Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director Campaigns Jobs in South Africa

Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director Campaigns Jobs in South Africa

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to provide strategic oversight on campaign development and implementation, and together with the Deputy Regional Director for Research, ensure integrated ways of working between campaigns and research staff in the regional office and within the wider International Secretariat.

You will lead strategic planning, programme management and implementation of the regional office annual work plans, and monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting to demonstrate programme impact, providing high level and strategic advice to the Regional Director in the management of the Regional Office and strategic allocation of the Regional Office's resources.

About You

You will have extensive experience of leading campaigns at national and international levels, with sound knowledge of the Southern Africa region and human rights issues and trends. Having worked in a leadership role in an international organization, you will have experience of managing people, able to get the best out of them through mentoring, coaching, capacity building and training.

Through creative approaches to human rights campaigns, you will be able to inspire and motivate a diverse range of target audiences, and possess excellent communication skills in English.

Main Responsibilities

With the Regional Director, recruit and manage Campaigns staff, including those working remotely, and ensure performance is managed and talent is nurtured;

Use political judgement and expertise to advise and support Regional Director and broader management group on AI's substantive human rights work in the region, including emerging issues, trends and crisis situations

Manage the development and implementation of human rights campaigns and advocacy action plans for countries within the office's remit, in line with globally agreed priorities and strategies

Lead and/or manage the Regional Office's campaigns field work in order to ensure that political, strategic, technical and security concerns are reviewed and adequately mitigated

Ensure integration of

campaigns and research in order to provide an effective, coherent programme of work which delivers tangible outcomes for human rights in conformity with AI's mission and consistent with its priorities, strategies and standards

Skills and Experience

Extensive experience of leading campaigns at the national & international level through a campaigns lifecycle (issue identification, strategy development, campaign delivery, monitoring & evaluation, campaign exit and impact assessment), and using strategic campaign methodologies & tools

Knowledge of the Southern Africa sub-region in which the post operates as well as global issues and trends; the ability to work effectively within a varied and changing set of focus issues or countries

Experience of managing people and teams, of successfully coaching and mentoring people, and encouraging integrated and new ways of working; ability to identify and address skills gaps and experience of capacity building and training

Experience of working in a key leadership role in a complex organization ideally based outside the organization's global “head” office, and preferably with experience of maintaining a successful operation during times of organizational change

The ability to lead innovative and creative approaches to campaigning; experience of using online and offline activism techniques and a range of digital channels to achieve campaign objectives

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director Campaigns Jobs in South Africa

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