Policy & Advocacy Manager - Europe

il y a 3 semaines


Bruxelles Etterbeek, Belgique Access now Temps plein

**The Organization and Role
**About Access Now**

Access Now **defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk **. As a grassroots-to-global organization, we partner with local actors to bring a human rights agenda to the use, development, and governance of digital technologies, and to intervene where technologies adversely impact our human rights. By combining direct technical support, strategic advocacy, grassroots grantmaking, and convenings such as RightsCon, we fight for human rights in the digital age.

**About this role**

The Europe Policy & Advocacy Manager is the lead policy and advocacy officer for Access Now in Europe, advancing the organizational mission to defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk. The Manager heads up a highly sophisticated team of digital rights policy experts that together form one of the most effective civil society teams influencing digital rights and technology policy on the continent. In collaboration with the team and coalition partners, this role will have the opportunity to drive the advocacy agenda at the intersection of human rights and digital technologies in the region.

The Europe Policy & Advocacy Manager anchors the strategic vision for Access Now’s work on the continent and, in doing so, guides efforts to follow and influence relevant policy developments, recognizes campaign and strategic litigation opportunities, strengthens relationships across key networks, and advises on crafting appropriate communications. The key focus of the role is to be a strategic and supportive manager, advising and empowering each regional Advocacy team member to deliver excellence in strategic engagement, and pursue professional development opportunities, optimizing all available resources.

**What you will do
- Programmatic management (50%) _
- Design and lead the Europe advocacy strategy, including oversight over regional Advocacy Arm functions across communications and engagement, lobbying, campaigning, policy analysis, coalition building and legal interventions - leveraging functions and theories of change to achieve the greatest possible impact.
- Help ensure that the organization’s Europe programmatic work is executed, informed by the mission and keeping pace with evolving policy and strategic opportunities.
- Oversee and manage regional policy and advocacy budget, in collaboration with relevant colleagues
- Oversee development and execution of the regional team’s operational plan, as well as regional components of global or cross-team plans, in alignment with the organization’s Mission and Strategic Vision
- Coordinate and collaborate on global initiatives in conjunction with the Policy and International Programs Director, other regional managers and teams, and thematic working groups within the Advocacy Arm, and facilitate regional team members’ participation in those cross-organizational workflows
- Provide strategic guidance to ensure that relevant cross-organizational and partner engagements and processes are followed and appropriate team members are consulted.
- Advise on the Organization’s strategic litigation capacity, including providing support and recommendations to Access Now’s Legal team, and work with senior policy team members on digital rights legal strategy and impact litigation efforts in the EU and beyond. Support and advise the Executive Director and Senior Management Team on European-specific and cross-team organizational, programmatic, and governance questions at their request
- Events and stakeholder engagement (30%) _
- Develop and manage regional relationships with civil society organizations (in particular our membership and contributions to the EDRi network), coalitions, policymakers, investors and other relevant stakeholders as a member of Access Now’s senior leadership team in the region
- Represent Access Now at high level events, meetings, gatherings in Brussels and before other European and International institutions, and at other applicable fora
- Oversee the organization of regional convenings and stakeholder events to push Access Now’s priorities and advocacy actions in the region; e.g. Apéros, side events, sessions, expert roundtables Coordinate the regional response to queries from the media, the public, and colleagues in the digital rights community and take initiative to promote Access Now’s views in public discussion
- Team Management (People/Human Resources, finances, fundraising) (20%) _- Lead timely and effective performance management processes, professional development, coaching to grow and retain talent within the team, working in close coordination with the Policy and International Programs Director
- Partner closely with regional and global People/HR Team Members to address issues that may arise across performance and behavior, talent management, culture, and compliance
- Manage team culture and interpersonal/communication dynamics with respect to progr



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