About CIVICUS
CIVICUS exists to defend people power. As a growing global alliance of over 15,000 members in 189 countries, we work together to monitor violations of basic civic freedoms, call out the perpetrators of violations and strengthen the power of people to organise by supporting a more accountable, effective and innovative civil society. We strive to promote excluded voices, especially from the Global South
About the Role
The post-holder will support the implementation of the Local Leaderships Lab (LLL) initiative under the supervision of the LLL Program Coordinator.
The role will provide administrative, operational, technical, and content support for the envisaged activities and processes, including support to liaising with and accompaniment to local partners and other stakeholders, as well as collating and summarising data, learnings, and updates.
CIVICUS follows a horizontal and cross-cluster operational model. The post-holder will therefore work with and be supported by various clusters and teams.
Key Requirements
- Familiar with civil society, development, human rights issues, and/or civic space global trends.
- Able to translate complex knowledge and concepts into creative multimedia, for diverse audiences.
- At home’ working with an international team and in a multi-cultural and diverse environment
- Ability to work collaboratively in “remote work” settings across time-zones.
- Demonstrable experience (at least 1 year) supporting project implementation, particularly in providing logistic, technical and communication support to meetings, events, teams, and/or supporting grants administration and reporting
- Excellent IT skills, including experience with MS Office, and common online collaborative platforms such as, Sharepoint, Google docs, Miro and/or Mural
- Ability to manage and meet multiple deadlines
Please click here for a full Job Description
How to Apply
The closing deadline for applications is on the 14th April 2025 at 11:59pm SAST
Interested candidates should click here to apply.
Your application should comprise of:
- A full CV, including educational and professional qualifications, a full employment history showing the more significant positions, responsibilities held, and relevant achievements.
- A covering note of not more than 1 page outlining your motivation for applying for the role.
Short listed candidates will be contacted 2 weeks after the closing date to schedule interviews.
We appreciate and consider each application submitted. However, given the large volume of applications received, we find it impossible to respond to each applicant immediately. You will hear from us within three weeks only if you’re shortlisted for the next steps. We will update all applicants once the position has been filled.
CIVICUS reserves the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.
