Location: Remote or hub-aligned, as per program needs
Experience: Significant experience in advocacy strategy, movement support, and capacity strengthening with civil society actors across regions
Compensation: Competitive
Closes on: September 12, 2025
CIVICUS
Across continents, CIVICUS brings civil society together to defend freedoms and grow people power. The alliance connects 17,000+ members in 175+ countries, co-creating knowledge, resourcing grassroots actors, and amplifying voices often left out of decision-making. Its work spans analysing civic space trends, advocating for open and democratic spaces, and building resilient networks that enable citizens to organise and act. Through initiatives such as the Digital Democracy Initiative and Local Leadership Labs, CIVICUS helps activists navigate closing civic space and secure fairer access to resources, while championing inclusive participation and lasting systems change worldwide.
Role
Join CIVICUS’ Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) as an Advocacy Specialist and help shape the future of digital civic space across six regions in partnership with local civil society leaders. This consultancy (9 months) bridges technology and advocacy, supporting grassroots actors to influence democracy and rights in the digital era.
Responsibilities
- Co-design and support implementation of advocacy strategies and campaigns with six regional host partners to advance civic space and democracy online and offline.
- Deliver 48 advocacy actions targeting national governments and 6 actions for UN/multilateral institutions and donors; guide partners in policy development, joint statements, lobbying, and coalition-building.
- Ensure strategic advocacy alignment and capacity-building across all regions, contributing evidence and insights to broader CIVICUS research and advocacy outputs.
- Prepare reports capturing learnings, gaps, and strategic recommendations for future action.
Requirements
- Post-graduate degree in Political Science, Development Studies, IT, or related fields.
- Proven track record leading advocacy in digital democracy, rights, or civil society engagement, especially in international or multi-regional contexts.
- Demonstrated experience working with policy advocacy, multilateral institutions, government engagement, and coalition-building.
- Strong writing, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Fluency in English required; Spanish, French, Arabic are an asset.
Benefits
- Collaborate globally for digital democracy and rights.
- Drive strategic impact in a dynamic, remote-first team.
- Work at the forefront of civil society advocacy in challenging contexts.
Apply
The application should include:
- A cover letter (1-2 pages) introducing yourself and explaining your interest in and suitability for the consultancy.
- A high-level proposal (max 5 pages) outlining your approach to conduct advocacy strengthening for the 6 regions to engage national governments, UN and other multilateral institutions and donor agencies.
- A detailed budget proposal, including a breakdown of costs such as consultant fees and any other relevant costs. (Travel, if required, will be covered by CIVICUS).
- A current CV highlighting relevant experience, qualifications, and language proficiencies.
- A sample of previous work on advocacy to national governments, UN and other multilateral institutions and donor agencies.
- 3 references that can attest to the quality and impact of your previous work.
All proposals should be submitted in MS Word format in English.
