[Lac] Vacante APC: Director del programa de politicas de informacion y comunicacion

[Valeria Betancourt]

Amigos/as, 

Disculpen interferir en este espacio con esta información, pero creo que a 
alguien de ustedes puede interesarle y pueden ayudarnos también a difundirla 
entre sus redes. 

Muchas gracias!

Valeria

El puesto se ofrece a una persona que habla/escribe el ingles muy 
fluidamente. Por esto ofrecemos el aviso solo en ingles. Saludos desde APC.

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OPENING: Communications and Information Policy Programme Manager
ORGANISATION: Association For Progressive Communications (APC)
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: May 9 2004
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POSITION TO BE FILLED
Communications and Information Policy Programme (CIPP) Manager

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To strategically manage and develop APC's Communications and Information
Policy Programme (CIPP)


ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION POLICY PROGRAMME

Our goal: To build more inclusive ICT decision-making processes by
facilitating civil society engagement through building their capacity
and supporting advocacy, at national and international levels. Civil
society inclusion in policy-making will lead to their involvement in
implementing and monitoring policies, and ultimately to societies in
which there is greater citizen participation.

Citizens and organisations that want to ensure that the internet remains
a tool and a venue for promoting social, gender and environmental
justice, development and democracy, are struggling to navigate the
terrain of global, regional, and national internet governance, policy
and regulation. They frequently do not know which issues are on the
agenda, who is debating and deciding them, how their work could be
affected, and how to get involved.

Through CIPP, APC is implementing global and regional ICT policy
projects that raise awareness, build capacity, tools and information
resources to strengthen civil society participation in decision-making.
APC has been taking advantage of global processes such as the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to galvanise civil society
awareness of ICT policy issues, but our ultimate objective is to build
participation in ICT policy at national level. See:
http://www.apc.org/english/rights/

KEY RESULT AREAS FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION POLICY PROGRAMME MANAGER

The CIPP manager reports to the APC Executive Director and is a member
of the APC strategic management team. The CIPP manager is responsible for:

-Programme and project development, and management of APC's CIPP work
-Participation in APC's strategic management team
-Strategic positioning of the APC and CIPP and implementation of
strategic priorities identified by APC members
-Networking and building APC's profile in the ICT policy field
-Building and maintaining strategic partnerships for APC in the field of
ICT policy
-Management of CIPP project staff and oversight of regional CIPP
projects (projects are based internationally, regionally and also
nationally and cover multiple activities including information
production and dissemination, research, advocacy, etc.)
-Fundraising for the programme and programme projects
-Facilitating the participation of APC members in regional CIPP activity
-Supporting APC members in ICT policy project development
and fundraising

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
-Experience in and understanding of global and regional level
ICT policy issues
-Understanding of how ICT policy issues relate to development and social
justice
-Experience and background in civil society networking
-Fundraising experience
-Three to five years "hands on" people management experience
-Five years experience in project management
-Excellent computer and internet skills and experience in working in an
online environment
-Good writing skills and experience in writing reports, proposals, as
well as articles
-Sound academic qualifications in a related area

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

-Strategic thinking
-Leadership skills
-Networking and communication skills
-Excellent English written and oral communication skills, including
public speaking experience
-Working knowledge of Spanish and French would be an advantage
-Ability to work in a team and under pressure
-Able to work independently and to manage people mainly via online
communications (project coordinators all work from different countries
and communicate daily through email and other tools)
-Able to travel frequently
-Planning skills
-Integrity

DURATION OF CONTRACT
One-year period, on a full time basis, renewable based on assessment of
performance and availability of funds.

LOCATION
The incumbent can work from anywhere in the world as APC is a truly
virtual organisation and does not have a physical headquarters. We do
our work online. For this position we want to particularly encourage
candidates from the global South to apply.

HOW TO APPLY
Please send a CV and a covering letter IN ENGLISH that illustrate your
interest in the position. You should be include the following information:
-description of your interest in working with the APC
-your background/interest in ICT policy issues
-description of your background in supporting civil society networking
and ICT initiatives
-description of your background in project management and team
coordination, specifically in an international and/or online context
-description of your computer skills
-where you live
-languages you speak and write
-other information you think might be of importance to our assessment of
your application
-2 references: names, relationship, contact details; at least one of
these should be related to project or campaign that you have managed.

Please send this information via email with 'CIPP Manager' in the
subject line to: jobs at apc.org by May 9 2004.
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Valeria Betancourt
Coordinadora
Monitor de Políticas de TIC en América Latina y El Caribe
http://lac.derechos.apc.org
Tel: +593 (2) 2-234447 Fax: +593 (2) 2-559440
APC ~ La Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones
http://www.apc.org