Outreach Strategy Consultant

About the role

The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP) seeks an Outreach Strategy Consultant to design and implement a comprehensive outreach strategy that enhances visibility, accessibility, and impact of its work across operational areas.

Key responsibilities

• Assess existing outreach practices and develop an institutional outreach strategy aligned with IIMP’s mandate and priorities.
• Create country‑specific outreach plans that consider political, social, cultural, linguistic, and gender contexts.
• Map stakeholders and design engagement approaches for families of missing persons, victims’ associations, CSOs, women’s and youth groups, and other relevant actors.
• Produce practical tools, templates, and guidance for outreach planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication.
• Deliver training sessions and workshops on outreach, inclusive communication, and stakeholder engagement.
• Establish a basic monitoring framework with indicators to measure reach, participation, and impact.
• Review outreach and communication materials to ensure accessibility, victim‑centredness, gender sensitivity, and consistency with institutional messaging.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Communications, International Relations, Human Rights, Public Policy, Social Sciences or related field (or a first‑level degree plus two years experience).
• Minimum ten years of progressively responsible experience in outreach, stakeholder engagement, communications, advocacy or partnership development.
• Proven experience developing and implementing institutional outreach or communication strategies, preferably in conflict or post‑conflict settings.
• Strong understanding of transitional justice, missing persons, enforced disappearances, and victim‑family rights.
• Fluency in English and Arabic; knowledge of Kurdish or other Syrian‑relevant languages is highly desirable.