PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
PROGRAMME OFFICER – DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
accountable to: Senior Programme Officer – Civic dwelling & Digital Rights
Key Relationships:Â Programme Officers, Consultants, Interns, Pupils
Contract: 1 yr
Working Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week
wage:Â Ksh 2,880,000 per yr
Location:Â Nairobi, Kenya
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PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
ABOUT US ; PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
Established in 1987, ARTICLE 19 works for a world the place all people everywhere can freely particular themselves and actively work together in public life with out fear or discrimination. Our mission is to promote and defend the common human rights of freedom of expression and information world extensive, by way of worldwide advocacy, authorized evaluation, and regional and nationwide initiatives. Our imaginative and prescient is for all people everywhere to have the vitality to freely particular themselves and actively work together in public life with out fear of discrimination.
underneath our method we’re working to outline a mannequin new digital period for expression by bridging human rights and know-how, and by in search of to defend, empower and join silenced voices, by advancing regulation and coverage to defend freedom of expression, and by demanding accountability. We think about freedom of expression factors everyone: that is the rationale ARTICLE 19 champions a world the place all people everywhere can freely particular themselves and have interplay in public life with out fear or discrimination.
Our worldwide office is predicated in London, and now we have established regional workplaces primarily based inside the Americas, Asia, Europe, MENA and Africa.
with regard to the position ; PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
The Programme Officer – Digital Rights and coverage implements and coordinates digitally-oriented initiatives at ARTICLE 19 as properly as to leads the group inside the world of digital freedom of expression and freedom of information.
KEY duties ;PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
i. Lead the implementation of impactful, digitally-oriented initiatives on the ARTICLE 19 jap Africa regional office to increase management inside the fields of freedom of expression and information;
ii. function the most important cross-group focus for creating and coordinate ARTICLE 19 jap Africa regional office’s programmatic digital work;
iii. characterize ARTICLE 19 jap Africa regional office in regional and worldwide fora to solidify our management inside the areas of digital freedom of
expression and information;
iv. Scan (regularly) the exterior environment and preserve a broad community with potential companions to decide undertaking alternatives to increase the idea of the rights to freedom of expression and information;
v. Working with completely different programmatic and thematic leads to develop and implement programmatic actions with a function to reinforce program/thematic engagement;
vi. Exploring the intersection between regulation, coverage and know-how and search for alternatives to incorporate a rights-primarily based perspective in coverage and legislative FOE, privateness, entry, digital safety and enterprise and human rights discussions, in collaboration with ARTICLE 19 worldwide office’s regulation programme;
vii. offering technical expertise and information of digital fora in assist of ARTICLE 19’s work on human rights and digital regulation, coverage and ideas;
Collaborating with the communications workforce to current advice and assist as requested with regard to campaigning (social media) using digital utilized sciences;
viii. Collaborating with the finance workforce, to current advice and assist as requested in relation to the digital program’s administrative and finance affairs;
ix. Securing sources that will assist the programmatic work on this space;
completely different:
i. Undertake completely different duties commensurate with the position as might reasonably be assigned by the Regional Director
ii. guarantee upkeep and progress of media and safety programme recordsdata, and contribute to the event of related information packages to reinforce institutional reminiscence and studying.
particular person SPECIFICATION
important
education and information:
 Bachelors’ diploma diploma or equal with publish-graduate qualification in human rights, regulation, African research, worldwide relations, political science, media, communication, or completely different related area being an added benefit.
 Familiarity with human rights, freedom of expression and/or democratization factors in jap Africa
 Familiarity with worldwide and regional mechanisms for promoting and defending human rights.
 information of politics and societies in jap Africa
expertise: PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
 a minimal of three years’ expertise in working with digital communications administration work inside the human rights sector;
 expertise of working with companion organizations;
 expertise of working in a cross-cultural environment.
abilities and abilities: PROGRAMME OFFICER DIGITAL RIGHTS AND coverage
i. in a place to function on personal initiative with demonstrable time-administration abilities;
ii. glorious written and spoken English and Kiswahili;
iii. Analytical and strategic planning abilities;
iv. glorious undertaking administration and administration abilities (collectively with monetary administration and reporting);
v. glorious evaluation and report writing abilities
vi. glorious writing and presentation and advocacy abilities;
vii. glorious communication abilities and sensitivity in working with people from numerous cultural and social backgrounds;
viii. glorious organisational and logistical abilities;
ix. glorious abilities in phrase-processing and dealing with spreadsheets;
x. Familiarity with the utilization of e-mail and the internet;
xi. potential to work underneath strain, with little administrative assist and to meet strict deadlines.
completely different requirements:
i. dedication to ARTICLE 19’s values and goals;
ii. dedication to equal alternatives;
iii. potential to journey extensively.
fascinating
i. information of French
ii. expertise of working in an NGO environment;
iii. expertise with civil society performance-constructing, collectively with teaching;
iv. expertise of writing/enhancing publications.
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