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Global Witness – Advocacy and Programme Leader – Environmental Governance

Purpose of Post:

The Advocacy and Programme Leader will develop, lead and ensure the relevance, high visibility and impact of Global Witness’ Forest and Land campaign, and will take a lead on the creation of longer term campaign strategies on environmental governance.

The Advocacy and Programme Leader will directly manage and motivate at least 12 staff and in addition be responsible for distinct programme related outputs from a further 4 staff .

Key responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership in developing and consolidating individual campaign themes into a highly effective international campaign (with national components) which promotes sustainable and accountable land and forest use;

• Manage and motivate Global Witness’ Team of committed Campaign Leaders during the growth phase to deliver creative and effective campaigns;

• Oversee the growth of the Campaign’s significant international civil society partnership and ensure that it delivers impactful advocacy for sustainable and accountable forest and land management in at least 7 countries. This will include hiring additional staff to this programme and managing a civil society grant fund;

• Plan and participate in key investigative and lobbying missions;

• Represent GW at the highest levels of national and international institutions, companies, NGOs and other actors;

• With the Communications team, develop innovative and effective communications which delivers change in the forest and land campaign;

• Work with the Fundraising team to identify new funding sources, and to ensure that the land and forest team provides relevant, timely and compelling campaign information to the fundraising team and keeps them abreast of campaign developments to maximise and sustain financial support for this campaign.

Desirable:

• Qualifications in human rights or environmental sectors;

• At least 3 years experience of programme management in developing country settings;

• Knowledge and experience of undertaking in country field investigations.

Deadline to apply is 6 January 2011 please click here for more information and how to apply.