>From: "Eric Muragana" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: CIVICUS JFC Senior Researcher
>Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:30:33 +0200
>
>Six Month Consultancy
>Civil Society Engagement with the World Bank
>Job Description/ TOR
>
>CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the Secretariat of the
>World Bank-Civil Society Joint Facilitation Committee (JFC), seeks to hire
>a Senior Researcher to produce a set of proposals on how engagement
>between civil society and the World Bank could be more transparent and
>relevant. The Senior Researcher will be responsible for holding individual
>interviews and meetings, and supporting national consultations that will
>inform the production of the proposals and the Statement of
>Principles. This will be in preparation for a series of consultations
>with the wider groups of civil society. The final proposals and the
>Statement of Principles will be presented at the Global Policy Forum
>between civil society groups and the World Bank, to be held in late
>February/early March of 2005.
>
>The Senior Researcher needs to be available to start immediately on a full
>time basis. The incumbent will be fully integrated into the work of the
>Joint Facilitation Committee.
>
>Background:
>
>CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international
>civil society movement, founded in 1994, with members in over one hundred
>countries. CIVICUS works with its members and a rapidly growing network of
>partners at the national and global levels to ensure that civil society
>organisations enjoy the rights to organise, speak freely and promote the
>common good at all levels. CIVICUS facilitates activities to nurture the
>founding, growth, protection and resourcing of citizen action worldwide
>and especially where participatory democracy, freedom of association and
>expression, and other enabling conditions for civil society are threatened.
>
>The World Bank-Civil Society Joint Facilitation Committee (JFC) is a
>transitional body tasked with exploring transparent and effective
>mechanisms for meaningful dialogue and engagement between civil society
>and the World Bank. The JFC, an outgrowth of the former World Bank NGO
>Working Group, is presently composed of civil society representatives from
>fifteen regional and international organisations and the World Bank
>management. The JFC activities currently include:
>
>* a global study, or 'Issues Paper', on the World Bank-civil society
>relations;
>* the development of a Statement of Principles on the WB-civil
>society engagement which civil society organisations hope will be adopted
>by the World Bank as a basis for transparent civil society
>engagement;
>* the convening of a Global Policy Forum on terms of engagement
>between the WB and civil society.
>
>CIVICUS has been serving as the JFC Secretariat since November 2002.
>
>
>The successful candidate will have:
>
>* Detailed knowledge of the key issues and political dimensions of
>civil society engagement with multi-lateral institutions, particularly the
>World Bank.
>* A sound understanding of the civil society community at
>international, regional and national levels.
>* A strong record of experience in developing high quality research
>and policy documents on civil society engagement with multilateral
>development banks, and specifically, with the World Bank.
>* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate
>effectively with a broad range of stakeholders operating in diverse
>cultural contexts and institutional settings.
>* Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision as part
>of a 'virtual' team.
>* The capacity to operate well under pressure and against deadlines.
>* A degree in economics, international relations, development
>studies or another relevant social science.
>
>
>The appointment will be for a six month period, to start as soon as
>possible. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience.
>
>Applications
>Please supply:
>
>1. Your Curriculum Vitae
>2. Contact details of three referees
>3. An example of your written work.
>
>Please e-mail your applications to Ian Plaskett at [email protected] or
>Fax: +27 11 833 7997
>
>Deadline:
>The closing date for applications is the 14th August 2004. Only
>short-listed candidates will be notified.
>
>
>Eric Muragana
>Communications Associate
>CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
>24 Pim corner Quinn Sts., Newtown
>2001 Johannesburg, South Africa
>Tel: +27 11 833-5959
>Fax: +27 11 833-7997
>Join CIVICUS. Visit http://www.civicus.org
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