Internet Governance Co-ordinator
Zadna · Gauteng
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Start free — we apply for you →KEY JOB DELIVERABLES: Internet Governance Expertise
- Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and/or monitor advocacy strategies to advance South
- African Internet Governance objectives within different legal and regulatory environments.
- Provide expertise on digital rights policy issues, including freedom of expression, data protection, privacy, access to information, and surveillance.
- Maintain currency in the trends and technologies affecting digital rights policy issues, and the mitigation
- strategies being experimented with.
- Engage in local, regional, and international Internet Governance events.
- Consult and assist stakeholders on Internet Governance policy challenges.
Research and reporting
- Analyze current global Internet Governance trends and produce thought pieces and approaches to address challenges across the internet freedom community.
- Develop policy briefs to address global, regional or country-specific Internet Governance challenges.
- Develop the annual South African Internet Governance report.
Events and Presentations
- Develop and maintain up-to-date Internet Governance briefing and communications materials
- Support ZAIGF and stakeholder meetings and events
- Play a leading role in supporting and developing Internews' public engagement strategy about internet policy, internet governance, and technology policy upon approval and instruction of the Executive.
Stakeholder liaison
- Culturally sensitive communication and mediation skills.
- Maintains and contributes to a database of "promising practices" in stakeholder engagement.
- Contribute to the development strategies for ensuring that best practices in stakeholder engagement are identified and become institutionalized.
- Collaborates closely with the PR and Awareness Officer.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Relevant NQF level 6 qualification in Social Science, Law, or IT.
- Total experience of 4 years in the ICT sector, and specifically DNS.
- Minimum 2 years' experience in ICT/Internet Governance, policy or research is a strong preference.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in project management,
- Minimum of 2 years working with multi-stakeholder entities.
Required Competencies Skills, Knowledge & Behavioral Attributes
- Knowledge of policy development.
- Expertise working with human rights defenders, journalists, advocates, and/or marginalized populations and ideally with internet freedom communities.
- Understanding of gender-sensitive programming and approaches to civil society engagement.
- Thought leadership in public discourse.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize shifting workload.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Superior analytical and writing ability.
- Superior communication and presentation skills