Protection and Resources Coordinator

Start: as soon as possible, 2-3 months part-time (20 hours/week),

Ideally the position will become full-time (38 hours/week)

CAD aims to protect the lives and well-being of frontline climate justice activists (CJAs) working under oppressive and dangerous conditions. CAD therefore provides emergency response and safety resources, while building a support network inside the climate justice movement. CAD was built out of the climate justice movements’ need of safety support for Afghan CJAs in 2021 and operates in a small team.

About the Role:

Protection and Resources handles direct communications to CJAs at risk, supports relocation and visa processes, carries out risk assessments and gives individual support to CJAs who reach out to CAD. While handling resettlement and rapid response, all gathered resources and experiences are collected to share access and expertise further throughout the climate justice movement. By developing protocols and close connections with Human Rights Organisations, support structures become more accessible and easier to implement on local or national levels for MAPA activists.

Protection and Resources is the core pillar of CAD’s work and key to providing effective support. To work in this field, experience in humanitarian work, safeguarding and a high sense of responsibility are highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Respond to needs of at-risk CJA’s and coordinate with the team to provide appropriate holistic security support (incl. Support with travel coordination for CJAs at risk)
• Maintain close and regular communication with CJAs along with their families in diverse countries, solicit and compile any missing information.
• Provide oversight and review to ensure appropriate and secure transmission, handling, and storage of confidential information and materials → documenting and reporting developments for the whole team.
• Conduct outreach and establish relationships with organizations and governments that can provide support to CJA’s at risk.
• Collaborate with other protection organizations and the CJA to ensure holistic security support is provided.
• Work closely with partner organizations conducting support efforts to provide information, coordinate efforts, and liaise with evacuees on the ground.
• Organize and conduct capacity building for CJAs
• Where applicable, collaborate with the CJA at risk and the Protection & Resources team to obtain (humanitarian/work/student) visas for safe countries, support with application procedures.
• Report to the Protection and Resources lead on a weekly basis.
• Attend weekly team meetings and project meetings.

Qualifications

• 1 year experience in humanitarian support, emergency management, visa support, community rapid response or a related field
• Network in community rapid response or climate movements in Asia-Pacific or MENA region
• Ability to respond clearly in urgent situations with a strong sense for detail, accuracy and duty-of-care
• Openness to work across different time zones with an international team
• Excellent critical thinking, organizational, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills in emotionally challenging, stressful situations
• Capability to assess and communicate personal emotional capacities and needs towards the team and workload
• Flexibility to make quick decisions as situations develop
• Availability on 5 days a week, occasionally including weekend on-call
• Fluency in English with a preference for those also fluent in Arabic, Portuguese, Farsi or other local context-relevant languages
• Desirable, experience in emotional first-aid and/or other well-being techniques

What you get

• Salary part-time: 1750 – 2250 USD based on experience and local context
• Salary full-time: 3500-4500 USD based on experience and local context
• 2 days of paid vacation/month and national holidays in country of residence
• Flexible working hours from location of choice
• International FLINTA* only team with an intersectional lens rooted within the youth climate justice movement
• Introduction and/or deepening of holistic security framework with strong network of human rights organizations and defenders
• Opportunity to co-create team processes in protection and resources area, contribute to a team culture that values new ways of working and join team retreat in March 2025

vOur team stands strongly for climate justice, anticapitalist, decolonial, anti racist and feminist approaches in our work, and we would expect any new members to align with those. We root our work in the three core values of justice, care and trust.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel like you meet the whole criteria. We specially encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds, BIPOC communities, migrants, refugees, and those whose mother tongue is not english, to apply.

To apply, please send your CV and Cover Letter in pdf format to info@climateactivistdefenders.org. Applications will be closed once the position is filled.

* FLINTA* = Female, Lesbian, Inter, Non-binary, Trans-, A-gender and other