(Offre en anglais) Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Office recrute un Rapid Response Campaigner Retour vers les opportunités

The role is to be based in one of our Middle East and North Africa regional offices: Beirut, Tunis or East Jerusalem. Location is dependent on securing the appropriate work visas/permits. Salary is dependent on location.

Please note this role is titled Rapid Response Campaigner for advertising purposes only.

The job title for the successful candidate in this role will be MENA Crisis and Tactical Campaigner. 

JOB PURPOSE:

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE:

AIIS PURPOSE:

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the development of campaign strategies, ensuring campaigns identify and take advantage of political opportunities and lead to measurable change.
• Advise on, coordinate and review the contribution to relevant tactical campaigns by regional and other programmes to contribute to the development of AI’s campaign strategy worldwide.
• Coordinate action planning and ensure consistency with campaigning standards and optimal use of resources.
• Assess opportunities for action, identifying creative and effective campaigning tactics applicable in both the global North and South to ensure effective participation.
• Provide advice to sections and structures and external partners in the global North and South on the development and implementation of campaign strategies; review campaign projects developed by sections and structures to ensure consistency.
• Responsible for ensuring there is effective communication between relevant IS teams, sections and structures and partners about projects and actions with the aim of developing and maintaining a shared understanding and plan for the campaign and related actions.
• Draft, review and advise on campaign materials for internal and external use, ensuring products are coherent within the campaign strategy, communicate campaign messages to target audiences effectively and lead to measurable action by these targets
• Communicate AI’s concerns, positions and messages to external and internal audiences, including by representing AI in governmental, inter-governmental and various public forums, as well as with the media, civil society organizations, political, economic and other actors to promote key messages.
• Contribute to planning, execution and evaluation stages of campaign projects; develop and share campaigning best practice learned from campaign projects across the IS and wider AI movement to ensure learning is developed and shared widely.
• Monitor and analyze political, human rights and civil society developments internationally to make recommendations for campaign development, actions and ongoing work in pursuit of campaign objectives
• Prepare information about planned activities for scheduling and resource management purposes; identify necessary adjustments in the planning and implementation of projects and workplans; prepare and monitor project budgets and reports.
• Contribute to the development of Cluster strategies and plans for campaigning and activism and provide input into internal discussions on AI mission, policy, and organizational issues in order to increase the effectiveness of AI’s work.
• Perform all necessary administrative tasks to ensure effective self-servicing, participate in the recruitment and induction of new staff and consultants and perform other corporate tasks as appropriate.

WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THIS JOB?

• AI’s tactical campaigns have clear strategies and take advantage of political and other strategic opportunities
• Key stakeholders are able to contribute to plans and implementing stakeholders in the IS and sections and structures understand their roles within the international strategy
• Tactical campaigns have wide take-up across the AI movement
• Tactical campaigns are implemented to deadline and on budget
• AI’s tactical campaigns employ a wide-range of tools and tactics that motivate and engage

HOW YOU WORK – COMPETENCIES:

[Information to complete this section can be drawn from the “AIIS Behaviours – managers’ guide”, which is available on ISIS managers’ community page. Competencies focus on how we work rather than what our job is designed to do. They articulate the behaviours that are expected from a group of professionals who are working effectively together. Describe here the competencies that will be needed for the job holder to be effective and successful in this post]

• Competency: Level: (A, B or C)
• Delivering Results: B
• Working with others: C
• Developing oneself and others: B
• Contributing to a Dynamic and Effective International Secretariat: B
• Making decisions: B
• Taking the initiative: B
• Communicating and influencing: C

EQUALITY STATEMENT

Equality and diversity is at the core of our values and staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Public or other activity, affiliation to or support for any group or organization, personal association or other factor which may generate a real or perceived conflict of interest with Amnesty International’s principles (specifically independence and impartiality), or raise a security concern, or otherwise prevent the candidate from carrying out key functions of the specific post and would therefore disqualify the candidate from being appointed.

Written by: Emily Nevins Date reviewed: 11 Feb 2014 To be reviewed: January 2016