaging, use of tools, identifying communication gaps and opportunities for a wider spread and reach critical masses with appropriate information;
• Assist the advocacy and communications team with the coordination of field advocacy events, meetings, and where possible representations;
• Update mainstream and social media platforms to communicate program activities to a wider audience;
• Support coordination with and work with mapped out media and communication organizations in implementing programs’ advocacy activities;
• Monitoring and supervision of media as part of advocacy-related collaborative activities and plans in Nigeria by ensuring that these are in line with Action Against Hunger country strategy;
• Liaise with the project team for advocacy and communications needs and raise procurement requests for the production of IEC materials and other visibility materials.

Mission 2:  Collect evidence-based information and testimonies that Action Against Hunger can use to inform programming and advocacy:

• Contribute to the state and national level advocacy agenda by collecting and providing evidence that advantages project outcomes ;
• Collect and document beneficiary stories and testimonies that can be used for advocacy at a national and international level ;
• Promote cross-thematic learning through facilitating engagements, and knowledge sharing workshops on advocacy and communications ;
• Perform additional activities as requested by the Head of Department Advocacy and Communications ;
• Lead in content gathering for mission newsletter.

Mission 3:  Maintain and organize communication data and materials:

• Proactively cultivate relationships with key media contacts and compile and maintain contacts and a general database of stakeholders;
• Manage Action Against Hunger image and video library for communication, reporting, and other needs;
• Liaise with media outlets to package information and ensure external visibility with appropriate information and message targeting, while working with HoD Advocacy and Communications and a wider audience, contribute to the preparation of talking points, media briefs, and press releases;
• Support in maintaining a good relationship with Government and non-Government partners working on the Project through effective representations and delegated responsibilities.

Mission 4:  Document and share good practices from planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of program activities at the local community, state, and national levels

• Organize learning, knowledge sharing, and training for program and field teams on innovating and new digital and advocacy technologies.
• Support the timely dissemination of program information internally and externally.
• Work with the Knowledge Management Officer and field program team to ensure success/impact stories are valid and qualitative.
• Work with field program teams in Action Against Hunger field bases to plan and execute proper closeout activities.
• Manage stakeholders’ relationships relevant to advocacy and communications by projecting Action Against Hunger brand values and virtues.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Media, Development Communication, or related fields of ACF thematic implementation (Health, FSL, WASH, etc)
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in communications, advocacy, or media work in humanitarian/development contexts.
• Proven ability to design and lead media campaigns and communication strategies.
• Experience in training or capacity building is a plus.
• Strong writing, visual content creation, and presentation skills.
• Proficient in photography, videography, graphic design, and editing tools (Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Canva, CapCut).
• Fluent in English; Hausa is an advantage.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Creative, diplomatic, and culturally sensitive.
• Able to build partnerships with media, government, and development actors.
• Willing to travel regularly to remote areas.

Application Closing Date
2nd November, 2025 at 05:00 pm (Nigerian Time).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online