Global Witness - Breaking the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption
Senior Climate Campaigner
This is an advocacy based campaign on climate change and energy security. It has an initial focus on campaigning for governments to publicly acknowledge the oil supply crunch and to catalyse action to address it via safe renewable energy alternatives. We are looking for someone who positively welcomes fluid and responsive campaigning and who understands the opportunities of being involved in the early stages of a campaign. The post, based in London, will take a lead role, working with two of the Founder Directors, to shape and implement Global Witness' new Climate Campaign. The aim is to build up the campaign team over the next three years and the right candidate will relish the challenge of building a highly effective campaigning team.
The right candidate will be able to demonstrate creativity and dynamism in international advocacy as part of their senior level campaigning experience. They will enjoy the challenge of being part of a new campaign within an organisation that has a track record in developing dynamic and successful international campaigns. Ideally they will have a working knowledge of the politics around climate change. They will need to be scientifically and numerically literate and have a proven experience in managing research and in the writing and production of reports and other documents.
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Volunteer vacancy
Forest Team Volunteer
Global Witness' Forest team is looking to fill a volunteer position to support our project Making the Forest Sector Transparent. The bi-lingual volunteer will carry out research, administrative, website and database work and provide support on the production of an Annual Transparency Report for the Forest Sector - a printed version of the website http://www.foresttransparency.info/.
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All paid and volunteer vacancies are posted here as they arise,they also appear on CharityJOB.
Latest Publications
February 2010
Global Witness Vacancy - Senior Climate Campaigner
Global Witness is recruiting for an experienced senior campaigner to work with two of the Founder Directors, to shape and implement Global Witness' new Climate Campaign. The campaign is an advocacy based campaign on climate change and energy security.
Senate shines welcome spotlight on U.S. facilitation of corruption
A senate subcommittee hearing this week will expose how foreign politicians have used the services of American lawyers, bankers, lobbyists and other professionals, to bring millions of suspect dollars into the country.
January 2010
New report urges UN to learn lessons on resource-fuelled wars
The UN and Member States must do more to address the role of natural resources in incentivising, financing and preventing resolution of conflict, according to a new report from Global Witness, which draws on lessons from countries including the DRC, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Global Witness launches pioneering forest transparency website
Natural-resource campaign group Global Witness is today publishing the first ever Forest Sector Transparency Report Card via a dedicated website, www.foresttransparency.info. The launch will take place at an illegal logging update meeting today, hosted by Chatham House in London.
Proposed changes to Liberian forest laws would open way for devastating logging and slash government revenues
Changes to Liberia's forestry law proposed by the Liberian Timber Association would dramatically reduce revenue for the state and are not in the best interests of the country.
Ghana controversy shows need to shine a light on oil deals
A controversy over allegations of corruption in the oil industry, which broke last week in Ghana, shows the need for much greater openness in the way in which companies gain access to the oil reserves of developing countries.
