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JobCoordinator for the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty
Article by ECPM published on June 25th, 2015Ensemble contre la peine de mort (Together against the Death Penalty - ECPM) is recruiting a coordinator for the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty (Oslo / June 2016)
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JOB OFFER - ECPM – Coordinator for the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty
Ensemble contre la peine de mort (Together against the Death Penalty - ECPM) is recruiting a coordinator for the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty (Oslo / June 2016)
Since its creation in 2000, ECPM fights against the death penalty worldwide. The association encourages the universal abolition of the death penalty through advocacy actions before governments, the strengthening of abolitionist civil society, the creation and sharing of publications, support to death row prisoners, and the teaching abolition in France and abroad.
ECPM brings together abolitionists from all around the world to speed up the movement for a universal abolition of the death penalty and to improve its efficiency.
In 2001, ECPM organised the first World Congress against the Death Penalty in Strasbourg. This Congress triggered the formation of an international movement for abolition; a movement which gathered members of civil society as well as international political figures and Organizations. After this first success, four editions followed (Montreal, 2004, Paris 2007, Geneva 2010, Madrid 2013). World Congresses against the death penalty are aimed at strengthening the work of local actors, initiating and developing joint strategies for abolition, encouraging countries to take concrete actions, mobilising citizens. They gather on average 1,500 people from a hundred countries, a hundred political delegations and are covered by the international press.
Since 2012, the World Congress against the death penalty is preceded by a Congress with a regional focus, aiming to prepare the debates to allow progress on the region at the World Congress.
These two events are part of the international campaign for the universal abolition of capital punishment.
Project objective for which the position is created:
The objective of the "World Congress of Oslo" project is to support the international momentum towards the abolition of the death penalty by promoting concerted action at national, regional and international levels and promoting abolition in Asian region and parliamentary action.
In this context, a regional congress in Asia (Kuala Lumpur, June 2015, 300 people) was just held in Malaysia to promote initiatives in the Asian region and prepare the debates taking place during the World Congress of Oslo which will be dedicated to this region.
Thus, the World Congress of Oslo targets political, associative, media, legal, cultural and educational actors. It will provide lobbying and advocacy actions, support to civil society (including the animation of various working groups), mobilization of both abolitionist and non-abolitionist media.
The Oslo World Congress is being organised in partnership with: the World Coalition against the Death Penalty (a platform of 160 members in 50 countries on five continents) to develop the programme and debates and the Department of Norwegian foreign affairs, country sponsoring this 6th edition. An informal group of States, the Core Group, also supports ECPM in its strive for political mobilisation.
Job Missions
Under the responsibility of ECPM’s Director of programmes and in connection with all the services of the association, he/she will be responsible for the coordination of the 6th World Congress against the death penalty of Oslo. In accordance with the objectives pursued, he / she will be in charge of the implementation of the various project components, its monitoring and evaluation and capitalization.
More specifically, in the context of his / her mission, he/she will be responsible for:
- Overall coordination
* Project implementation and monitoring, co –creation and monitoring of project management tools, implementation of the action plan, as well as monitoring and evaluation tools;
* Recruitment and management of a team of ten people (employees and trainees) for the mobilisation and animation of partners (political and cultural associations), elaboration of the programme and Congress logistics;
* he / she ensures the proper management of partnerships, according to the project objectives: he / she carries out research and partnership building, the organisation of reunions necessary for attaining the objectives;
* Organisation of the team’s reunions, reports…;
* Carrying out monitoring missions in Norway;
* Monitoring / Evaluation of the project and its capitalization;
* In connexion with the association’s other projects, he/she capitalises on the knowledge and know-how developed by ECPM to enrich the project he/she is responsible for and gives regular reports regarding the project’s advancements before the steering committee.
- Communication
* In collaboration with the communication manager of the association, he / she participates in the elaboration of the media, web and events’ communication plans and garantees its good implementation;
- Political mobilisation
* In collaboration with the director of ECPM, he / she participates in the elaboration of the strategy of political mobilisation, and supervises its organisation.
- Budget management and funding research
* In collaboration with the financial manager of the association, he / she is involved in monitoring the project’s budget, supports the elaboration of financial reports and compliance with contractual commitments
* In collaboration with the deputy manager of the association, he / she is in charge of fundraising, drafting reports to donors and support in the animation of relations with authorities and donors.
As an employee in ECPM he / she will be brought to occasionally participate in other activities of the association.
Candidate profile:
Experience: holds a graduate degree in management and project management, project engineering, or equivalent event logistics.
Professional Experience:
- At least 5 years of experience required in associative project coordination.
- A successful experience in event planning is required.
- Knowledge of associations working for human rights is an asset.
Profile:
- Experience in the management of a multidisciplinary team (at least 5 people)
- Knowledge required in logistics and basic knowledge of event and web communication
- Very good oral and written communication skills and synthesizing capacities.
- relational skills with external actors (associative, political, technical service providers ...)
- Team spirit and collective work
- Use of basic computer tools (word processing, Excel ...)
Complementary: Knowledge of Scandinavian / Norwegian context would be appreciated. Knowledge of the theme of the death penalty would be an asset.
Languages: excellent English and French (bilingual level desired).
Terms:
City: Based in Paris (Montreuil) - France. Expect frequent trips to Norway.
Status: CDD (16 to 18 months depending on the date of position taking) until December 2016.
Salary: Depending on experience. "Navigo Pass" reimbursed at 50% + restaurant tickets (8 euros).
Documents to send: Under the reference "coordinator World Congress of Oslo," Please send curriculum vitae, cover letter + 2 references before the 13 of July 2015.
The Association reserves the right to close the recruitment procedure before the deadline.
The position taking is required as soon as possible and no later than September 1st , 2015.
Contact: only by mail to: recrutement@abolition.fr
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
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