Avaaz is an international campaigning and advocacy organization that provides its global membership of almost 70 million people with opportunities to make our world a better place. We’re one of the world’s largest online global campaigning movements, with people from every corner in the world taking action to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want.
Our model enables people to channel their voices into a powerful collective force at tipping point moments to impact the pressing global challenges of our time, from climate and ecological collapse to human rights abuses and the dismantling of democracy. Here are some epic victories we’ve achieved over the years! The Avaaz team of about 100 staff is spread across 6 continents, campaigns in 21 languages, and is funded through small donations from individual Avaaz members, not big money from governments or corporations. This keeps us independent and allows us to keep a laser focus on doing what the world needs.
Avaaz is looking for an experienced Senior Talent Specialist to play a critical role in ensuring we attract, develop, and retain top talent to meet our organizational goals. Supported by our Head of People, Natasha, you’ll be working alongside our remote but collaborative team to spearhead our Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding and Onboarding Activities. This role will be placed within the People & Culture team, and will join at the start of an exciting transition which will see the team align People & Talent practices with our organizational goals and objectives.
Key qualifications and experience we are looking for in this role include:
Avaaz is a virtual organization, with almost all of our work done online. Our staff are based all over the world. For this position, the candidate would ideally be based in the Americas or Europe/Africa/Middle East time zones.
As soon as possible but with flexibility to accommodate the right candidate.
We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and encourage all candidates to submit applications as soon as possible.
Salary varies with location and experience, and is highly competitive with leading international nongovernmental organisations.The full-package salary for this position ranges from 70,000 - 80,000 Euro. An accurate range in local currency will be provided to candidates.
The development of our employees is paramount. To support this, we include these benefits, which are prorated accordingly for part-time and temporary contracts:
As a global organization with millions of members around the world, it’s important to us that our team reflects the diversity needed to lead a movement of people from across the planet, rising to meet some of the most complex challenges humanity has ever faced. We believe we can only succeed by building a diverse team full of fresh perspectives and original ideas, and we are committed to creating a working environment in which everyone has an equitable opportunity to fulfill their potential.
Our team includes English as first- and second language speakers, the self-taught and university educated, people with all sorts of professional backgrounds. If doing the job you just read about would make you excited to come to work every day, if you’re talented, hard-working and committed to making a difference - we want you to apply. Avaaz does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, language and accent, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, family/parental or marital status, religion, socioeconomic class, caste, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
We’ll provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities or special needs to participate in the application process, so please let us know if you have such a request when you apply. Please do not apply for this position via email. Follow the procedure on our website.
