CIVICUS Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) Team is hiring an Advocacy Specialist – YOA

Deadline: September 12, 2025

The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) crew at CIVICUS is looking for a extremely skilled Advocacy Specialist to strengthen the capability of Regional Support Mechanism host companions in six areas – Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa- to guard and develop digital civic area.

The Advocacy Specialist will collaborate with host companions to design and implement advocacy methods, plans, and merchandise that promote and defend civic area and inclusive democracy within the digital period, whereas driving coordinated advocacy efforts focusing on nationwide governments, the United Nations, multilateral establishments, and donor businesses.

Scope of Work

The scope of labor contains, however is not restricted to, the next duties:

• National Governments: Close collaboration with the host companions and/or native collaborators to design and implement 48 advocacy actions throughout the 6 areas (8 per area) focusing on nationwide governments to safeguard and/or improve an enabling atmosphere for native civil society actors.
• UN/Multilateral Institutions/Donor Agencies: Close collaboration with the host companions to design and implement 6 advocacy actions throughout the 6 areas of implementation focusing on the UN and different multilateral establishments and donor businesses. These advocacy actions can concentrate on particular processes equivalent to SDG 16 and supporting campaigns/coalitions for domestically led growth and efficient enabling environments for civil society.
• Donor Agencies: Close collaboration with the host companions to design and implement advocacy actions focusing on donor businesses to strengthen native civil society assist infrastructure within the international south, together with increasing scope, attain and sustainability of those mechanisms, plus the adoption of comparable mechanisms in additional places.
• CIVICUS: Close collaboration with the CIVICUS regional advocacy leads and UN Advisors at New York and Geneva hubs to make sure their inputs within the design and implementation of the advocacy actions to nationwide governments and UN and different multilateral establishments and donor businesses. Contributions from host companions and native collaborators will mirror in CIVICUS analysis and advocacy merchandise.

Eligibility

The excellent candidate ought to possess the next {qualifications} and expertise:

• A submit-graduate diploma in Political Science, International Relations, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Information Technology, or a associated discipline.
• Demonstrated skilled expertise, significantly in digital democracy, digital rights, civil society engagement, and coverage advocacy.
• Proven monitor file of conducting advanced, multi-regional advocacy tasks, ideally throughout the context of worldwide growth or non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
• Familiarity with the political, social, and technological contexts of various areas.
• Knowledge of the UN system and its processes, significantly in relation to coverage advocacy and civil society engagement.
• Demonstrated experience in coverage advocacy and civil society engagement on digital democracy to nationwide governments, multilateral establishments and donor businesses.
• Strong communication expertise, with the flexibility to convey advanced concepts and findings in a transparent and compelling method.
• Strong interpersonal expertise with the flexibility to have interaction and collaborate successfully with various stakeholders, together with civil society actors, digital specialists, and policymakers.
• Fluency in English is required; proficiency in further languages related to the areas (e.g., Spanish, French, Arabic) is extremely fascinating.

Application

Interested candidates are invited to submit the next paperwork to [email protected] :

• A canopy letter (1-2 pages) introducing your self and explaining your curiosity in and suitability for the consultancy.
• A excessive-degree proposal (max 5 pages) outlining your strategy to conduct advocacy strengthening for the 6 areas to have interaction nationwide governments, UN and different multilateral establishments and donor businesses.
• An in depth funds proposal, together with a breakdown of prices equivalent to marketing consultant charges and some other related prices. (Travel, if required, might be lined by CIVICUS, this doesn’t have to be mirrored within the funds).
• A present CV highlighting related expertise, {qualifications}, and language proficiencies.
• A pattern of earlier work on advocacy to nationwide governments, UN and different multilateral establishments and donor businesses. This might embody coverage place papers, joint statements in response to particular occasions or selections, bilateral and group conferences and occasions
• Contact data for 3 (3) people or organisations that may attest to the standard and impression of your earlier work.

All proposals ought to be submitted in MS Word format in English to [email protected]

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