Location: The role will be based in one of the following countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico or Peru
Contract: Full-time, permanent, 35 hours per week
Salary: £45,386 pa (pro-rata, adjusted for location)
Closing date: 11th April 2021
About Publish What You Pay
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) is the world’s largest network of civil society organisations campaigning for open and accountable oil, gas and mining sectors. With more than 1000 member organisations in over 50 countries, our strength lies in our ability to coordinate action nationally and globally, maximising our collective voice to push for policy and behaviour change in governments and businesses.
Our global strategy, Vision 2025, sets out our people-centred agenda for the extractive sector. Vision 2025 builds on our success in securing unprecedented levels of transparency from the extractive industries while placing more emphasis on making sure that transparency leads to broader changes that improve the lives of citizens in resource rich countries. It prioritises greater citizen participation in the governance of oil, gas and mineral extraction so that people can exercise their right to take part in decisions that affect them and can hold the powerful to account. It also aims to connect to international efforts to curb poverty and promote sustainable development, redress inequality and prevent climate disaster.
We are a growing, fun and dynamic team spread across seven countries and we work with some of the most courageous anti-corruption and human rights activists in the world. We offer an amazing working environment with a focus on personal development.
The Role
If you want to challenge yourself, work hard and make a real difference in the world, we might just have the role for you!
PWYP is seeking a Senior Regional Coordinator, Latin America & Carribean (LAC) to join the Member Engagement (ME) department to expand our work in this region.
The primary responsibility of the Senior Regional Coordinator, LAC is to lead and coordinate regional advocacy initiatives and movement building, as well as enabling a learning culture in line with PWYP’s Vision 2025 strategy and operational plans.
Key results areas:
- Ensure the effective design and implementation of regional advocacy campaigns and strategies
- Design, deliver and/or facilitate coalition building techniques and approaches to further the implementation of PWYP’s Vision 2025 strategy
- Lead regional-level fundraising and project management for the implementation of key strategic priorities of Vision 2025
- Implement monitoring, evaluation and learning practices to inform strategic planning and reflection
- Manage and/or mentor others towards high standards of performance by defining clear roles & responsibilities, providing appropriate support, and using of a leadership style that will drive high levels of engagement and motivation
As a Senior Regional Coordinator you will keep abreast of relevant research and analysis in relation to the LAC region and those most impacted by developments in the extractive sector. You will have strong relationship building skills and engage with a range of stakeholders in order to coordinate regional advocacy initiatives and to foster movement building, including supporting membership growth and diversity. Furthermore you will lead consultation with members in the region to identify strategic priorities and opportunities to develop and implement the regional work plan. You can find a detailed breakdown of the job responsibilities in the job description.
About you
You’ll bring solid experience of civil society, capacity building and/or natural resource governance combined with good working knowledge of regional political context and stakeholder landscapes.
You’ll have outstanding English language skills (both written and oral) as well as Spanish and ideally knowledge of other languages (Portuguese, Russian, French, Arabic is an advantage).
You’ll be able to quickly understand and stay informed across a wide range of complex issues and prior experience of doing so in the natural resource governance field is an advantage. You will need to be good at building relationships, including with grassroots organisations; and feel at home working in a small, diverse, international team.
Please read the job description thoroughly before applying. Use your cover letter to outline why you would be a good fit for this role with specific reference to the requirements in the job description. Please kindly note that all applications and CVs must be in English.