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Ethiopia: Global Campaign Director

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Organization: Crisis Action
Country: Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon, South Africa
Closing date: 29 Jan 2016

Crisis Action is excited to create a new senior-level position to help it successfully navigate its second decade of existence. Reflecting our growing global profile, we want to expand our capacity to support impactful campaigning across diverse centers of power and ensure that we are ever more effective and innovative in using a range of tactics to achieve change. This position will have a particular focus on expanding our campaigning with diverse centers of power outside the West, especially Africa and/or the Middle East (depending on the candidate’s experience/location) Reporting to the Executive Director, Crisis Action’s Global Campaign Director will work with our Deputy Executive Director to provide leadership and oversight of our campaigns. We are looking for an exceptional change-maker, storyteller and strategist to ensure our campaigns are as impactful as possible. You should have a passion for, and excel at, affecting change at the national, region or international levels. You will need to be an activist at heart to compel the world’s most powerful people to take action to protect civilians in situations of conflict.

The position will have a particular focus on enhancing our campaigning in Africa and/or the Middle East. You will have networks across Africa and/or the Middle East and an appetite to innovate. You will know how to deploy the media and social media to affect change in these regions. You will also understand when and how to engage the public to shape political decisions.

Collaborating with our Deputy Executive Director, you will provide oversight and work closely with campaign teams to devise and implement strategies that include effective and innovative tactics to achieve impact. You will travel to our different offices to support our team in situ as well as providing leadership remotely.

The Global Campaign Director will sit on Crisis Action’s Senior Management Team with the Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, and Chief of Staff and so it will play an important consultative role on a broad range of organizational decision making.

Your responsibilities will include:

· Expanding our campaigning with diverse centres of power outside the West, especially in Africa and the Middle East.

· Leading and overseeing some of Crisis Action’s campaigns by inspiring, challenging and assisting our campaign teams in various offices around the world. You will be working with our campaign teams to ensure our campaigns are as impactful as possible.

· Utilizing exceptional political judgement and high-level relationships with policymakers, civil society and the media to seize opportunities for impact on campaigns

· Supporting some of our campaign teams in the creation of campaign strategies and first-class advocacy materials

· Providing ideas for, and helping to deliver, innovative tactics across advocacy, media and online/offline mobilization

· Ensuring highly professional media drives and assisting where required

· Providing intensive hands-on support for individuals offices or campaign teams as required

Person Specification:

· At least 10-15 years of relevant work experience especially in leading successful campaigns that influence policymakers in diverse centers of power in Africa and/or the Middle East.

· Expertise in media and communications; including crafting media stories, producing high-quality media materials and working across media platforms, including new media.

· Political judgement: Excellent political mind and ability to think and work strategically

· Effective communicator and storyteller: Knowing what different audiences need to hear

· Team player: thrives as part of a team. Servant leadership style and great delegator

· Delivery: Extremely reliable and organized. Completes tasks in a timely and thorough manner. Great project management and time management skills to efficiently juggle competing priorities

· High levels of ambition, energy, drive, dynamism, determination and focus

· Intercultural working experiences

The following would be an advantage:

· Experience of campaigning on human rights issues and knowledge of individual conflict situations and key regional multilateral institutions.

· Languages other than English, especially French, Swahili, Arabic

· Experience of leading or working within coalitions


How to apply:

Submitting your application

Please submit applications by sending the following by email to recruitment@crisisaction.org Please write: “Global Campaign Director Application: [Your name]” in the subject line of the email:

  1. Your CV or resume,

  2. Completed application form; and

  3. Cover letter.


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