Projects Officer - West Africa
Team: Programme Officer
Key Relationships: Protection and Civic space, Digital rights, ATI-Transparency, Research and Advocacy team
Contract: Fixed term contract of 15 months
Working Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours a week
Salary: As per salary scale + standard and negotiated benefits
Location: Dakar, Senegal with travels to Mali and if required elsewhere (Article 19 is a flexible employer and encourages a hybrid working environment. The frequency of time in attending the office and working from home is to be agreed with the successful candidate.)

At Article 19

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ARTICLE 19 is an international think–do organisation that propels the freedom of expression movement locally and globally to ensure all people realise the power of their voices.

Together with our partners, we:

• THINK: We develop cutting-edge research and legal and policy analysis to drive change worldwide.

• DO: We lead work on the frontlines of expression through our 9 regional hubs across the globe.

• PROPEL: We propel change by sparking innovation in the global freedom of expression movement.


We do this by working on 5 key themes:
• promoting media independence;
• increasing access to information;
• protecting journalists;
• expanding civic space; and
• placing human rights at the heart of developing digital spaces.

For over 35 years, ARTICLE 19 has worked for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. We do this by combining research, campaigning, and cutting-edge legal analysis.

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Your contribution to the team

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Your role as Projects Officer will be vital in achieving the goals of the Protection, Civic Space, Access to information and Digital rights Programme. You will provide programmatic and implementation support on the regional initiatives, projects and processes. You will also support the Programme in operationalising innovative approaches to freedom of expression challenges under Goal 2 and Goal 3 (see above) in West Africa whilst embracing our values in all that you do. Your focus will be on delivering programmatic support to plan, design tools and strategies, implement activities and follow up delivery on ARTICLE 19 projects towards (1) Civic space and human rights (freedom of press, freedom of expression, protest and other civic freedoms, safety of journalists, youth and women in public space, protection of groups in situation of discrimination, , hate speech and incitement, gender-based violence, and surveillance of speech) (2) Access to information and transparency. The digital focus on this work will be essential in ensuring that ARTICLE 19’s expertise is cohesively looking at both the online and offline ramifications of protection, civic space and transparency issues to understand and address the challenges of technological developments, including AI and highly intrusive technologies.
You will undertake various tasks in Senegal, Mali and the West Africa sub-region, particularly in the planning, implementation, coordination and reporting on the projects. Specific tasks include ensuring timely workplans, implementation of projects activities, organizing and participating in roundtables and training workshops, liaising with government, partners and consultants, maintaining media presence, , preparing and editing activities and projects reports, assisting with thematic research and reparation of other programmatic strategies and resources mobilization for the continuity and sustainability of the intervention.





Our Values

Integrity
• We hold ourselves to the high standard we set for others.
• We are coherent on matters of law and policy wherever we work in the world.
• We value visibility, objectivity and the accuracy of our work.

Transparency
• We know good information can enable powerful action.
• We are clear, open and honest in our dealings with each other and the outside world.

Collaboration
• Our network of supporters and partners is the lifeblood of our organisation.
• We seek to build productive and inspiring relationships based on the trust our partners, supporters and donors place in us.

Diversity
• We respect each other and we listen to each other.
• We actively defend those whose voices are marginalised.

Accountability
• We say what we mean and we do what we say, speaking with once voice wherever possible.
• We work hard to make sure our learning and reporting is the best it can be.

Tenacity
• We never give up
• We are tenacious and will find every possible avenue to seek changes in law and practice to secure the freedoms associated with our mission.

Innovation
• We are proud of our expertise and are always ready to share what we know.
• We seek to explore the boundaries of our field for benefits of the freedom we protect.

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What you can expect in a typical day


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Direct delivery of civic space, FoE, ATI projects

Planning and implementation
• Developing the project annual, quarterly and monthly workplans and keeping them updated.
• Implementing the project activities as per approved workplans in coordination with consortium members.
• Preparing quality activities documents: CN/ToR, logistics notes, Information notes, Evaluation forms, etc.
• Organising and facilitating high quality standards-based capacity building workshops with partners.
• Mobilizing participants and maintaining liaison with partners, institutions and other stakeholders.
• Monitoring and documenting violations of freedom of expression both in public space and online
• Drafting communication responses to the violations and other attempts and threats to FoE and CSP.
• Ensure quality research methodology and tools are developed with support of Research Unit
• Developing and facilitating evidence-based advocacy and campaign plans.
• Drafting policy briefs and other relevant materials towards state institutions and regional mechanisms for policy influencing.
• Participating in projects meetings and sessions and providing feedback on joint actions and documents as appropriate
• Ensuring continuous date collection, analysis and documentation
• Developing activities reports and drafting internal and quarterly, annual donor reports

Thematic Research
• Supporting in identifying pressing policies and emerging civic freedoms trends that require analysis and research action
• Drafting or contributing to the design of research ToR, methodology, data collection tools, ethics protocols, data analysis and reports guidelines and dissemination plan
• Developing regular policy and political analysis on priority issues as the basis to develop strategic policy and advocacy agenda
• Maintaining an in-depth understanding of law and policy formulation, implementation, reform initiatives that affect CSP, Information integrity as well as other sectors subject to public accountability such health, education budgets, public procurement and contracts
• Developing appropriate communication channels to disseminate research findings and policy analysis highlights....
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