Job vacancy: Network and Partner Relations Coordinator in London

We are hiring again! Details of the new Network and Partner Relations Coordinator role below.

Key facts:

• Application closing date: Sunday 2 June 2019
• Start date: July/August 2019
• Reports to: Director of Operations
• Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week), will consider part time or job share
• Salary: £42,000 plus 12% pension contribution
• Location: Home-based (anywhere in the world) with 10% overseas travel

The Network and Partner Relations Coordinator role is a new post that has been created to lead on consultation, collaboration and communication between the Tax Justice Network and national and regional networks in the tax justice movement. The Tax Justice Network has identified a need to take a more proactive leadership role on tax justice research and policy, investing resources in consultation, collaboration and communication, and complementing the role of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice in leading and coordinating global civil society advocacy and campaigning work on tax justice issues.

This role is about building and managing a set of key relationships that are fundamental to the continued impact of the global tax justice movement. We are looking for a confident and engaging networker who combines good political instincts with excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. The postholder will need to have (or acquire rapidly) enough understanding of tax justice issues (and their relationship with inequalities, including gender inequalities and related intersectionality) to be able to coordinate research, policy and advocacy positions on complex issues effectively and credibly with partners and to be able to recognise or anticipate and then respond to any potential causes of conflict or disagreement related to them.

The role will involve a reasonable amount of global travel (perhaps 10%) so that the postholder can represent the Tax Justice Network at international conferences and events and at one-to-one or group meetings with current and prospective partner organisations. However, we expect that the vast majority of these meetings will take place virtually, in line with our aims to minimise our carbon footprint as well as logistical and budgetary considerations. The postholder should be willing to work flexibly, which will mean having considerable autonomy over working hours and patterns while recognising the occasional need to work unusual hours, for example to participate in calls with other time zones or to travel at weekends (with time off in lieu afterwards). The postholder will be prepared and able to work effectively from home and will need a reliable and fast internet connection.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with the Tax Justice Network's board to define and agree the extent to which the Tax Justice Network should be proactively coordinating research and policy work across the global tax justice movement.
• Build and manage relationships with key partners in the tax justice movement, including the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, its regional groups, and individual member organisations around the world.
• Develop, discuss, agree and monitor memoranda of understanding with key partners, balancing the setting of basic requirements with realistic expectations on both sides.
• Provide practical support and advice about the best ways for partners to meet resource needs.
• Provide guidance for new partner organisations on issues such as objectives, legal structures and funding.
• Co-ordinate proactively with partners on fundraising and project opportunities, and identify and pursue opportunities to collaborate with partners and to submit joint proposals to funders.
• Share updates about the Tax Justice Network's current and future priorities and activities, and collect updates about partner priorities and activities to share internally.
• Proactively seek requests for technical assistance and/or prioritisation of research, policy or advocacy efforts from partner organisations, and pursue these requests internally.
• Manage and update a contacts database of partners to facilitate communication and collaboration.
• Support the Tax Justice Network team in managing relationships with other partners within the wider movement.
• Represent the Tax Justice Network at international conferences and events and at one-to-one or group meetings with current and prospective partner organisations, both in-person and virtually.
• Lead on scoping and developing new partnership opportunities with organisations and coalitions working beyond the tax justice movement.
• Lead on communication with the Tax Justice Network's senior advisers, including the production of a quarterly update email and the coordination of internal requests for support from senior advisers.

Person specification:

Experience:

• Co-ordination / Experience of building and managing complex external relationships in an NGO, company, political party, think tank or similar organisation, ideally in a global context.
• Understanding / Some knowledge and understanding of economic justice issues (ideally of tax justice issues).

Skills:

• Team-working / Working with an autonomous team supportively and sensitively.
• Relationships / Building and maintaining successful relationships with partners and other stakeholders.
• Presentation / Communicating effectively, persuasively, accurately and succinctly, both in person and in writing.
• Languages / Proficiency in at least one major global language in addition to English, ideally French and/or Spanish.
• Technology / Proficiency in using standard office software and cloud-based collaboration and communication software.

Attributes:

• Commitment / Being focused on achieving high standards in pursuit of TJN's objectives.
• Adaptability / Finding ways of dealing with unexpected opportunities and challenges.
• Resourcefulness / Achieving results with limited financial and human resources.
• Judgement / Managing relationships with partners sensitively but robustly as needed.
• Collaboration / Working supportively and effectively as part of an internal team and with external partners.
• Integrity / Choosing the right course of action when the alternative might be easier.
• Flexibility / Willingness to do what is needed to get the job done (including some irregular hours and travel).

How to apply:

Please upload a CV (resume) and answer a series of questions, addressing the experience listed in the person specification as well as your motivation, at https://taxjustice.net/nprc by Sunday 2 June at 23.59 GMT.