Global Citizenship Education and Outreach Officer

Friends of the Earth Ireland is recruiting a Global Citizenship Education and Outreach Officer as part of our Movement Building Circle. Applications close on 1st April. Read on for more details and how to apply. 

 

Our Education and Training Programme directly relates to our organisational goals of building movement power (Goal 1), cultivating our community (Goal 3) as well as indirectly supporting and advancing our work to drive policy change (Goal 2) - through the actions that are taken as a result of our educational interventions, activism support and network development initiatives, training, and capacity building.

This role is central to advancing the following strategic objective under our building movement power goal: "To be a central and trusted hub for training and capacity building for individuals and groups who identify as being part of the movement for social justice and environmental sustainability. Our role is to train, mentor, promote reflection and develop increasing levels of ownership and leadership."

You will have a particular focus on the delivery of key components of our current Irish Aid project entitled ‘‘Collaborating to help build an inclusive and diverse movement with the knowledge and skills to be active global citizens committed to a fairer and more sustainable future for all’ - as well as strengthening the pathways of engagement for our network of activists and groups for our key campaigns.

You will report to Friends of the Earth’s Head of Movement Building and will also liaise closely with our key campaign leads.

The purpose of this role is to educate and empower young people, adults, communities and our growing and diverse national network of climate action groups and activists to engage and take informed action on environmental and social justice issues through our campaigning work. This will be achieved through the delivery of key global justice educational activities and strengthening and supporting the pathways for activists and groups in our network to engage and take informed action with our key campaigns.

Download the full job description, requirements and how to apply here

Applications for the jobs closes at 23.59 on 1st April.

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