Operations Capacity Development Manager - Investigations at Greenpeace Africa

The GPI Operations Department is looking for a Capacity Development Manager for Investigations to join us in supporting our offices in developing skills and capacity, facilitating a global Community of Practice, providing research investigations specific advice across Greenpeace and promoting the strategic value of research and investigations in Greenpeace National Regional Organisations (NROs) and projects. 

By providing expertise, coordinating capacity building initiatives, and evolving our practices and policies, you will help build and reinforce our credibility, and protect the integrity and reputation of our organisation. You will work in close collaboration with our Campaign Operations Advisor for Investigations, with NRO investigations leads, project leads, with the HazMat core team and Global Mapping Hub as well as with other relevant specialists from the GPI or NRO teams to ensure we support our people and organisation in research-investigations related matters

Job requirements

About you: 

• Extensive work experience as a senior investigator, researcher, investigations trainer and/or campaigner
• Experience in field and desktop investigations techniques and methodologies
• Experience in community management and networking, facilitating knowledge sharing and driving collaboration
• Substantial experience in designing and deploying learning, training and capacity development initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in operating and communicating within an international and multicultural environment.
• Project management skills
• Demonstrable commitment to NVDA protest and environmental/peace issues
• Budget Management experience
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

Responsibilities

Key initiatives and tasks for the next 12 months include:

• Advise on and support of the application and implementation of best practice, tools, and methodologies for research-investigations
• Support NROs and / or projects with capacity development initiatives
• Facilitate collaboration within the research-investigations through regular (monthly) community calls
• Support priority battlegrounds through regular (monthly) interactions with relevant investigation leads
• Organise bi-monhtly webinars
• Organise the 2022 Global Research-Investigations skillshare
• Implement the Essential Principles for Investigations and Communication (EPIC) across GP NROs in collaboration with GPI Legal Unit and Comms Hub
• Participate in the HazMat core team and promote application of relevant procedures in relevant GP field operations or rapid response
• Test and roll-out of the field research-scouting training along with the Capacity Development manager for Actions
• Support the integration and expansion of the mapping capacity in global projects and priority battlegrounds in collaboration with the Global Mapping Hub
• Provide advice on Project proposals, Organizational Development Plans and 3-Year Plans
• Compile relevant case studies for the bi-monthly Global Operation newsletter

It’s an exciting time for research-investigations work, with a lot of opportunities for innovation as we navigate new challenges.