Economic Security Policy & Partnerships Advisor

Purpose of the Position The EcoSec Policy & Partnerships Advisor is EcoSec’s first dedicated policy role, shaping the narrative, guidance and external positioning that underpin the Unit’s priorities. The role operationalizes EcoSec’s contribution to Protection and IHL through development of relevant processes, methods and tools for field teams while contributing to EcoSec’s engagement with policy, donor and partnership counterparts internally and externally. Reports to (role) Head of the EcoSec Unit Main Duties & Responsibilities Policy, Narrative and Guidance Leads the development of EcoSec’s policy positions, narrative and guidance, ensuring they reflect and reinforce the Unit’s 2026–2027 and subsequent priorities and are aligned with ICRC’s mandate and Institutional Strategy. In collaboration with the EcoSec Head of Data & Analytics, analyses qualitative and quantitative evidence from EcoSec field programmes and secondary sources to inform policy and support EcoSec and ICRC decision-making. Maintains a high-level understanding of the global policy environment relevant to food and economic security and anticipates emerging trends and debates. Operationalizing EcoSec’s Contribution to Protection and IHL Leads the development of processes, models and guidance that enable field teams to document and analyse the impact of conduct of hostilities on food systems, markets, supply chains and other objects indispensable to survival, adapting Water and Habitat’s existing data collection and analysis frameworks where feasible and supporting field teams directly in applying these methods; this builds EcoSec’s contribution to protection through field analysis, complementary to HQ-led analysis of global trends. Engages extensively with Protection and Legal (JUR) colleagues to align EcoSec’s analytical approaches with institutional priorities and works with Protection’s Open Source Information (OSI) team to strengthen the use of OSI methods in analysing hostilities’ impact on food and economic systems. Relationships Internally, interacts closely with the EcoSec Head and Deputy Head of Unit, the Head of Data & Analytics, EcoSec HQ specialists and Programme Partners, coordinators, regional and field specialists, and works extensively with Protection, Legal (JUR), Policy, External Communication, WatHab, Health and Weapons Contamination and FAS/Prevention colleagues at headquarters and in delegations. Externally, interacts with humanitarian peers, academia, donors, development actors and international financial institutions (e.g. World Bank, African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank), and represents the ICRC in relevant external policy and partnership fora.

Education Required Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in international relations, international law, development studies, agricultural/food economics or other relevant subject; PhD a strong asset. Verbal and written fluency in French and English is required; other languages is a plus. Computer proficiency; familiarity with digital communication and social media, and competency in multimedia communication (podcasts, video and similar) as channels for policy and advocacy content.