Applications accepted in English or German.

About Avaaz

Avaaz is a worldwide movement that brings together 70 million members, aimed at empowering citizens and turning individual voices into a powerful collective force. This is especially crucial during key moments, enabling us to tackle urgent global issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, human rights violations, and threats to democracy.

The organisation is deeply mission focused and funded exclusively by members to maintain its independence. Avaaz has achieved a broad range of victories over the last 15 years that you can read about here. 

Role Overview

We’re looking for a committed full-time Influencer organiser to support our citizen mobilisation push in the 2024 EU elections, from March to June 14. You will be part of a team dedicated to ensuring Europe continues to stand as a strong democratic force.

Joining one of the world’s leading public organisations, your expertise in identifying, accessing and engaging relevant influencers, celebrities and stakeholders will be leveraged to execute targeted campaigns aimed at preserving our human rights and dignity, as well as the environment during the EU elections. 

The ideal candidate has a keen understanding of German politics and the far right, and can strategise, access and mobilise a wide network consisting of media and culture personalities, stakeholders and other influencers – including micro influencers.

This position is a unique opportunity to shape Europe’s political future in alignment with justice, equality, and human dignity. 

Responsibilities

• Develop a plan to identify and engage various influencers that can mobilise progressive  voters ahead of the EU elections.
• Develop and maintain relationships with high profile German influencers, media professionals, celebrities, and other key stakeholders to promote awareness and engagement in our EU election campaigns.
• Collaborate with team members to develop compelling messaging and content tailored to resonate with target audiences and align with campaign objectives.
• Proactively identify and engage potential partners and collaborators to amplify campaign messaging and broaden reach.
• Strategize and execute influencer engagement initiatives, including outreach, partnerships and content collaboration.
• Monitor German election trends, news cycles, and social media conversations to identify opportunities for timely and impactful messaging.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in influencer marketing, public relations, or network management, preferably in Germany.
• Strong and diverse network of influencers, media contacts, celebrities, and other relevant stakeholders in Germany.
• Solid track record in creating content for political campaigns, advocacy organizations, or media outlets.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to craft clear, persuasive, and grammatically correct content under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in using social media and chat platforms (incl. TikTok and WhatsApp).
• Knowledge of German politics, institutions, and electoral processes is highly desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to interpret data and adjust content strategies accordingly.
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English is an advantage.

Location

Avaaz is a virtual organization, with most of our work done online. Our staff are based all over the world. For this position, the candidate needs to be based in Germany, ideally in or around Berlin.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary varies with location and experience, and is highly competitive with leading international nongovernmental organisations. The monthly compensation for this position ranges from 4.800 – 7.000 EURO.

Application Timeline

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and encourage all candidates to submit applications as soon as possible. 

Avaaz’s Commitment to Equity and Inclusion 

As a global organization with millions of members around the world, it’s important to us that our team reflects the diversity needed to lead a movement of people from across the planet, rising to meet some of the most complex challenges humanity has ever faced. We believe we can only succeed by building a diverse team full of fresh perspectives and original ideas, and we are committed to creating a working environment in which everyone has an equitable opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Our team includes speakers of English as a first or second language, the self-taught and university educated, people with all sorts of professional backgrounds. If doing the job you just read about would make you excited to come to work every day, if you’re talented, hard-working and committed to making a difference – we want you to apply.

Avaaz does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, colour, ancestry, language and accent, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, family/parental or marital status, religion, socioeconomic class, caste, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to ongoing learning, so if you have suggestions for us on how to better put these values into practice in our hiring process, we’d value your input. Please write to us at [email protected] with the subject line ‘Hiring Feedback’.

We’ll provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities or special needs to participate in the application process, so please let us know if you have such a request when you apply.

Please do not send your application via email. Only applications received via the form online will be considered. Thank you!