Job Description
Representational Leadership
Inspire and energize CIVICUS' members, partners and networks to create a thriving global civil society movement at national and international levels.
Champion CIVICUS' movement's concerns effectively to the wider world.
Maintain and grow our external credibility, high-level external relations and responsibility for catalyzing strategic alliances to further CIVICUS' aims at these levels.
Strategy Leadership
Provide visionary leadership for CIVICUS' members for how civil society can best realise and leverage its potential to effect systems change in the coming years.
Work in a consultative manner to ensure that the five-year strategic plan (2022-2027) is delivered with the desired impact, including an obvious focus on what we will do differently.
Provide geopolitical analysis and identifying shifts in the external environment that will pose both opportunities and risks for the mission of CIVICUS.
Drive innovation and take CIVICUS and its membership to a new level of truly global mobilization.
Maximize the Board's ability to contribute to CIVICUS' mission and promote good and effective governance.
Organizational Leadership
Cultivate an environment of innovation and thought leadership that will bring about new ways of fulfilling our mission.
Establish a culture of high trust, high accountability and high performance.
Lead by example, motivating and developing the Senior Management Team and broader staff.
Grow a sustainable funding base.
Provide strong fiscal oversight to create a responsible and responsive organization.
Bring vision and oversight to CIVICUS' programmes and World and Youth Assemblies.
Inspire an organizational culture of conviction, accountability and learning.
Support the CIVICUS Board.
People Leadership
Ensure adherence and delivery of CIVICUS Talent Management including recruitment, selection, retention, development and succession planning.
Conduct probation, performance management according to HR timelines ensuring consistency with strategic direction of key programme areas (accountability, resourcing, innovation, effectiveness).
Support both the professional and personal development of staff, ensuring that they can be proactive on all matters, thus maximizing and integrating the effectiveness of the service they provide.
Develop a team culture that values collaboration internally, cross functionally and in partnership with partners where applicable.
CIVICUS Values and Change Management
Lead Innovation and Change by establishing a culture of excellence in respective teams that values experimentation, and continuous improvement.
Ensure personal and team culture that demonstrates all CIVICUS values.