Kindly note that this vacancy is for MIIS (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) students only.

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Hours: 15-20 hours per week

Location: home-based

Travel: none

Reporting to: Advocacy Officer

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CLEAR Global is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools, and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.

Background

CLEAR Global is powered by a global community of over 200,000 linguists, who give their time and skills to help people access information in the language they understand. Keeping this community informed, connected, and engaged is essential to our work. This happens through online events, ongoing conversations on our Discourse platform, and community-led projects where members work together on shared tasks.

The role

The Advocacy Intern-Nigeria will work directly with the Advocacy Officer along with other members of the team to support the planning, coordination and implementation of an advocacy campaign to advance digital language justice in Nigeria.

The role will support efforts to ensure that people who speak marginalised languages are able to access, participate in and shape the digital world in the languages they understand.

The intern will contribute to campaign planning, stakeholder mapping, coalition building, policy engagement, communications, campaign coordination and monitoring. They will support the identification of key decision makers and influencers, develop and maintain relationships with campaign allies, track advocacy opportunities, and help translate research evidence into compelling campaign messages and demands.

The role will provide practical experience in implementing advocacy strategies, campaign management, coalition building, policy influencing, and stakeholder engagement, and communications.

Responsibilities

• Assist in translating campaign objectives into concrete activities, milestones and timelines.
• Assist in Identifying and mapping key stakeholders relevant to digital language justice in Nigeria.
• Develop campaign messages and content around digital language justice.
• Track progress on advocacy objectives and relationship building with key targets and allies.
• Assist with drafting, editing, and disseminating advocacy briefs, blog posts, reports and other materials that effectively convey CLEAR Global’s messages.
• Assist with preparation for meetings, events, and conferences
• Attend a variety of meetings to take notes and share CLEAR Global’s message

Please note that these responsibilities are approximate and may change over time.

Qualifications

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