Responsible to: Senior Programme Officer – Civic Space & Digital Rights
Key Relationships: Programme Officers, Consultants, Interns, Pupils
Contract: 1 year
Working Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours a week
Salary: Ksh 2,880,000 per year
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
ABOUT US
Established in 1987, ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear or discrimination. Our mission is to promote and defend the universal human rights of freedom of expression and information around the world, through international advocacy, legal analysis, and regional and national projects. Our Vision is for all people everywhere to be able to freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.
Under our strategy we are working to define a new digital era for expression by bridging human rights and technology, and by seeking to protect, empower and connect silenced voices, by advancing law and policy to protect freedom of expression, and by demanding accountability. We believe freedom of expression concerns everyone: that is why ARTICLE 19 champions a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and engage in public life without fear or discrimination.
Our international office is based in London, and we have established regional offices based in the Americas, Asia, Europe, MENA and Africa.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Programme Officer – Civic Space will be responsible for ensuring that Article19 plays a crucial role in promoting an enabling legal, policy and actual environment for people’s participation in shaping their societies in the Eastern African Region.
You will be responsible for the development of policy documents on freedom of expression and freedom of information related issues, the analysis of laws related to freedom of expression, and freedom of information, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, right to privacy, public participation and laws regulating and affecting civil society engagement vis a vis their conformity with the international and regional standards.
You will oversee research and monitoring of new developments and trends relevant to the above rights; lead national, regional and international advocacy; support national, regional and international litigation on these issues, represent the organization at conferences and meetings.
and oversee the development and delivery of trainings on freedom of expression and freedom of information and other incidental rights standards to local and regional stakeholders.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
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DESIRABLE
The post-holder must be based in, and have the right to work in Nairobi, Kenya.
If this opportunity is for you, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter outlining how your knowledge, skills, and experience match the job specification to the following email address: kenyahumanresources@article19.org
Closing date: Wednesday, 21st February 2024
Interview date: to be confirmed
Tagged as: Article 19, Kenya
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