Advocacy Officer – Re-Advertisement at Pan African Climate Justice Alliance

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the development of an advocacy and campaign strategy for the AACJ Project together with the advocacy staff of the (consortium) partners in the project
• Work with consortium partners to develop and implement capacity strengthening trajectories around advocacy and influencing
• Proactively work with advocacy staff of the (consortium) partners to identify potential ACJ advocacy agenda’s by identifying human rights protection and governance gaps relevant to AACJ strategic interests.
• Work with advocacy staff across the consortium to ensure when relevant timely development of position papers, policy briefings, presentations, and other advocacy materials for the project.
• Advice technical staff and other relevant stakeholders on meaningful engagement with key actors and institutions.
• Provide guidance and thought leadership on all policy and advocacy and governance developments relevant to AACJ’s work
• Act as focal person for information dissemination towards the donor in case of any arising issues in a timely and effective way regarding the violation of climate justice rights;
• Perform any other duty as maybe assigned by the Project and Contract Manager

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• An agile, strategic, and critical thinker, with the ability of setting process, performance, and outcome goals.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written English, ability to speak French and Portuguese will be an added advantage
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Excellent planning and organizational skills to manage own workload and co-ordinate the work of others.
• Excellent diplomatic and negotiation skills
• Ability to quickly understand and absorb new topics, issues, and disciplines and distill relevant advocacy strategies from them;
• Ability to deliver oral, catchy, and informative presentations to various audience;
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team setting.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• A degree in international relations, communications, public relations, or a related field
• At least several years’ experience in the climate change/Justice discourse Minimum 5 years’ experience in the implementation of advocacy projects.
• At least 5 years of work experience in a similar position preferably with INGO
• Demonstrable experience and achievements working in and advocating towards multi- stakeholder platforms and processes and working on advocacy within movements;
• Track record in policy analysis, writing and editing articles, website content, reports, and press releases;
• Experience working in an international environment;
• Good understanding of political affairs and international institutions dynamics in Africa.
• Excellent experience of working with governments, intergovernmental agencies, the private sector, CSOs
• Good understanding of the policy process in international fora, i.e., UNFCCC, SBSTA, and others;
• Experience in stakeholder mapping and strategizing according to policy objectives of different projects. Capacity building of PACJA staff across the network in communication skills and practices
• Develop training packages for PACJA staff at the Secretariat and the National Platforms level
• Train staff and other stakeholders on emerging issues in communications and how to harness opportunities in the area i.e., digital media, social media etc.
• Train staff and other stakeholders on branding and use of visual communication
• Train staff on strong presentation skills, i.e., creating professional and short power points

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, and International Relations or a similar field.
• At least 5 years’ relevant experience in communications (preferably in the climate change sector)
• Fluent in written and spoken English and French is an added value.
• Fully conversant with ICT and office applications; experience of web content management systems