MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The main aim of the job is to strengthen the ability of African CSOs to engage constructively with the AU and its organs in the interests of promoting justice, equity and accountability.

RESPONSIBLITIES

Reporting to the Director of Fahamu, you will be responsible for:

• Researching, compiling, analysing, summarising and disseminating strategic information from the AU and its organs of relevance to the main purpose of the job.
• Ensuring strategic flow of information from CSOs, alliances and coalitions to the AU and its organs that will contribute to the AU realising its own vision of a ‘people driven African Union’.
• Disseminating information about upcoming summits, forums and events of relevance to CSOs, trade unions, interest groups, academics, diaspora groups, state officials and parliamentarians.
• Facilitating joint advocacy by CSOs trade unions, interest groups and African citizens, around the Pan-African Parliament, the Economic and Social Council, the Peace and Security Council, protocols, instruments and other relevant bodies or instruments.
• Ensuring cooperation and support for continental, regional and national initiatives by other CSOs that have broadly similar aims.
• Encouraging African CSOs, trade unions, coalitions and alliances to make use of the facilities of AU-Monitor, and ensuring that different CSO groupings know of each others initiatives, and where possible, encouraging cooperation
• Preparing and disseminating relevant media briefings, developing relations with the media.
• Contributing to the development of relevant multimedia materials for dissemination via mainstream and other media outlets and via the internet.
• Developing content for the AU-Monitor section of Pambazuka News, writing, commissioning and editing editorial content for Pambazuka News.
• Developing content for the AU-Monitor website, and make recommendations for improving its structure, content, usability and accessibility.
• Recommending and oversee the commissioning of special thematic issues of Pambazuka News and/or AU-Monitor website
• Recommending and leading on the production of printed materials in the form of leaflets, pamphlets or books.
• Production of a daily ‘Summit blog’ on CSO activities during AU Summits.
• Assisting in the establishment of a geographically diverse and gender balanced Advisory Panel of key to provide advice and help develop strategy and to ensure that the AU-Monitor facility retains, and is perceived to retain, independence.
• Identifying and developing funding sources, including the preparation of proposals, including developing collaborative initiatives with African CSOs, coalitions and alliances and submitting joint proposals for funding.
• Representing Fahamu and the AU-Monitor initiative at appropriate forums.
• Undertaking such other duties as are required and are mutually agreed upon to meet the requirements of Fahamu and the AU Monitor initiative.

As part of the team, you will contribute to the development of Fahamu’s strategy and the nurturing of new initiatives in all of Fahamu’s programmes.

The person will be based either in Addis Ababa or Nairobi,

Please send your CV, a covering letter explaining why you are interested in the postion and the name of three relevant referees to [email][email protected]. Closing date for applications 1 January 2007