Details

Location: Any country (with strong preference for EECA region)

Salary: USD 23,000 – 33,000/year (depending on location and experience)

Contract Type: Consultancy (see the section on terms and conditions) for 30 hours per week

Duration: 01/03/2022 – 30/06/2023

Closing Date: 30/01/2022 

Interviews: Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an online interview to be held the week of January 31 

About us

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is a high-impact, global organization. We work closely with allies and partners to advance respect for human rights in business and hold companies accountable for abuse. We do this by empowering human rights advocates in civil society, business, and governments to support bold leadership for human rights in business and strengthened corporate accountability, due diligence, and effective remedy for abuse. We also build transparency of advances, challenges, and abuse of human rights in business. We generate and share information that is relevant, reliable, and up to date, and we work with advocates around the world to use this information to drive positive change that puts human rights at the heart of business.

About the position:

The Research Assistant will work with the Eastern Europe/Central Asia team to implement a project focused on promoting responsible investment and a just transition in Eastern Europe & Central Asia. The project aims to build a stronger, more informed movement of civil society organizations and affected communities working together to ensure responsible investment and a just transition in the region.

Responsibilities:

• Research and publicise via the Resource Centre’s website, information from a wide range of sources about the human rights impacts of companies operating in Eastern Europe & Central Asia
• Synthesise and present research and data for external communications e.g. reports, website and social media 
• Work with communities affected by natural resources companies’ operations in Eastern Europe & Central Asia on emblematic cases of abuse with potential for impact through engagement with companies and investors
• Engage with companies and investors allegedly linked to human rights abuses by seeking public responses and working with civil society to put pressure on international buyers and investors
• Bring attention to under-the-radar cases of attacks on human rights defenders and civic freedoms through awareness raising, including producing infographics on attacks, and arranging/conducting interviews with human rights defenders
• Other related duties as requested. 

Key competencies and attributes: 

Values: Strong, demonstrated commitment to human rights. Shares values and ethos of the Resource Centre.

Subject matter expertise: Knowledge and understanding of the business and human rights field in general, including standards and developments, and of the relevant Eastern Europe & Central Asia context in particular. 

Research and analytical skills: Able to search and identify relevant information online and offline; persistent in seeking out difficult-to-find information; creative in identifying new sources of information. 

Communications: Strong writing skills, including succinct writing for the web. 

Representation skills: Able to foster productive, professional relationships with a broad range of contacts. 

Solidarity building: Able to foster productive relationships for the purpose of contributing to the incredible work of various groups working on the impact of business on human rights. 

Self-initiative and motivation: Able to take initiative and drive work forward independently within the agreed frameworks; motivated by achieving results. 

Teamwork: Has experience and is able to operate effectively and constructively as part of a multicultural and diverse Global Team and ensure communication despite geographical distances between team members. 

Organisation and prioritisation: Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, enabling efficient and effective work. 

Languages: Fluency in English required; fluency in Russian preferred

Terms and conditions:

This is a part-time remote consultancy position. Payment will be made on the Research Assistant’s presentation of invoices. The Research Assistant will be responsible for paying from the fees his/her own taxes, health insurance, pension, and the like and those costs are taken into account in calculating the fees. The Resource Centre will reimburse necessary work-related expenses such as for travel.

Hours: The Research Assistant will be expected to work 30 hours per week.

The Research Assistant will not be expected to work on national holidays in the country where she/he is based.

Reports to: Eastern Europe/Central Asia Senior Researcher & Representative, based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is a diverse, global team. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background and we acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in progressive movements. We particularly encourage applications from women, Black, Asian, Latinx and other minorities, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQ+.

• Experienced in raising funds from individuals?
• Keen to use your skills in this new role created to increase donations?

National AIDS Trust is the UK’s HIV rights charity. Join us and you can play a key part in stopping HIV from standing in the way of health, dignity and equality, and help us bring an end to new HIV transmissions by 2030.

We’re looking for someone who is excited about using their skills and experience to grow our individual giving programme. You’ll have strong experience of successfully developing new individual giving activities which have secured new donors and will excel at stewardship to fully engage supporters with our work.

We are at the very early stages of developing a new programme of activities and with your role reporting to the Director of Fundraising you will have a key part to play in shaping this area going forwards.

Closing date for applications: Monday 31 January 2022 (9am)

Interviews: Friday 4 February 2022

The application pack documents can be downloaded from our website, or by sending an e-mail quoting the job title, together with your name and address or by calling us. All materials are available in alternative formats upon request.

National AIDS Trust is committed to equality and diversity and particularly encourages applications from people living with HIV, gay and bisexual men, trans and non-binary people, and people from black and minority ethnic communities.

We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to making reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

National AIDS Trust (NAT) is a Registered Charity No. 297977 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No.2175938 (registered in England and Wales)

Alumni Relations Officer

The University of Strathclyde seeks to appoint an Alumni Relations Officer with a particular focus on marketing and communications. This is an exciting time to join the Alumni Relations team, as new digital initiatives are launched and innovative ways of communicating with our 183,000 strong global alumni community are explored.

You will be a confident and professional individual with an ability to work towards and achieve targets. You will help to deliver Strathclyde’s alumni engagement strategy through managing, developing and evaluating a suite of digital/printed engagement tools.

With the aim of developing a warm and engaged community of alumni ambassadors, you will create and produce engaging content to be used on the web, by email, on social media and within Strathclyde Connect (the University’s alumni engagement platform). This will include written case studies, video interviews with senior alumni, news articles and blogs. You will also manage printed materials including marketing leaflets and events collateral.

Working with an external provider, you will develop our use of Strathclyde Connect and be tasked with increasing engagement and membership – to grow Strathclyde’s virtual global alumni community.

A pro-active, positive and dynamic individual, the Alumni Relations Officer will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work on their own initiative to drive ideas forward. With an eye for detail and relevant marketing and communications experience, you will enjoy working as part of a small team to deliver impressive results.

Experience or knowledge of alumni relations in the HE sector is desirable.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 8th February 2022.

Job Description

Manage the delivery of the University’s alumni communications programme, using a suite of digital/printed engagement tools to engage with the 183,000 strong global alumni community and strengthen Strathclyde’s international reputation:

• Social media management - delivering up to 4 pre-planned campaigns a year with a view to effectively engaging followers
• Strathclyde Connect – building virtual alumni communities, consistently increasing member numbers and stimulating engagement; delivering monthly highlights email
• E-communications – managing and prioritising a high volume of email traffic. Use quarterly A&D and faculty e-newsletters to effectively showcase stories from within the University community
• Case studies – elevate A&D’s case studies programme, liaising with high profile alumni to share their success stories and communicate these creatively to the alumni community
• Alumni awards – delivering Alumnus/a of the Year and supporting other high profile awards within A&D  Student communications – working with internal colleagues to ensure A&D’s messages are conveyed to the student body and devising innovative strategies to engage new graduates
• Lost alumni – develop a lost alumni strategy, reconnecting with alumni across the globe

Provide line management for two members of staff (Alumni Relations Assistant and US Alumni Relations Intern).

Occasional evening hours required for events delivery purposes.

Main Activities/Responsibilities:

Deliver the University’s alumni communications strategy, using both printed and digital communications to further alumni engagement, celebrate success and promote alumni engagement activities, giving and volunteering opportunities to the Strathclyde community. Analyse the effectiveness of each channel.

Deliver A&D’s social media strategy, overseeing content created by the Alumni Relations Assistant for the Strathclyde Alumni Community social media channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram). Ensure content is accurate, engaging and consistent. Analyse channel performance, ensuring the current strategy remains effective.

Manage Strathclyde’s online engagement platform, Strathclyde Connect, including working with providers to improve features and functionality. Develop and deliver A&D’s strategy for growth and development of the platform, creating innovative content and growing membership.

Deliver up to 4 alumni relations newsletters per year (and up to c20 mass emails per month). Source stories and write compelling copy, ensuring text is engaging to an international audience and without error.

Support the alumni engagement and fundraising pipelines by approaching and engaging senior alumni to produce case studies showcasing their career success, producing promotional materials in both written and video format.

Develop good working relationships with internal colleagues, supporting them to engage with their respective alumni cohorts. Co-ordinate and edit faculty e-newsletters; work with academics to produce blogs; conduct meetings with colleagues and advise them on best practice communications / events.

Showcase A&D fundraising activities: devise social media campaigns; write and promote fundraising success stories; select and promote the Alumni Community Scholarship; support comms for fundraising initiatives (e.g. Giving Day).

Liaise with senior alumni to deliver the Alumnus/a of the Year award and support the delivery of the Strathclyde Executive Leadership Awards (STELAR). Celebrate and recognise achievements within the alumni community.

Collaborate with external organisations such as the British Council, Visit Scotland and Scottish Government to promote and support activity within the alumni community.

Manage student communications to maintain high communication opt-in levels. Coordinate A&D’s presence at graduation ceremonies, partnering with external agencies and fundraising for the Alumni Community Scholarship.

Promote and support the delivery of flagship alumni events in the UK and overseas.

Line manage the Alumni Relations Assistant, ensuring effective delivery of tasks, monitoring their performance and supporting their professional development. Line manage the US Alumni Relations Intern (0.34FTE) to deliver A&D’s lost alumni strategy.

Contribute to the team’s reporting mechanisms by accurately monitoring and tracking alumni engagement activity on the department’s database (Raiser’s Edge); excel spreadsheets and via monthly reports.

Keep abreast of professional and regulatory frameworks (including GDPR / PECR) and sector developments; represent A&D in a professional manner as required. Any other duties deemed appropriate by the AR Manager.

Full job description and person specification can be found in the attached document.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The Project Manager will form a key member of the Planning, Projects and Performance Team at ONE with responsibility for the management of a number of institutional-level projects and initiatives across the organization. This position will also be responsible for advocating a culture of project management at ONE by delivering training sessions, maintaining a toolkit of best practices and acting in a strategic advisory role for managers of projects and campaigns in Europe.

This is a full-time, position, based in  London and reporting to the Director, Planning & Performance. 

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

• Develop and manage information systems that provide a global view of projects across the organization - this global view will include tracking information including objectives, timelines, budgets, identifying/resolving complementary or conflicting deadlines across projects, and checking in with project managers on a consistent basis
• Manage projects, predominantly in Europe and potentially across the organization, that will help us deliver against ambitious objectives
• Regularly engage with senior project and campaign leaders to develop project strategies, timelines, and budgets, risk analyses, mitigation plans; monitoring and evaluation measures, and organisational communications on project processes and progress
• Partner with Project Sponsors and Project Directors to undertake project evaluations and analyses of project impact
• Maintain and update ONE’s set of project management documents and develop and maintain approaches, templates, and reports to help streamline and standardize internal project planning and project management
• Support the development of the training programme on ONE’s project management best practices which is tailored to different project roles, partnering with the HR department on the delivery of said programme.
• Supervise staff and/or interns and maintain relationships with external contractors and consultants as required.
• Provide support on other organizational development initiatives as needed
• Any other duties as required

WHAT YOU BRING TO ONE

• Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 6 years of professional experience
• A recognised Project Management qualification at Foundation level is required (e.g. PMP, CAPM, CSM, PRINCE2 Foundation, CPMP, Certified Project Manager (IAPM))
• Demonstrable familiarity with a myriad of best practice approaches for project management (e.g. Agile, Prince2, PMP, PMD-Pro)
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office applications
• Demonstrable experience of working on complex and varied projects in a project manager or project coordinator role
• Demonstrable experience of creating, managing and reporting on project budgets
• Proactive in nature – ability to foresee potential issues on projects and raise those concerns to the appropriate parties
• Detail oriented and able to successfully coordinate and prioritise multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment
• Competence with tracking, coordinating and follow up of priorities and projects with the ability to drive projects to completion within scope, budget and timeframe
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience of communicating technical or complicated information to diverse audiences.
• Experience in creating and fostering strong working relationships across internal teams
• Excellent judgment and sensitivity; experience of working in a global or culturally diverse setting
• Experience in campaign and advocacy organizations; working on the front line of project implementation
• Experience in training groups and facilitating meetings
• Ability to generate creative solutions to problems and manage the delivery of those solutions, work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, consistently apply good judgment and make good and responsible decisions, and maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work.
• Knowledgeable about issues facing Africa and a dedication to the mission of ONE

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluency in English and either French, German, Italian or Dutch. 

TRAVEL

Occasional travel international and/or domestic.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

Remote work environment at the time of hire. Flexible work options available and standard office work environment in the future when appropriate to accommodate.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. 

SALARY

Annual gross: GBP 41,000 - GBP 48,000 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

If you are ready to join the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, please submit a resume and cover letter to this opening at ONE jobs!

ONE is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants. When an applicant with a disability needs an accommodation to have an equal opportunity to compete for a job, they may request it orally or in writing. ONE will process requests for reasonable accommodation and will provide reasonable accommodations where appropriate, in a prompt and efficient manner.

We understand that a diversity of strengths, experiences, and backgrounds makes our team stronger. If this position interests you, we encourage you to apply and tell us why you are a great candidate for the role. ONE does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Due to the high volume of inquiries that ONE receives, we thank all candidates for their interest yet only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted. 

ABOUT ONE

ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity.

We believe the fight against poverty isn’t about charity, but about justice and equality.

Whether lobbying political leaders in world capitals or running cutting-edge grassroots campaigns, ONE pressures governments to do more to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, and empowers citizens to hold their governments to account.

ONE’s members are crucial to this work. They come from every walk of life and from across the political spectrum. They’re artists and activists, faith and business leaders, students and scientists. They take action day in, day out — organizing, mobilizing, educating, and advocating so that people will have the chance not just to survive, but to thrive.

ONE teams in Abuja, Berlin, Brussels, Dakar, Johannesburg, London, New York, Ottawa, Paris and Washington DC, educate and lobby governments to shape policy solutions that save and improve millions of lives — and which every year are under threat from cuts and other priorities.

ONE is grounded in a mission, vision and set of values that provide a foundation for our work. At ONE, we look for talented individuals who are passionate about making change and who will strive to embody our values. Please take a moment to make yourself familiar with our values and mission statement before submitting your application. 

Employees of ONE work in a collaborative and creative environment towards reaching a common goal of ending extreme poverty and preventable disease.  When you work for ONE, you will receive an exceptional benefits package along with the opportunity to contribute to worldwide causes affecting those most in need.