CIVICUS is hiring a Civic Space Research Officer – West, Central and Lusophone Africa – YOA

Deadline: February 9, 2025

Apply now for the Civic Space Research Officer place at CIVICUS. The Civic Space Researcher position is chargeable for contributing to CIVICUS’ civic house analysis priorities together with the functioning of the CIVICUS Monitor, a main world participatory analysis platform, targeted on Central, West and lusophone Africa.

Responsibilities embody creating curated analysis and day by day excessive-high quality content material the CIVICUS Monitor and supporting the strengthening of the Monitor’s world analysis collaborations. In addition, the position advances CIVICUS’ civic house analysis agenda by way of the publication of excessive-high quality periodic analysis papers, in-depth evaluation of world tendencies and common and continued monitoring of civic house circumstances together with violations, abuses and optimistic developments.

Salary

• A wage of $36,061 USD (excluding advantages)

Eligibility

• A Master’s diploma ideally in following domains: Political science, Law, Sociology, International relations, Journalism and Development;
• A minimal of three years skilled expertise working instantly with civil society organisations and/or human rights defenders.  
• Excellent verbal and written communication expertise in English. 
• Competence with a wide selection of languages – these could be both UN or non-UN languages – is thought-about a robust asset, competence in French is required and necessary, further competence in Portuguese fascinating.
• Good understanding of world civil society, human rights and growth points and civic house tendencies, notably in West, Central and lusophone Africa.
• An understanding of worldwide human rights frameworks associated to elementary freedoms of affiliation, peaceable meeting and expression. 
• Basic laptop literacy, with any net-based mostly publication expertise a bonus.  
• Previous expertise of drafting paperwork for publication, preferable in English   
• Strong interpersonal expertise and means to work as part of a numerous staff. 
• Well-organised, with the power to work independently. 
• Ability to analyse advanced units of data and reveal tendencies. 
• A dedication to bettering respect for human rights.

Application

Your application ought to comprise of:

• A full CV, together with instructional and skilled {qualifications}, a full employment historical past exhibiting the extra important positions, tasks held, and related achievements.
• A protecting word of no more than 1 web page outlining your motivation for making use of for the position.

Shortlisted candidates might be contacted 2 weeks after the cut-off date to schedule interviews.

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