CJPME is looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about CJPME’s human rights mission and who wants to play a major role in the growth and influence of CJPME.

CJPME is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to empower Canadians of all backgrounds to promote justice, development and peace in the Middle East, and here at home in Canada.  CJPME is a national, independent, non-partisan Canadian organization at the forefront of promoting human rights and justice for all peoples in the Middle East, especially for Palestinians. 

CJPME is a small organization requiring a versatile individual who can creatively contribute in multiple roles. The position requires skills in activism, organizing, advocacy, policy development, public relations and communications.  Bi- or trilingual candidates will have an advantage, as part of CJPME’s constituency is French-speaking and Arabic-speaking.   The qualified individual will report to CJPME’s President.

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Palestine Solidarity Activist, CJPME – CJPME Head Office

Job Description:

• Activism
  • Assist in all aspects of the work of launching and supporting human rights campaigns and/or demonstrations
  • Organize meetings/events/press conferences with the public, media, partners and volunteers, to socialize the organization’s policies and campaigns
  • Be able to speak publicly of the organization, its mandate, and its focal areas
  • Represent the organization at community events, occasionally outside office hours
• Communications
  • Assist in all aspects of the work of launching and supporting social media communications
  • Support the successful rollout of and engagement with organizational campaigns
  • Help develop outgoing communications with the public and others
  • Help maintain organizational platforms for policy campaigns and related
• Advocacy
  • Assist in the development of strategic policies, in various written/graphic formats, that meet advocacy needs, targeting potentially politicians, media, or the general public
  • Represent the organization to politicians, media, or the general public to articulate and socialize the organization’s policies and campaigns
  • Support the organization’s advocacy work – involving staff, volunteers, and partners – to collectively carry out advocacy policy
• Public Relations
  • Develop strategic relationships at various levels with partners, allies, the media and politicians to promote the work and mandate of the organization
  • Liaise with elected officials, partners, supporters and volunteers
  • Help organize events involving elected officials, the public, partners and volunteers
  • Help develop communications, brochures, promotional videos, or other vehicles for relationship building and messaging
• Management and Administration
  • Carry out personnel administration, orientation and management of junior staff
  • Support some of the administrative processes of the organization as required
  • Maintain and update organizational processes and templates
• Bilingual Candidates: Translation review work
  • Review translation outputs prior to publishing

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:

• Experience and education
  • Minimum 3 years professional experience with roles involving the above skills
  • University or post-secondary education
• Communications and writing skills
  • Native language skills in English, spoken and written
  • Ability to write professional, well-structured, persuasive texts of various lengths
  • Strong public speaking ability
  • Language skills in French and Arabic would also be an asset
• Knowledge
  • Strong knowledge of international humanitarian law, and international human rights law.
  • Strong academic knowledge of Middle East history, culture and politics.
  • Understanding of Canadian politics, and experience communicating with elected representatives.
• Technology and platform skills
  • Solid, hands-on, office experience, with strong experience with all Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Advanced-level familiarity with common social media platforms: e.g. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tiktok, LinkedIn.
  • Experience working creatively with many different media platforms and tools (e.g. social media, Websites, on-line tools, video/audio, podcasts, etc.)
• Personality traits
  • High integrity and passionate drive for human rights, especially Palestinian human rights
  • Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, and program development
  • Excellent customer relations skills, in-person and over the phone/Zoom
  • Skills to collaborate with and motivate volunteers
• Willingness to work flexible hours as needed

Application Procedure:

Serious candidates should email their CVs/resumes along with a cover letter to [email protected]

NOTE: No phone calls please. Candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Thank you.