AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES IS HIRING!

SECTION DIRECTOR

Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) is looking for an experienced, strategic, innovative and highly capable individual to serve as Section Director and lead its work in the country. Under the direct oversight of the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, the Section Director (SD) promotes an organizational vision and culture for AIPh to substantially increase AI’s impact, profile and reach in the Philippines and contribute to meeting the Global Strategic Framework set out by the AI global movement. The SD drives the country’s human rights and growth strategies by leading a team of professional staff delivering ambitious campaigning, communications, activism, membership, and fundraising objectives. The SD closely collaborates with the International Secretariat (IS), including the Regional Office, to ensure alignment with core values and methods of AI and the core standards to effectively guide the implementation of country level human rights initiatives

About the Role –

  • Leading participatory processes in formulating an integrated human rights advocacy and organizational growth strategy aligned with AI’s Global Strategic Framework and with clear regional and national priorities for board approval.
  • Embedding a responsive monitoring, evaluation and learning program into the strategic and annual plans to track progress and act on issues that hinder achievement of set objectives.
  • Performing strategic and general management of the National Secretariat’s governance and operations accordance with the decisions and resolutions of the Board of Trustees (BOT) and members’ general assembly.
  • Establishing and enforcing operational, administrative, financial and management policies and control systems to ensure all activities are compliant with set organization standards.
  • Developing mission critical organizational competencies to sustain AIPh’s brand of being a leader and a respected voice in the Philippine human rights sector.
  • Leading the implementation of risk management strategy to quickly identify additional controls and actions to mitigate the impact affecting set objectives.
  • Managing and sustaining key relationships with the government, partner organizations, networks, and coalitions to leverage opportunities for cooperation, collaboration and information sharing to increase the impact and influence of human rights advocacies
  • Acting as official spokesperson for AIPh for purposes of media interviews and other public engagements, ensuring that AIPh maintains a visible public profile.
  • Leveraging AI’s national, regional and global influence to advocate to the government and other relevant duty-bearers the promotion of human rights nationally and internationally.
  • Building the pipeline of successors from among direct reports or from within the organization pursuant to approved succession plan program
  • Performing line management function for department managers and officer positions under the Office of the Section Director.

The ideal candidate will have –

  • Proven leadership experience in the civil society sector, ideally with an international organization operating in the Philippines or an established local NGO .
  • Demonstrated track record of contributions to nationwide human rights advocacy portfolio.
  • Proven experience in program management, financial management, building high level partnerships, NGO governance and fundraising
  • Ability to supervise line managers and provide coaching/mentoring to staff
  • Experience in organizational change and growth management, particularly in addressing conflict and improving ways of working
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills, preferably with experience in engaging media and experience in policy advocacy and lobbying

Compensation and Benefits –

Amnesty International Philippines will offer a competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience. There will be many opportunities for training and development, including travel to international meetings/workshops and capacity building support from the International Secretariat and Regional Office.

Please send your letter of application with expected salary and completed application form to the AIPh Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Veronica Cabe, at [email protected].

Deadline for applications is 20 February 2025. Please note that only those who are shortlisted will be replied to until the end of February 2025.

GOVERNANCE SUPPORT STAFF

The Governance Support Staff shall coordinate the logistical needs of the 2025 general meetings, committees for general meetings and board of trustees’ meetings and activities and ensure the success of these through the effective participation of stakeholders, timely and accurate delivery of tasks and smoothly running technical needs of the event.

In particular –

  • Drafting relevant communications for the approval of authorized board member or staff
  • Coordinating the distribution of approved communications to the members and guests
  • Coordinating the procurement process for logistical needs of the governance meetings
  • Ensuring there is an assigned documenter for every governance meeting and drafting the minutes of board meetings for the review of the board secretary
  • Drafting presentations for governance meetings for the approval of authorized board member or staff
  • Reviewing the project proposals and budget on governance meetings from formations and endorsing its approval to the Section Director
  • Co-leading the logistics and technical team on the day of the Members’ General Assembly
  • Preparing and requesting budget for general meetings and ensuring timely reporting thereof
  • Participating in and documenting the planning, monitoring and evaluation meetings for governance activities
  • Writing regular progress reports
  • Creating own individual performance plan for submission, discussion and agreement with the Section Director

Candidates must –

  • Have experience in events management for in-person and online events; experience in coordinating an organizational meeting is desirable
  • Be knowledgeable in a wide array of tools for running effective meetings and events
  • Proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint
  • Proficiency in Google applications such as Google Forms and Google Drive
  • Effective written and oral communications skills in Filipino and English; desirable if fluent in Cebuano
  • Be a team player with the ability to relate well with diverse people
  • Share the organization’s vision and core values
  • Be able to start by 01 February 2025

Employment is fixed term until 31 December 2025. Download the AIPh application form, and send to [email protected]. We are doing a rolling application process until 20 January 2025.

GRAPHICS ILLUSTRATOR CONSULTANT

We are looking for a graphic illustrator consultant to create artworks for our upcoming youth-led research report on online harassment against young activists.

The consultancy work will run from 21 January to 7 March 2025 with the following deliverables –

  • Front cover – We want elements related to youth, activism, and tech. We want young activist portrayals to be diverse and empowered. We’re going for bright and colorful palettes.
  • Media Kit – A layout of the executive summary of the research report. This needs to align with the elements and style used in the front cover.
  • Social Media Assets – Illustrations based on research findings and recommendations

Final assets should be editable in Canva. Designs should be accessible to viewers with disabilities.

Interested parties are invited to send the following to [email protected] until 15 January 2025 – 

Portfolio and short bio 

  • relevant work based on the deliverables and mood board; sample projects/ work for advocacy/ non-profit purposes
  • brief write-up about yourself – may include relevant values, interests, advocacies, education/ training

Proposal -inclusive of the following:

  • Short write-up on how the report (state-led online harassment against young human rights defenders) resonates with you.
  • Rough draft, can include a mood board, topline descriptions of the style, messaging, and elements
  • Quotation based on the deliverables stated above.
Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at Amnesty International Philippines.

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