Lebanon: Climate & Energy Campaigner

Aug 30, 2015 | Greenpeace Mediterranean
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Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. Our campaigns aim at catalysing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet: climate change; defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global network of marine reserves; protecting the world's ancient forests and the animals, plants and people that depend on them; creating a toxic free futurewith safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products and manufacturing; and campaigning for sustainable agriculture by protecting biodiversity and encouraging ecological farming.

Greenpeace has been campaigning against environmental degradation since 1971 and today comprises 28 independent national/regional offices in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body in the Netherlands, Greenpeace International.

 

Purpose of the Job

GPMed is currently seeking a creative, strategic, and energetic Campaigner to join us in promoting inspiring solutions to stop climate change and other environmental challenges in the Arab world. The Climate and Energy (C&E) Campaigner will have innovative ways of thinking, managing projects, and collaborating with a team of talented professionals. The C&E Campaigner will provide specialized campaign expertise in GPMed's on-going or emerging campaign project works and will be directly involved in the development and implementation of campaign project plans, under the leadership of the Arab world Programme Leader (PL). The C&E Campaigner will actively collaborate with fellow team members working on the Programme's Communications, Digital engagement and Volunteer coordination. The Arab world team focuses on C&E online campaign work and digital engagement, profiling and building on occasional offline activities delivered to support the digital campaign. The work is also enriched with online support to Greenpeace global campaign work. We are looking for someone who can grasp the issues, spot opportunities, and support the mobilization of our supporters to intervene in one of the most dynamic and important debates of our time.

 

Main Responsibilities

Campaign collaboration and management

  • Contribute
 to
 the
 development
 and
 implementation
 of
 GPMed's
 C&E campaign
 strategies, projects
 and campaign
work
in
the Arab world
  • Contribute to the development and effective implementation of annual work plans to bring positive changes in tackling climate change in the Arab world
  • Contribute to the proposals and assessments of the annual programme as required
  • Assist in the preparation of the annual organisation development plans, and thereafter prepare an annual individual work plan with measurable performance objectives
  • Assist in the strategic development of the social, economic, political and legislative, as well as the business components of the C&E campaign in order to ensure that GPMed can respond effectively to strategic opportunities, and influence the development of relevant national and international legislation and practices.
  • Undertake specific campaign project work. The work is likely to involve all or some of the following techniques: non-violent direct action, public communication and engagement activities, media work, political and corporate work and the use of legal and scientific approaches to issues.
  • Coordinate and manage all arrangements for various campaign activities as required
  • Evaluate project and campaign progress and shortcomings at designed points of evaluation, and draft campaign progress and annual reports
  • Create responsible budgets at the beginning of project life cycle and oversee budgetary issues throughout implementation under the guidance of the Programme leader
  • Monitor external political, scientific, communications and technical developments related to the campaign work; provide briefings and feed in campaign communications as required
  • Conduct research and provide incisive campaign expertise to the Programme and AW team
  • Stay abreast of the latest developments of the climate and energy issues in the Arab world
  • Ensure regular communications within GPMed, with GPI and other national/regional offices working on the C&E campaign

 

Communications and Representation

  • Prepare substantive briefings and updates to inform staff, media and stakeholders on specific campaign issues, progress and outcomes.
  • In conjunction with the GPMed AW Communications officer, design, create and use a range of communications tools (direct actions, direct communication, traditional and digital media, briefing sheets and public information, and other tools) to communicate with target audiences and to achieve campaign objectives.
  • In conjunction with the GP med AW digital campaigner, design, create and develop digital tools to engage and mobilize various audiences to achieve campaign objectives.
  • Establish and maintain active networking and alliance building with potential and established partners and relevant campaign stakeholders
  • Represent GPMed in national, regional and international meetings and conferences as required

 

Teamwork

  • Work openly and co-operatively with other team members.
  • Communicate effectively with other team members.
  • Respond to challenge, explore new ideas and take initiatives in all aspects of teamwork.
  • Adapt role within team as appropriate, including playing supportive role to other members of the team as necessary.
  • Take full part in the self-evaluation of team campaign projects at their completion.
  • Provide input and contribute to teamwork and team building within GPMed as required

 

Skills and Qualifications

Educational Qualifications

  • Post graduate degree (Masters) from a reputable institution preferably in environmental studies, social sciences or other related disciplines

 

Experience requirements

  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant, practical working experience within environmental and grassroots organisation in Arab league countries, preferably in North Africa, in addition to Lebanon and Jordan. Experience working in the developing countries will also be preferred
  • Exposure to the design, implementation and management of environmental campaigns and development projects
  • Management experience of grassroots campaigns or projects, and working with local groups would be highly desirable
  • Experience working with regional and national government counterparts at high level

 

Competencies

Organisation competencies

  • Proven ability to work as part of a team and actively pursuing networking
  • Well-rounded individual that values diversity
  • Ability to adapt, lead and manage change environment
  • Commitment to peace and non-violence as a mean to bring change
  • Ability to travel as required

 

Functional competencies

Technical

  • Strong technical knowledge in the key campaign areas: climate issues and research/writing, as well as public speaking/lobbying, and/or organizing people around an issue
  • Understanding the media advocacy needs of a campaigning organisation
  • Excellent digital skills and ability to use new media platforms as tools and resources in campaigning
  • Sound knowledge of environmental challenges, climate and energy issues on a global and regional level
  • Understanding the roles that science, politics, economics, industry, media and social change play in campaigning
  • Excellent command of written and verbal communications skills in Arabic and Fluency in English language

 

Method related

  • Organisational and project management skills
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Presentation and reporting skills
  • Planning and organising
  • Working under pressure
  • Public speaking

 

Social competencies

  • Achievement
  • Team player
  • Negotiation and networking skills
  • Ability to work unsupervised, in a rapidly changing environment
  • Commitment to, and demonstrated ability to work well as part of a team
  • Ability to function effectively under public scrutiny
  • Ability to operate and lead under pressure and in physically or mentally challenging situations

 

Work environment

  • The position works in an office environment, and is required to travel to other Greenpeace offices, campaign locations or locations where environmental problems require the presence of Greenpeace representatives
  • The position may also be required to work under pressure and in physically or mentally challenging situations.

 

Commitment

Commitment to Greenpeace's core values in response to environmental and peace issues through non-violent direct action-led campaigning in line with its mission.

 

How to apply

Please send cover letter and CV tohr.gpmed@greenpeace.org by Sunday August 30th, 2015. Kindly indicate in your cover letter how you found out about this career opportunity. Please use the email subject line: Arab world Climate and Energy Campaigner – Your Name.

Please no phone calls. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.