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Organization: CIVICUS
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Advocacy/Communications
Closing Date: 2024-09-20
About CIVICUS
CIVICUS exists to defend people’s power. As a growing global alliance of over 15,000 members in 188 countries, we work together to monitor violations of basic civic freedoms, call out the perpetrators of violations, and strengthen people’s power to organise by supporting a more accountable, effective, and innovative civil society. We strive to promote excluded voices, especially from the Global South.
About the Role
CIVICUS aims to co-create narratives engaging a network of “Communicators for Civic Action,” to promote optimism, demand and active support for citizen action and civic freedoms. This network brings together communicators, storytellers, journalists and citizen journalists among CIVICUS membership and civil society allies.
The Communications Officer – Narratives and Networks will play a critical role in coordinating and amplifying the grassroots narratives to the global level and making accessible and relevant the knowledge and analysis of organizations like CIVICUS.
The Communications Officer – Narratives and Networks will strengthen existing links among CIVICUS membership, like-minded activists, civil society, international agencies, and media. They will facilitate building knowledge and capacity for innovative, impactful, accessible, and pragmatic narratives and campaigns.
Key Requirements
- A degree or equivalent in communications, marketing, social media, creative content development, social psychology or related field
- Minimum three years of experience in communications, media, campaigns, or online community building
- Strong understanding of cultural diversity and experience working with international teams
- Strong demonstrated experience in designing communications campaigns and storytelling
- Strong interest in understanding audience psyche and behaviour and designing targeted content
- Excellent linguistic skills in English; a major global south language will be beneficial.
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How to apply
How to Apply
The closing deadline for applications is Close of Business on the 20th September 2024. Interested candidates should fill out this form here and email their application to jobs@civicus.org.
Your application should comprise of
- A full CV, including educational and professional qualifications, a full employment history showing the more significant positions, responsibilities held, and relevant achievements
- A covering note of not more than one page outlining your motivation for applying for the role.
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by the 26th September 2024 for the next steps in the recruitment process.
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