Strategic Initiatives Support Officer

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 $37.4k / year

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🧐 Strategy

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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1993

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Charity • Social Impact

CIVICUS is a global alliance that champions the power of civil society to create positive change. It strengthens citizen action and civil society worldwide by enabling a community of informed and committed citizens who tackle humanity's challenges. CIVICUS engages in advocacy, co-creates knowledge, builds networks, and resources local leadership to enhance civic freedoms and promote inclusivity, particularly for marginalized groups.

📋 Description

• Provide project and administrative support to CIVICUS' Strategic Initiatives workstream • Support funder engagement, grant management, resource mobilisation and cross-cutting organisational initiatives • Draft, edit and proofread funder correspondence, briefing notes, concept notes, talking points and other written materials • Support development of concept notes and proposals for funding diversification efforts • Prepare meeting summaries, minutes and follow-up notes • Maintain knowledge resources and filing systems such as Knowledge Hub/SharePoint • Maintain funder contact records and CRM databases • Coordinate with fundraising consultants by scheduling calls, tracking actions and consolidating outreach records • Assist with funder meetings, forums and events, including logistics, briefing preparation and note-taking • Research good funding practices and ecosystem-strengthening approaches • Track quarterly funder updates and scheduled communications • Maintain the Grants Management Profile and Smartsheet dashboard • Coordinate grant reporting calls and track action points and outstanding items • Quality-check narrative and financial reports for clarity, consistency and funder compliance • Document grant agreements, restrictions and compliance requirements • Support annual planning, budgeting, learning activities and cross-organisational convenings • Coordinate Norad-funded and other cross-organisational grant activities • Support organisational strategy reviews, project close-outs, knowledge management and learning initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in social sciences, international relations, gender studies, sociology, political science, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience) • Minimum 5 years' relevant work experience, ideally within a civil society organisation, international development or similar setting • Excellent written and spoken English • Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills • Ability to write clearly, concisely and persuasively for varied audiences, including funders, policymakers and internal teams • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with close attention to detail • Good research and analytical skills, with ability to synthesise information from a range of sources • Commitment to human rights and social justice principles • Experience working remotely and collaboratively within a globally distributed team • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management applications • Right to work in the location where based • Experience supporting funder or grant reporting processes (desirable) • Knowledge of civil society and civic space issues (desirable) • Knowledge of one or more UN languages other than English (desirable)

🏖️ Benefits

• Fixed-term contract of 12 months, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability • Remote work • Global, distributed-team work environment