As a new role housed in the regional office, the Community Organising Coordinator will, in consultation with the Mass Mobilisation Director, develop grassroots organising and mass mobilisation strategies. These strategies will integrate with our online strategies to strengthen our campaign impact through supporter engagement, participation, learning and development in our projects and campaigns. 

S/he will be mentoring and training in-country staff in the areas of offline mobilisation including its integration with online organising, fundraising, communications and campaign unit strategies.

S/he will be researching global best practice within your discipline and building key strategic relationships with other specialists in mass mobilisation and community organising across the sector to ensure we are able to meet our external impact targets and internal growth and strengthening objectives for GPSEA and the movement we support. 

SCOPE OF Responsibilities:

1.      Expertise in grassroots theory and practice

-Build a growing bank of applied knowledge in community organising, community coalition building, strategic alliances and other innovative offline mobilization imitative

-Develop and advise GPSEA in the area of grassroots organising strategies, tactics and methodologies to be applied within campaigns and project work

-Build strong relationships with key influencers and stakeholders to strengthen GPSEAs impact in campaign work and public discourse.

2.      Professional mentoring, training and development of staff and activists

-          Mentor key in-country Mass Mobilisation staff in the discipline of grassroots organising and other offline mass mobilisation methodologies and how it can be applied to their specific projects

-          Identify knowledge and skills gaps as well as learning opportunities for in-country Mass Mobilisation Teams, including the supporters that fall under their scope, and develop training programs to meet these needs.

-          Disseminate grassroots organising and offline mass mobilisation knowledge across GPSEA and the wider Greenpeace through knowledge management systems and staff development strategies.

3.      Integration of programs

-DATA: Integrate standardised data capture of supporters and activity in community organising and other forms on offline mass mobilisation.

-ONLINE: Integrate, where appropriate, grassroots organising strategies with online organising strategies for the purposes of external impact and internal strength building for GPSEA.

-Identify opportunities and strengthen mobile technology use for mass mobilisation as an integrated program with  community organising and other offline mass mobilisation strategies.

-CAMPAIGNS: Integrate supporter growth and skill development into community organising and mass mobilisation strategies for GPSEA campaigns

-COMMUNICATIONS: Translate campaign and communications team messaging into

mobilisation language which is relevant to GPSEA supporter base.

-Produce materials for Mass Mobilisation Coordinators and supporters who fall under their scope of work that encourages their participation in GPSEA campaigns and projects for external impact and internal strengthening of GPSEA and the movement we support.

-FUNDRAISING: Integrate fundraising opportunities within community organising and other offline mass mobilisation strategies.

4.      Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

-          Contribute to GPSEA mass mobilisation planning, implementation and ongoing evaluation and regularly update relevant SMT.

-          Build a culture of Praxis (theory – action – Reflection) across GPSEA and produce evaluations of activities on a regular basis.

-          Assist the Mass Mobilisation Managers on in Country planning days and mentor Mass Mobilization In-Country Coordinators in planning, implementation and evaluation.

5.      Project Management

-          Lead and implement projects, including representation of GPSEA at local, national or international where assigned by Senior Management Team. 

SELECTION CRITERIA (essentials)

1.                  Demonstrated a minimum of 5 years experience in successful grassroots organising, movement building and campaigning at a local, national and regional level, including planning, implementation and evaluation. 

2.                  Tertiary qualifications in social science, political science, political economy or demonstrated equivalent professional experience. 

3.                  Demonstrated high level skills in developing community organising and mass mobilisation strategies and training others in strategy development, including experience in mentoring and developing staff who do not fall directly under your line management 

4.                  Experience in working across diverse communities including demonstrated cross-cultural communication skills 

5.                  Strong personal organisation skills including ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities and timelines across various timezones, strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to handle constantly evolving work 

6.                  A commitment to direction action and the synergy between  social justice and environmentalism 

7.                  A willingness and ability to travel internationally and a flexible approach to work 

SELECTION CRITERIA (desirables) 

1.                  Desktop Publishing  Skills 

2.                  Ability to work across Windows and Mac operating systems