Required qualifications and skills
We are
seeking a strategic, self-driven, and collaborative individual with deep
experience in digital policy advocacy and multistakeholder engagement, and an
ability to engage non-expert audiences in IG processes and fora. The ideal
candidate is a strong project manager with excellent political instincts,
capable of bridging civil society networks and technical/policy fora. This role
is perfect for someone eager to energize a network-wide shift for more
engagement on digital rights and push for impactful, inclusive change in
internet governance spaces.
Education/Training & Minimum Professional
Experience required:
- Master’s degree (or equivalent work experience)
in human rights, international development, or another relevant field
- At least 7 years of working experience in an
international setting with global and national partners and networks.
Skills and knowledge:
- Outstanding track record in project management
including holding final responsibility for operational delivery and donor
relationship management.
- Recognized expertise and track record of
successful advocacy work on digital civic space, emerging technology and
their impacts on civil society and legislations around digitalization in
national and international settings.
- A strong interest and commitment to defending
digital civic space and promoting a more digital enabling environment for
civil society globally.
- Outstanding coordination and
relationship-building skills, with a proactive and solutions-oriented
mindset.
- Knowledge of common political, technical,
economical and administrative constraints affecting the digital rights of
civil society organizations.
- Ability to forge close collaboration and trusted
and equitable relationships between civil society organizations from
diverse geographic and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Excellent skills in external relationship
management, including with donors, government officials, external civil
society stakeholders and the wider civic space and enabling environment
field.
- Commitment to Forus’ mission, vision and values
with solid understanding of global development issues, and understanding
of the socio-cultural, historical, political and economic global context.
- Demonstrated experience and skills of working
with diverse stakeholders, and facilitating platforms of cooperation,
networking, building partnerships and broad alliances across a large
spectrum of topics, cultures and tactics.
- Great ease in communicating with high-level
stakeholders at national and international level.
- Full professional proficiency in English.
Proficiency in French and Spanish in speaking and writing required.
Personal
qualities/interpersonal skills:
- Thrives in cooperative work environments in
which the collaborative pursuit of shared objectives is the priority.
- Prioritizes and manages multiple projects
simultaneously and follows through on issues in a timely manner with
excellent attention for detail.
- Proactively seeks and provides feedback, strong
emotional intelligence.
- Creative thinker with a “can-do”,
outward-looking and problem-solving attitude, willing to guide others with
confidence and take risks when appropriate.
- Highly organized independent worker, including
in remote work settings with a decentralized team.
- Clear and sharp communicator able to bring
across often complex and conceptual ideas in a down- to-reality and simple
manner. Structured and engaging public speaker. Excellent interpersonal
skills, with the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with
highly diverse stakeholders and excellent cross-cultural sensitivity and
ability to work effectively taking into account different socio-cultural
contexts and global time zones.
- Ability to work under pressure and towards tight
deadlines maintaining effective performance in high pressure environments.
- Ability and willingness to travel regularly to
global and regional conferences and policy fora, planning and monitoring
visits to select partner countries, etc.
How to
Apply
The
application documents must be submitted as soon as possible per email to the
following address: recruitment@forus-international.org
