Internet Governance Co-ordinator at Zadna

KEY JOB DELIVERABLES:
Internet Governance Expertise

• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and/or monitor advocacy strategies to advance South
• African Internet Governance objectives within different legal and regulatory environments.
• Provide expertise on digital rights policy issues, including freedom of expression, data protection, privacy, access to information, and surveillance.
• Maintain currency in the trends and technologies affecting digital rights policy issues, and the mitigation
• strategies being experimented with.
• Engage in local, regional, and international Internet Governance events.
• Consult and assist stakeholders on Internet Governance policy challenges.

Research and reporting

• Analyze current global Internet Governance trends and produce thought pieces and approaches to address challenges across the internet freedom community.
• Develop policy briefs to address global, regional or country-specific Internet Governance challenges.
• Develop the annual South African Internet Governance report.

Events and Presentations

• Develop and maintain up-to-date Internet Governance briefing and communications materials
• Support ZAIGF and stakeholder meetings and events
• Play a leading role in supporting and developing Internews’ public engagement strategy about internet policy, internet governance, and technology policy upon approval and instruction of the Executive.

Stakeholder liaison

• Culturally sensitive communication and mediation skills.
• Maintains and contributes to a database of “promising practices” in stakeholder engagement.
• Contribute to the development strategies for ensuring that best practices in stakeholder engagement are identified and become institutionalized.
• Collaborates closely with the PR and Awareness Officer.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Relevant NQF level 6 qualification in Social Science, Law, or IT.
• Total experience of 4 years in the ICT sector, and specifically DNS.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in ICT/Internet Governance, policy or research is a strong preference.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in project management,
• Minimum of 2 years working with multi-stakeholder entities.

Required Competencies (Skills, Knowledge & Behavioral Attributes):

• Knowledge of policy development.
• Expertise working with human rights defenders, journalists, advocates, and/or marginalized populations and (ideally) with internet freedom communities.
• Understanding of gender-sensitive programming and approaches to civil society engagement.
• Thought leadership in public discourse.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize shifting workload.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Superior analytical and writing ability.
• Superior communication and presentation skills