Closing
date: May 28, 2021
The
Role
The Campaigner
will primarily support the roll-out of the 2021 CREST
Priorities – People’s Vaccines and Climate Justice. Reporting to the Campaign
Manager, the campaigner will also help facilitate the campaigning capacity
development, learning and knowledge sharing across the federation.
Specifically,
- Supports
development of, coordinates, manages and delivers Climate Justice and
People’s Vaccines actions, events and mobilisation activities, in order to
meet the campaigns’ agreed objectives and targets. Working with ActionAid
member countries and other Global Secretariat stakeholders, ensure
effective ownership of these activities across the ActionAid Federation.
- Support
AAI countries with their campaign work especially for jointly coordinated
activities for the CREST Priorities and to ensure information about
campaign actions nationally and globally are effectively transmitted
across the federation to enhance coordination and shared learning.
- Ensure
that public and supporter campaigning and communications strategies for
the campaign can reach and engage large numbers of potential supporters.
Devise and produce actions for supporters and the wider public to
contribute to campaign objectives. Produce or manage the production of
print and web communication materials for the campaign and for regional or
international events organised for the campaign.
- Playing a
coordinating role internally to ensure all of the structures of ActionAid
are contributing. With the Campaign Manager, identify risks that may arise
from the CREST pushes and develop plans with GS and country colleagues to
address and manage them. Liaise with heads of CREST priorities and their
teams, to develop clear political influencing plans and messaging linked
to the campaign strategy and annual plan. Ensure online mobilisation
approaches are effectively incorporated into national strategies and plans
- Ensure a
strong knowledge and learning campaigns culture in the Federation. Ensure
there are clear supporter targets accompanying all campaign pushes that
have been agreed by all countries involved in the push. Ensure there are
clear plans and assigned responsibilities for the effective monitoring and
reporting of indicators for pushes; contribute to monitoring of agreed
campaign indicators. Maintain a high level of up to date knowledge of
national activities, plans and challenges for the campaign and ensure
information is circulated to relevant stakeholders within the federation.
Who
we’re looking for
- A
competent indivudual with a relevant Bachelors or Master’s degree with
substantial experience in locally and nationally rooted campaigning,
particularly involving people living in poverty and their organisations-
building power from below.
- Sh/e will
need to be organised and responsive with excellent written/verbal skills.
How to
Apply
Please click on this
link https://actionaidinternational.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=66 to start the
application process. Please upload an up-to-date CV and a covering letter,
clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job
profile.
To be considered for
this role, you must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in London,
Nairobi or Johannesburg at the time of appointment.
Kindly note that only
shortlisted candidates will be shortlisted- usually within 2 weeks of the
closing date.