Job Description

Position:  Policy Adviser on Climate Justice and Corporate Advocacy

Contract Duration: Fixed Term [Contract ends 30th of September 2024]
Entry Salary: Grade D (Salary Range GBP 39,100 to GBP 45,000 per annum) plus benefits
Closing Date: 02nd Of August 2023

Job Location: Preferably in a hub office (Johannesburg, Nairobi or London). Possible from any country where AA has an active presence

Please note that candidates must have the right to work in the job location at the time of appointment.

The Role:

ActionAid International is launching an ambitious climate justice campaign ‘Fund Our Future’ with a flagship report being published in September 2023 documenting the shocking scale of finance flowing from commercial banks to fossil fuel extraction and industrial agriculture in the Global South.

The Policy Adviser will work closely with the Global Lead on Climate Justice and the Campaign Steering Group to ensure that there is rigorous and sound policy analysis underpinning the global campaign, supporting the global campaign launch and follow-up research and documentation to this flagship report, including advising on corporate challenges that arise and developing supplementary analysis/resources. The role will also support countries keen to engage in this campaign at the national level, offering policy analysis and advice about money flows, targeting and effective approaches to corporate advocacy/engagement.

Who we’re looking for:

• At least 5 years’ experience of working on climate justice advocacy and on corporate advocacy.
• Strong background in climate justice, social justice perspectives, media and communication
• Good familiarity with gender and women’s rights issues, and a commitment to feminist approaches
• Excellent writing, communication skills, problem-solving skills, and resourcefulness
• Strong networking/relationship-building skills – ability to anticipate, coordinate and facilitate activities with
• Energetic, enthusiastic, and interested in learning new things
• Experience working in an international agency/across
• Comprehensive understanding of rights-based programme
• Practical experience of development work in Africa, Asia, or Latin America, particularly with communities living in
• Strong commitment to ActionAid’s values and ethos, including ActionAid’s feminist leadership principles.

What we offer:

ActionAid is committed to providing a welcoming, supportive workplace where we recognise a job well done, encourage close collaboration and sharing power, and where safeguarding standards and feminist leadership are exemplified everywhere. At ActionAid, you can look forward to a fair compensation package and a flexible working environment, including.

• A workplace that embraces intersectional feminist principles

How to apply:

Please click on the “apply” button to start the application process:

Applications close on the 02nd. of August 2023, 11:59 GMT. Please upload an up-to-date curriculum vitae and a covering letter, clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. Early applications are encouraged. Interviews will be held on the 09th. and 10th. of august 2024.

Please check your application and make sure you meet all the essential criteria listed in the person specification. In addition, your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria. If you do not meet at least all the essential criteria, please do not apply as we only consider candidates if they meet the essential criteria listed on the job description. We will only consider candidates who have the right to work in the specified locations.

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

ActionAid International will not consider unsolicited candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

About us:

ActionAid is a global federation working for a world free from poverty and injustice.

ActionAid International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity.

We are committed to recruiting candidates who promote and are committed to ActionAid’s SHEA and Safeguarding policies and values, helping create safer working cultures. As a deterrence measure, ActionAid is also committed to deterring candidates who are intending to cause harm from joining ActionAid.

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