JOB PURPOSE
For 50 years, we’ve been campaigning for human rights wherever justice, freedom and truth are denied. We’ve reshaped policies, challenged governments and taken corporations to task. In doing so, we’ve changed thousands of lives for the better. Join Amnesty at our MENA Regional office in Tunis and you will too.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a campaigner, you will develop and implement effective advocacy and campaigning strategies in Morocco and Algeria. You will work in a multicultural environment, engaging with Amnesty International staff and members all over the world, as well as representing Amnesty with international, regional and national human rights organisations and movements.
This is an exciting role where you’ll have an opportunity to make a difference by developing innovative campaign tactics and techniques, capitalising on communications and social media channels, and identifying and fostering opportunities for partnership and collaboration with other social and human rights movements and communities addressing issues affecting people in Algeria and Morocco and Western Sahara.
ABOUT YOU
You have experience in campaign design and delivery, project management and planning ideally in an international campaigning organisation. You understand the strategy, methodologies and tactics behind making an impact. You’ll also have a good understanding of what it takes to mobilise people and adapt campaigns to audiences from different cultures and geographies.
With experience of working on human rights issues, you have in-depth knowledge of the socio-political and economic context in Algeria and Morocco and Western Sahara.
You must also have the capability both to work on your own initiative and as a member of a large and diverse team, often under pressure.
You have the ability to identify opportunities to ensure our voice has authority and have a strong network. A natural collaborator, you need influential communication skills, impartial political judgement, coupled with strong strategic Thinking. You have excellent written and verbal Arabic, French and English.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- To contribute to the development of overarching research and campaigning strategies to deliver impact, and to lead on the development and implementation of specific campaigning strategies to support them, managing and coordinating actions on human rights concerns in specific countries and other geographical or thematic areas aimed at effecting change in the human rights situation
- To write or otherwise devise campaigning and other materials for external and internal use, such as reports, annual report entries, public statements, web features, audio-visual materials and government correspondence
- To research the most effective ways to campaign on human rights concerns and monitor and conduct evaluations of campaigning strategies and plans
- To monitor and analyze political and human rights developments and conduct research as appropriate into human rights contexts and individual cases, including by participating in field research and through contact with partners on the ground
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience of strategic campaigning, including knowledge of the steps required to devise campaigning strategy and awareness of the need for actions and campaigning techniques to be based on strategies and be adapted to effect changes in a given situation
- Knowledge of the sub-region in general and a specialist knowledge in relation to specific countries or other geographical areas or thematic issues in your brief
- Able to speak, read and write in Arabic and ideally also French. Fluent in English with strong drafting skills in English
- Demonstrated commitment to human rights, g. through previous work, membership of an organization, involvement in advocacy of human rights, etc
Please see attached job description for more information on responsibilities, skills and experience required.