Responsibilities

• Job Title: Campaigner

  Location: Abuja, Nigeria
  Durations: 2 Years
  Type: Fixed Term Contract
  No of weekly working hours: 40
  Programme: Campaigns and Education

  Job Summary

  • To develop and implement campaigning strategies, managing, and coordinating actions on human rights concerns by using and developing knowledge on Nigeria and global thematic areas, and supporting and liaising with the International Secretariat, Amnesty International (AI) movement and outside networks to ensure maximum impact.

  Main Responsibilities

  • To contribute to the development and implementation of overarching campaign strategies to deliver impact, and to support, manage and coordinate actions on human rights concerns in Nigeria and thematic areas aimed at effecting change in the human rights situation;
  • To support and liaise with AI membership structures and maintain and develop networks of national and international NGOs and other external partners in the development and implementation of campaigning strategies and plans in Nigeria.
  • To write and devise campaigning and other materials for external and internal use, such as reports, annual report entries, public statements, web features, audio-visual materials and government correspondence.
  • To research the most effective ways to campaign on human rights concerns and monitor and conduct evaluations of campaigning strategies and plans
  • To monitor and analyse political and human rights developments and conduct research as appropriate into human rights contexts and individual cases, including by participating in field research and through contact with partners in Nigeria.
  • To communicate AI’s concerns, positions and key messages to AI’s membership, civil society organizations and at other forums, including through lobbying at relevant public forums in relation to campaigning priorities and undertaking other advocacy, and in addition, as appropriate, represent AI in governmental, inter-governmental and various public forums, as well as with the news media and others.
  • Analyse the power dynamics within systems that affect campaign outcomes and trends and occurrences in the external environment to improve the effectiveness of AI Nigeria’s campaign strategy and tactics
  • Generate engaging and purposeful content for use across diverse channels and inspires a chosen audience to act
  • Contribute to the team’s response during a crisis or unexpected work.
  • To contribute to the development of sub-regional and region-wide strategies and plans for research and campaigning and provide input into internal discussions on the AI mission, policy, organizational and other issues to increase the effectiveness of AI’s work.
  • To represent Amnesty International to external stakeholders and to communicate Amnesty International’s concerns, positions and, where relevant, campaign strategies to external and internal stakeholders.
  • Actively represent AI Nigeria in specific campaign projects to external public, media, political and business audiences and events, including approved media content where necessary.
  • Provide campaign support for Research projects and facilitate quality control checks on the accuracy of campaign materials and assertions.
  • This is not an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties, that are within the employee’s skills and capabilities whenever reasonably instructed.

  Working Relationship

  • Reporting to: Programmes Manager – Amnesty International Nigeria
  • Posts that this job manages: This post has no line management responsibility. However, the campaigner works with Researcher and other team member, participants in research and campaigning projects, consultants, interns, temporary staff and other participants in campaigning projects.
  • Other key relationships: The campaigner works in close collaboration with the researcher, Finance and office manager and other posts in the national office, as well as campaigners in the International Secretariat and in the Amnesty International movement.