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CIVICUS is recruiting for a Communication Support Consultant – Local Leadership Labs: Apply Now

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Closing Date: 5 January 2026

CIVICUS is recruiting for a Communication Support Consultant – Local Leadership Labs: Apply Now

Terms of Reference: Communication Support Consultant – Local Leadership Labs

CIVICUS is seeking a consultant (or consultancy team) with strong experience in content development to ensure continuous, strategic, and high-impact visibility of all Local Leadership Lab prototypes across relevant social media platforms.

Introduction to CIVICUS

CIVICUS exists to defend people power. As a growing global alliance of over 15,000 members in 188 countries, CIVICUS 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. CIVICUS strive to promote excluded voices, especially from the Global South.

Local Leadership Labs (LLL)

The LLL is a three-year learning, influencing and convening initiative aimed at transforming the enabling environment for locally led development. The initiative focuses on political, technical, and behavioural barriers that prevent governments, donors, and other stakeholders from meaningfully recognizing, including, and resourcing diverse grassroots civil society actors.

Across Southeast Africa and Southeast Asia, six convening partners lead regional, national, and subnational Labs that enable sustained safe dialogue processes as well as inclusive co-creation spaces so that policies, practices, and enablement approaches of different stakeholders are more joined up and responsive to the lived experiences, priorities and asks of diverse local civil society actors. Besides enhancing reciprocal accountability, in the end this process wishes to positively impact the relevance and accessibility of resources, support infrastructure and solidarity available to local civil society actors.

Purpose of the Consultancy

The Communication Support Consultant will:

Ensure continuous, strategic, and high-impact visibility of all prototypes across relevant social media platforms, positioning them as recognizable, accessible, and influential innovations within its ecosystem.
Coordinate with CIVICUS team to publish the products
Produce compelling multimedia content, including:
- Social cards
- Short videos / reels
- Infographics
- Carousels
- Stories and GIFs
- Blog-style posts or micro-articles
Draft and refine engaging, platform-specific messaging and captions.
Ensure all materials reflect brand identity, tone, and messaging guidelines.
Work with partners to ensure their social media is coordinated with CIVICUS
Implement a system for continuous posting, ensuring each prototype maintains a persistent presence.
Track trending topics, relevant hashtags, and opportunities for organic visibility boosts.

Deliverables

Communications visibility strategy (submitted within 2 weeks of contract start).
Content calendar covering all prototypes.
Minimum posting frequency (to be agreed—for example: 4–6 posts per week per prototype across platforms).
Multimedia content packages.

Knowledge & Experience

Proven experience in social media strategy and digital communications.
Strong skills in multimedia content production (graphic design, video editing).
Demonstrated ability to keep high visibility and engagement across multiple platforms.
Experience working with civil society, international development, social impact, or innovation projects (advantage).
Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and adjust rapidly to changing priorities.
Strong understanding of civil society ecosystems, movement support, or solidarity-based approaches
Ability to synthesise complex information into clear, accessible materials
Excellent writing skills and ability to be concise and clear.

Estimated Workdays and Timeframe

Estimated 15 – 20 workdays between 1 February and 15 March 2026. Please note that the typical CIVICUS consultancy fee ranges from USD 300–350 per day.

Application process

Your application should include the following (no longer than 12 pages) in ONE merged PDF document:

Motivation, technical approach, workplan for this consultancy
Example of previous work.
Capabilities and experience, including CVs and two contactable references. Financial quotation, including your proposed daily remuneration rate in US$, number of workdays envisioned for this consultancy and any additional costs.