Position: Advocacy Associate

Organization: IT For Change

Location: Bengaluru/Delhi

Apply: https://itforchange.net/node/55#Program%20Manager

Primary responsibilities:

• Coordinating with stakeholders from current networks and reaching out to new constituencies for networking and alliance-building opportunities.
• Developing and putting in place collaborative work protocols and communication processes to ensure alliances are meaningful, productive, and mutually rewarding.
• Maintaining a calendar and steering processes to maximize key developments in local and global policy spaces, and listing milestones for annual advocacy events.
• Ideating, implementing, and driving advocacy campaigns and efforts.
• Facilitating cross-movement and intra-/inter-coalition dialogue.
• Organizing online and on-site events and campaigns.

Interested candidates must have:

• Excellent (oral and written) communication, facilitation, and organizing skills in the development sector.
• Proven track record of at least 5+ years in regional/global network management, partnership building or community building role. This could be experience with global campaigns and coalitions, anchoring advocacy actions, public interest litigation, and/or influencing policy agendas.
• Experience with managing people, resources, and action plans effectively even in asynchronous, semi-formal, and remote arrangements.
• Familiarity with using digital tools and social media effectively.
• Familiarity with global debates in various developmental areas, including geopolitical and geo-economic issues. 
• Keen interest and experience in digital justice issues and policy.
• A Master’s degree in development, social sciences, media studies, or allied fields.
• Ability to work in short turnarounds, planning and executing campaigns, issuing press notes, and managing high pressure advocacy moments.

Desirable:

• Oral/written fluency in multiple languages.
• Experience with labor, trade justice, and/or feminist movements.