For over 25 years, Global Witness has worked to end environmental and human rights abuses driven by political and corporate elites. Through our bold and hard-hitting investigations, campaigning, and advocacy, we have catalysed change across the world to challenge the systems that enable these harms.
Right now our work is needed more than ever. We are facing a crisis: the climate is being destroyed and civic freedoms are deteriorating. Protecting the environment is not a crime and we must continue to fight for environmental justice and safeguard human rights. That is why we have been undergoing a period of change to ensure our campaigns continue to have the biggest impact in fighting against environmental and human rights abuses. As part of this change, we have simplified our senior leadership team and created a new role of Director of Campaigns, which will provide strategic oversight across all of our campaigns.
As Director of Campaigns, you will be an active and effective member of the senior leadership team, responsible in collaboration with the CEO for setting the strategic direction of our campaigns, while ensuring financial sustainability of our work. An inspiring manager, you will provide sound guidance and assurance to ensure campaign strategies achieve global impact and change, as well as forming excellent partnerships and collaborations with likeminded organisations and individuals.
An experienced and successful leader, you will embrace the role of a strategic Director in a complex organisation and be motivated by contributing to setting the organisational direction. Confident in building strong relationships at all levels, you will be comfortable advising and influencing boards and key stakeholders and decision makers both internally and externally. As a former campaigner, you will also bring an excellent understanding of global political, social, economic, human rights and environmental issues in Global Witness’ area of work or from a transferable field, with the ability to identify the implication of global trends relevant to the current and future planned work.
Whatever your background, everyone who works at Global Witness is a social justice advocate. We are all determined and confident that we can secure a better tomorrow for everyone.
This appointment is being handled by our advising consultants, Starfish Search. To find out more about the role and to apply, please visit their website via the link below.
https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/global-witness-director-campaigns/
If you have questions about the appointment and would find it helpful to have an informal conversation, please contact Mark.Crowley@starfishsearch.com or Katy.Giddens@starfishsearch.com and we will be happy to arrange a call.
Closing date: Monday 9th November 2020
