Organisational Development Coordinator – MENA

Tunis Office

• For 50 years, we’ve been campaigning for human rights wherever justice, freedom and truth are denied. We’ve reshaped policies, challenged governments and taken corporations to task. In doing so, we’ve changed thousands of lives for the better. Join Amnesty at our new Secretariat office in Tunis and you will too.
• Please note this role is titled Organisational Development Coordinator for advertising purposes only. The job title for the successful candidate in this role will be Regional Capacity Building Coordinator. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

• This crucial role requires a skilled professional in the field of organisational development and capacity building to provide support to Amnesty  Sections in Middle East and North Africa. The work will involve providing support to the national sections to build their capacity in the areas of governance, management, strategic and operational planning, office systems and processes and growth of members.
• The focus of the national-level work will be four countries in MENA and involves some travel to some countries in the region. This role involves building governance capacity of boards; working with the directors and other staff in helping establish/improve internal programme and office management systems and processes; supporting planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning capacities, supporting sharing and learning among sections; and capacity support on enabling growing the membership base. There will also be some coordination of regional-level capacity building work.

ABOUT YOU

• You must have excellent knowledge and demonstrable experience of organisational development, management and capacity building and learning in the context of a small NGO in the Global South, with direct experience of working specifically within the MENA region. You will have excellent verbal and written Arabic, French and English. You will have the ability to organise and facilitate training workshops; coordinate input from different teams, strong project management skills; ability to produce high quality reports; and strong inter-personal skills, strategic thinking and political judgement.

ABOUT US 

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We reach almost every country in the world and have:

• more than 2 million members and supporters who drive forward our fight for rights
• more than 5 million activists who strengthen our calls for justice

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they’re denied. And whether we’re applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we’re all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

Benefits include 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), pension scheme, employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional, engaging environment.

For further information on our benefits, please visit https://www.amnesty.org/en/careers/benefits/

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click ‘Apply for this Role’ below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let’s get to work.