Civic Space Research Officer – West, Central and Lusophone Africa

Position description

CIVICUS exists to defend people power. As a growing global alliance of over 15,000 members in 188 countries, we work together to monitor violations of basic civic freedoms, call out the perpetrators of violations and strengthen the power of people to organise by supporting a more accountable, effective and innovative civil society. We strive to promote excluded voices, especially from the Global South

About the Role

The Civic Space Researcher role is responsible for contributing to CIVICUS’ civic space research priorities including the functioning of the CIVICUS Monitor, a leading global participatory research platform, focused on Central, West and lusophone Africa. Responsibilities include developing curated research and daily high-quality content the CIVICUS Monitor and supporting the strengthening of the Monitor’s global research collaborations. In addition, the role advances CIVICUS’ civic space research agenda through the publication of high quality periodic research papers, in-depth analysis of global trends and regular and continued tracking of civic space conditions including violations, abuses and positive developments.

Key Requirements

• A Master’s degree preferably in following domains: Political science, Law, Sociology, International relations, Journalism and Development;
• A minimum of three years professional experience working directly with civil society organisations and/or human rights defenders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Competence with a wide range of languages – these can be either UN or non-UN languages – is considered a strong asset, competence in French is required and mandatory, additional competence in Portuguese desirable.
• Good understanding of global civil society, human rights and development issues and civic space trends, particularly in West, Central and lusophone Africa.
• An understanding of international human rights frameworks related to fundamental freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression.
• Basic computer literacy, with any web-based publication experience an advantage.
• Previous experience of drafting documents for publication, preferable in English
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a diverse team.
• Well-organised, with the ability to work independently.
• Ability to analyse complex sets of information and reveal trends.
• A commitment to improving respect for human rights.

Application instructions

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