Membership Communications Facilitator

Friends of the Earth International is looking for a:

 Membership Communications Facilitator – EU project

0.6 FTE – 22.5 hours – 3 days a week

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is the world’s largest grassroots environmental federation with more than 70 autonomous member groups around the world. FoEI aims to ensure that the struggles and experiences of local communities – especially those most affected by unsustainable development – are brought to bear on policies and practices at national and international levels. We focus on four program areas: climate justice and energy, forests and biodiversity, food sovereignty, and economic justice, as well as working on gender justice and internationalist solidarity. Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony with nature.

FoEI’s decentralised and democratic structure allows all member groups to participate in decision-making. We are governed by our member groups who come together every two years to vote on issues facing the federation. Between meetings, governance is provided by an elected Executive Committee made up of representatives from our groups. Our member groups are organized into four regional structures, each with a regional facilitator who enables the coordination of regional decision-making and activities. A small International Secretariat (IS) in Amsterdam and a team of global staff supports the member groups, campaigns, programs, and other activities of the federation.

FoEI has been awarded an EU grant “People’s power to drive transformative and sustainable solutions”, with a duration of four years. The project aims to strengthen FoEI member groups and structures to work both independently and collectively to contribute to social and environmental justice in policy-making processes related to the issues we are addressing. It aims to strengthen our federation in areas of capacity building for advocacy, planning and monitoring, communications, digital infrastructure and more. The project covers 67 countries in 4 regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe).

About the Communications Team

FoEI’s Communications team is a decentralised and multicultural team composed of the Communications director based in Paris, a Real World Radio Coordinator based in Uruguay managing a team of six people; a Program Communications Coordinator managing a team of two people: a Program Communications Officer in Paris, and a Digital Communications Officer based in Copenhagen.

The communications team is part of FoEI’s International Secretariat composed of around 25 people, with an office based in Amsterdam. Day to day work is in English, with Spanish and French being the two other languages of the federation.

Position description

We are looking for a Membership Communications Facilitator to be based in FoEI's International Secretariat (IS) in Amsterdam. The position reports to FoEI's Communications director. This role offers an opportunity to help FoEI deliver on its membership communications strategy, and support three objectives: to add communications value for member groups and the regions, to build the federation’s communications capacity and to improve our capacity to work in multiple languages.

The Membership Communications Facilitator’s main mission is to define and implement a membership communications strategy, create a space for communicators to meet and coordinate, facilitate the work of a new thematic structure: the Communications Integration Team.

Main responsibilities

1/ Define and implement a Membership communications strategy

• Responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of the Membership Communications strategies
• Provide information on Membership communications for FoEI’s fundraising proposals and reports.

2/ Create a space for communicators to meet and coordinate

• Organise meetings, trainings, webinars, online and in-person for communicators to meet, share skills and coordinate
• Build the work plans with the membership team so to be aware and to able to contribute to regional communications priorities
• Facilitate and liaise with requests from the regional communicators in the federation - building collaboration in alignment with FoEI’s vision, mission and values

3/  Facilitate the work of the Communications Integration Team

• Facilitate the work of the Communications integration team composed of 4 regional communicators, and representatives from teams of the International Secretariat
• In agreement with the CIT, propose processes and methodology, and develop tools like an “intranet” to improve the federation information sharing
• Help facilitate member groups' communicators ownership of FoEI's identity, work plans, strategic work and feed in FoEI with the regional priorities echoing a global agenda
• Ensure the production of a FoEI monthly publication: Interlinkages, aiming at creating inspiring popular communications that mobilise support inside the federation

Requirements

• At least four years of experience with a track record in facilitation and training roles in multicultural environments, with individuals and groups of +20 people
• At least two years of experience in internal communications coordinating simultaneously many tasks: production of print materials, logistics on meetings, administration of the intranet, replying to incoming requests, etc.
• Strong diplomat with excellent organisation, planning and delivering skills, and ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills; fluency in Spanish or French would be a strong advantage.
• Ability to manage a range of attitudes between collaboration and assertiveness, making negotiation, proactivity and diplomacy essential assets.

Desirable skills

• Good knowledge and interest in movement building, capacity building, facilitation methodologies, popular education.
• Very organised, ability to work effectively under stress and to remain creative in face of challenges - empathy, self-awareness and sense of humor are assets to succeed in the role
• Team player, positive attitude and good listener are at the core of being part of the team.
• Strong commitment to the mission, vision, values, and objectives of Friends of the Earth International.
• Experience working with FoEI, a FoEI-member group, or allied organisation would be an advantage.

Other

• Willingness and ability to travel (overseas) approximately one or two times per year.
• Passion for turning complex ideas into simplified, impactful, popular communications.

What FoEI offers:

• We offer an opportunity to contribute to a better world and work for an inspiring international and culturally diverse network in an office with a small friendly team at a great location in Amsterdam.
• Full time salary between € 4,081 and € 4,430 monthly depending on experience
• Participation in collective pension arrangement is compulsory.
• This post will require candidates having a working permit for the EU.
• Contract for the duration of the EU grant “People’s power to drive transformative and sustainable solutions”, until 31 March 2028.

Applications:

• Please send your CV, a motivation letter that summarizes how your profile aligns with the key requirements, skills and abilities of this role by 29 November 2024 to Caroline Prak, e-mail: vacancies(at)foei.org with ''Membership Communications Facilitator'' in the subject field.
• A written assignment will be sent to the shortlisted candidates, to complete before the interviews.
• We aim to hold interviews on Zoom on Thursday 12 December 2024 PM, CET.

Checking references is part of the selection procedure.

Friends of the Earth International is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion are important values for FoEI. We aim to have a FoEI team that reflects the diverse composition of our federation. We strongly encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environmental justice movement.

FoEI we will handle your personal data with care. We will only use your personal data to process this application. Please note that, in compliance with GDPR, we will keep your application in our protected files for a maximum of four weeks after the successful closure of this vacancy.