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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is one of the leading and most diverse international civil society networks, with members and partners in more than 100 countries and a staff of 35 people from over 20 countries. CIVICUS implements a range of programmatic activities focusing on strengthening civil society and its role in governance and development worldwide. It also serves as a convener of global civil society leaders through its annual World Assembly.

CIVICUS seeks to appoint a Resilient Roots Intern, to be based in London.

Start date: 6 August or as soon as possible

Duration: Three months, full time

Salary: £1,530 per month

The Resilient Roots initiative is testing whether organisations who are more accountable and responsive to their roots – namely, their primary constituencies are more resilient against external threats. To do so, CIVICUS is joining forces with civil society organisations in various countries to design and rollout innovative accountability experiments over an 18-month period. These experiments will explore the factors which increase public support and trust in organisations, in order to identify different pathways to greater, longer-lasting efficacy and legitimacy.

Responsibilities:

  • Support various aspects of programmatic, research, communications and administrative functions of CIVICUS’ Innovation Stream, whose mission is to empower a more accountable, effective and innovative civil society. This will involve working across a variety of programmes, and the Resilient Roots initiative in particular
  • Under the guidance of the Coordinator, Resilient Roots, additionally assist with activities such as stakeholder mapping and outreach, identifying and engaging project partners, research into civil society organisations’ constituent-driven accountability and resilience, collating and summarising learnings from the initiative, and workstream management

 Requirements:

  • Degree in a related field of study, including international relations, sustainable development, human rights, public policy, and/or others, with relevant work experience
  • Strong interest in working in non-profit organisations, charitable networks, and/or public service institutions
  • Available for work in London
  • Prior internship in nonprofit organisations and/or international settings beneficial but not required
  • Fluent in English
  • Proficiency in other languages, particularly UN languages, helpful
  • Knowledge of civil society and the broader sustainable/international development sector
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office and Google software
  • Experience in research, activity management, and communications and outreach, helpful
  • Self-starter willing to take initiative with attention to detail and not inspired by problem solving
  • Interpersonal and networking skills, especially working with multi-country, multi-time zoned teams
  • Agility and ability to ‘roll with the punches’
  • Passion and deep interest in technology and tech tools, Digital native characteristics are very helpful
  • Deadline driven, with ability to multi-task, especially on the part of job description that says: ‘and other tasks as assigned’

To apply, submit a motivational letter (no longer than one page A4) and CV with contact details of three current referees to [email protected]

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Should you not have heard from us within three weeks after your application, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.

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We were established in 1993 and since 2002 have been proudly headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with additional hubs across the globe. We are a membership alliance with more than 4,000 members in more than 175 countries.

Our definition of civil society is broad and covers non-governmental organisations, activists, civil society coalitions and networks, protest and social movements, voluntary bodies, campaigning organisations, charities, faith-based groups, trade unions and philanthropic foundations. Our membership is diverse, spanning a wide range of issues, sizes and organisation types.

Our Unique Contribution to Change

At CIVICUS, our identity is informed by:

  • Our diverse global membership, with a strong presence in the global south.
  • Our clear mandate to defend civic space and promote civil society.
  • Our focus on strengthening citizen action and civil society writ large, working across issues, geographies and organisation types.
  • Our role as a trusted convener and thought leader on civil society issues and trends.
  • Our ability to amplify civil society voices and enable activists and organisations to speak truth to power.
  • Our commitment to standing in solidarity with actors across civil society.
  • Our capacity to incubate and support ambitious strategies and initiatives to improve civil society’s
  • effectiveness and inclusivity.

Our work at CIVICUS is guided by these values and principles:

  • We believe in justice and dignity for all, while putting the most excluded first.
  • We believe that people and their organisations, working together, can change
  • the world.
  • We stand for a strong, independent and progressive civil society.
  • We challenge power with principled courage.
  • We are champions of accountability, diversity and inclusion.
  • We are committed to global solidarity and believe in building from below and beyond borders.
  • We seek systems change to tackle the universal and inter-related nature of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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0 USD CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week CIVICUS

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is one of the leading and most diverse international civil society networks, with members and partners in more than 100 countries and a staff of 35 people from over 20 countries. CIVICUS implements a range of programmatic activities focusing on strengthening civil society and its role in governance and development worldwide. It also serves as a convener of global civil society leaders through its annual World Assembly.

CIVICUS seeks to appoint a Resilient Roots Intern, to be based in London.

Start date: 6 August or as soon as possible

Duration: Three months, full time

Salary: £1,530 per month

The Resilient Roots initiative is testing whether organisations who are more accountable and responsive to their roots - namely, their primary constituencies are more resilient against external threats. To do so, CIVICUS is joining forces with civil society organisations in various countries to design and rollout innovative accountability experiments over an 18-month period. These experiments will explore the factors which increase public support and trust in organisations, in order to identify different pathways to greater, longer-lasting efficacy and legitimacy.

Responsibilities:

  • Support various aspects of programmatic, research, communications and administrative functions of CIVICUS’ Innovation Stream, whose mission is to empower a more accountable, effective and innovative civil society. This will involve working across a variety of programmes, and the Resilient Roots initiative in particular
  • Under the guidance of the Coordinator, Resilient Roots, additionally assist with activities such as stakeholder mapping and outreach, identifying and engaging project partners, research into civil society organisations’ constituent-driven accountability and resilience, collating and summarising learnings from the initiative, and workstream management

 Requirements:

  • Degree in a related field of study, including international relations, sustainable development, human rights, public policy, and/or others, with relevant work experience
  • Strong interest in working in non-profit organisations, charitable networks, and/or public service institutions
  • Available for work in London
  • Prior internship in nonprofit organisations and/or international settings beneficial but not required
  • Fluent in English
  • Proficiency in other languages, particularly UN languages, helpful
  • Knowledge of civil society and the broader sustainable/international development sector
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office and Google software
  • Experience in research, activity management, and communications and outreach, helpful
  • Self-starter willing to take initiative with attention to detail and not inspired by problem solving
  • Interpersonal and networking skills, especially working with multi-country, multi-time zoned teams
  • Agility and ability to ‘roll with the punches’
  • Passion and deep interest in technology and tech tools, Digital native characteristics are very helpful
  • Deadline driven, with ability to multi-task, especially on the part of job description that says: ‘and other tasks as assigned’

To apply, submit a motivational letter (no longer than one page A4) and CV with contact details of three current referees to [email protected]

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Should you not have heard from us within three weeks after your application, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.

2018-07-27

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