Closing Date: 23 September 2025
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About CIVICUS
CIVICUS exists to defend people power. As a growing global alliance of over 15,000 members in 189 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 strives to promote excluded voices, especially from the Global South.
About the Role
The Advisor Strategic Initiatives will support CIVICUS’s programmatic priorities for enhanced impact including in relation to defending civic freedoms, promoting civil society participation and ensuring organisational financial sustainability. They will oversee the management of cross cutting CIVICUS projects as well as stand-alone programmatic areas including but not limited to freedom of peaceful assembly, local leadership and resource mobilisation.
The Advisor will work remotely and represent CIVICUS in civil society platforms, international institutions and other relevant forums. The Advisor Strategic Initiatives will drive support and expansion of CIVICUS’s network of funders and ensure the fulfilment of reporting requirements to funders.
Areas of Responsibilities & Key Activities
Project Oversight and Funder Relationships
- Shape, devise and steward project areas entrusted for oversight including but not limited to freedom of peaceful assembly, civil society resourcing and enhancing local leadership.
- Actively participate in the programmes management forum to support strategy setting and implementation in line with CIVICUS’s strategic objectives and annual plan.
- Manage cross organisational grants that cut across workstreams and funder relationships with a view to ensuring timely quality reporting.
- Support efforts to ensure CIVICUS’s financial sustainability including by identifying opportunities to secure new and diverse funding.
- Support the evolution of CIVICUS’s organisational culture with a view to advancing citizen action and fostering collaboration for impactful programme delivery.
Representation
- Provide thought-leadership and represent CIVICUS at key civil society platforms, multilateral institutions and policy forums connected to CIVICUS’s mission and vision.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key organisational stakeholders and networks to advance strategic priorities and support the needs of CIVICUS members and civil society at large.
Coordination and Harmonisation of Programmatic Teams.
- Ensure coherence of entrusted project activities and teams with a view to advancing CIVICUS’s mission and vision, strategic objectives, and annual plans.
- Ensure effective harmonisation of CIVICUS’s programmatic priorities and coordination between programmatic teams.
- Initiate relevant knowledge offerings, advocacy actions and convenings to advance programmatic priorities.
Key Requirements
- Masters in social sciences, international relations or law (in cases of exceptional experience this requirement can be waived).
- Excellent communication especially writing skills in English.
- Significant work experience across a range of civil society organisations with minimum 5 years in a management role.
- Commitment to and knowledge of human rights and social justice principles.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking and project management/ planning skills.
- Commitment to CIVICUS’s vision, mission, values and ways of working.
- Demonstrated experience of having worked nationally and internationally.
- Demonstrated management experience in a multi-cultural environment and substantial networks within international civil society.
- Demonstrated experience of working remotely with globally distributed teams.
- Knowledge of one or more UN languages other than English is desirable
How 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.
CIVICUS appreciate and consider each application submitted. Short listed candidates will be contacted 2 weeks after the closing date to schedule interviews.
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