Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate ACTSA campaigns and communications activities across channels.
• Draft and distribute press releases, craft campaign messages, and manage content across website, email, and social media.
• Coordinate with civil society partners and stakeholders, support online and in-person campaign events, and mobilize supporters to take action.
• Write and edit advocacy materials, briefing documents, and public statements; monitor media coverage and Southern Africa developments; contribute to strategy discussions.
• Maintain consistent branding and messaging, monitor analytics to improve reach and engagement, and support fundraising and membership communications.
• Lead campaigns and communications work aligned to strategic goals; build campaigns with volunteers and staff to execute initiatives.
• Collaborate with civil society groups in Southern Africa to amplify human rights campaigns at national and international levels.
• Develop public engagement opportunities.
• Direct communications in support of fundraising and volunteer fundraising.
• Recruit, supervise, and support volunteers involved in communications, engagement and campaigning.

Requirements

• Lead ACTSA’s campaigns and communications work.
• Lead small teams with ACTSA members (volunteers) and staff to ensure campaign events and partnership initiatives are implemented.
• Collaborate with civil society groups in and from Southern Africa to amplify campaigns for human rights at national and international levels.
• Develop public engagement opportunities.
• Direct ACTSA’s communications in support of fundraising, linking our campaigns to targeted appeals and volunteer fundraising.
• Recruit, supervise and support volunteers involved in ACTSA’s communications, engagement and campaigning work.

Preferred

• You would benefit from having contacts within the sector, South Africa and the diaspora.