Technical Digital Coordinator

Friends of the Earth International is looking for a:

 Technical-Digital Coordinator – EU project

 80 % (30 hours – 4 days per 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.

With our member groups we campaign on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalisation and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.

We focus on four program areas: climate justice and energy, forests and biodiversity, food sovereignty, and economic justice, and two cross-cutting thematic areas: gender justice and environmental human rights defenders. Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony with nature.

FoEI is governed by our member groups and our decentralized and democratic structure allows all member groups to participate in strategizing and decision-making. The member groups come together every two years to vote on issues facing the federation and throughout the year thematic working groups composed of member group representatives implement our strategies.

A small International Secretariat (IS) in Amsterdam and a team of global staff supports the activities of the federation and the member groups through fundraising, campaign coordination, trainings, communications, and information management.

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. The project covers 67 countries in 4 regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe).

About the position

FoEI is seeking a talented person for the newly created position of Technical/Digital Coordinator (TC). Besides functioning as the day-to-day liaison with our ICT support company, this role will work on an improved set up of the internal digital communication flows in the federation with the aim to increase collaboration at all levels (national, regional, global). This includes establishing a Digital Infrastructure Working Group composed of member group representatives.

The TC will work to analyse and improve our technical infrastructure and its security while also working to increase the number of people in the federation that have the skills to take part in digital collaboration. For the basic technical infrastructure, the TC will liaise with our current ICT company who are responsible for hardware, MS-365 cloud and office applications. For the development of additional tools, we may need to contract additional third parties.

The TC will be part of the Operations Team in the IS and be accountable to the Operations Manager. Strong collaboration with all other teams in the Secretariat will be required, especially with the Membership Development Team. Our work on digital communications for an external audience is handled by our Digital Communications Officer, who is part of the Communications Team.

Job responsibilities:

• Serve as FoEI’s contact person for the ICT support company and perform several admin tasks for existing tools, such as managing our listservs and functioning as the admin for our project and contacts database (Information Management System).
• Help establish a Digital Infrastructure Working Group (DIWG) composed of member group representatives. Work with the DIWG to plan and facilitate activities and to develop a draft digital infrastructure strategy and work plan.
• Conduct a baseline assessment of existing infrastructure and tools, as well as the end-user needs of FoEI staff and structures. The assessment will also incorporate member groups capacity and needs related to digital tools and spaces and will inform goal setting for the level of usage of digital tools.
• Implement the digital infrastructure strategy and work plan. This will include upgrades and enhancements to existing systems and tools, the development of a secure internal FoEI Intranet.
• Strengthen the security of our digital infrastructure and train our federation in how to improve digital security in our everyday work.
• Training and skill-building activities to enable increased contribution to and use information systems and tools, including the development of a series of training webinars to support ongoing technical capacity development of end-users. Develop and regularly update administrative manuals, orientation and training materials.
• Promote contribution of digital content/resources and use of collaboration tools by our staff and structures. Apply data analytics to assess the usage and performance of different platforms and tools, further informing the ongoing maintenance and improvement of FoEI’s digital resources and networks.
• Facilitate ongoing customization and improvements of digital systems through iterative processes with contractors building out the technical infrastructure, and the staff, structures, working/advisory groups and member groups utilizing and contributing to the systems and tools.

Requirements:

Essential:

• At least five years of experience in an ICT support role and a proven track record of digital competence;
• Experience with a variety of digital tools, e.g. databases and intranet solutions;
• Experience with a variety of operating systems;
• Digital security knowledge;
• Excellent planning and organizational skills;
• Strong communication skills in an inter-cultural setting and an ability to address a variety of audiences in terms of technical capacities;
• Proven writing skills; ability to write clearly and succinctly tailored to a diverse audience;
• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines;
• Ability to work in collaborative decision-making processes in a global, decentralized environment and to manage and prioritize a variety of key initiatives concurrently;
• Excellent English (C1 level or higher) language skills
• Affinity with the mission, vision, values and objectives of Friends of the Earth International.

Would be an advantage:

• Experience
• Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese or French.

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.

• Salaries are competitive with comparable nonprofit positions. Based on experience and qualifications, the full time salary will be between € 4,325.- and € 4,925.- gross monthly.
• Participation in collective pension arrangement is compulsory.
• The position is based in the International Secretariat in Amsterdam. Candidates must be in the possession of a working permit for the EU. Working from home is permitted for 50 % of the time.
• Checking references is part of the selection procedure.
• Contract duration: one year, to be renewed upon positive performance evaluation.

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. We offer assistance with the development of language skills when needed for the position.

How to apply:

To apply for this role, please prepare your CV and a motivation letter that summarizes how your profile aligns with the key requirements, skills and abilities of this role.

Both motivation letter and CV should be submitted by e-mail no later than 31 January 2025 with the subject “Technical-Digital Coordinator” to: Wieke Wagenaar, Operations Manager, at vacancies@foei.org. First round interviews will take place February 13th and 14th.

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.