The position is responsible for engaging supporters and the public in the work of APAN and for developing the wider Palestinian solidarity movement. The position will work with campaign leads to develop engagement strategies that maximise the impact of APAN’s supporters to achieve campaign goals. While growing APAN’s supporter base the position will develop programs and resources to support engagement, and develop the skills of Palestine solidarity groups and individual supporters across Australia. Ensuring that the wider movement is well resourced, strategically focused and skilled is a key focus of this position. The role will oversee APAN’s work with youth and volunteers. This position and the engagement team plays a cross functional role in APAN.

Key Responsibilities

Community Organising & development

Build an informed, skilled and effective movement in support of Palestinian self determination and justice:

• Develop and implement a community organising strategy for APAN that grows the movement and increases coordination and cooperation across the movement.
• Lead on engagement with organisational members to strengthen and target their advocacy and campaigning
• Organise, support and deliver a range of training, educational forums and resources to individual and organisational members, supporters and the Palestinian community in Australia to develop their advocacy, lobbying and campaigning skills.
• Facilitate, as required, national and state based gatherings of groups and supporters.
• Oversee APAN’s solidarity work with First Nations Peoples and organisations.
• Evaluate APAN’s community organising work.

Community Mobilisation

• Work with the BDS Campaigns and Political Engagement Leads to ensure our campaigns have effective engagement strategies that are implemented to maximise impact.
• Oversee the work of the Community Mobilisation Coordinator in building a community-based network of supporters across Australia who engage in their local community and with their local, state and national political leaders around Palestine and APAN’s campaigns
• Work with the Communications & Fundraising Manager to ensure we have integrated engagement strategies and implementation.
• Manage our database and our EDM communications in relation to the engagement of supporters

Palestinian youth strategy

• Oversee our youth engagement strategy and work to ensure it is providing Palestinian young people the opportunity to participate in workshops, training, targeted events, online and in person initiatives that develop their advocacy, leadership, and media skills and experience.
• Ensure that our work with Palestinian youth is evaluated and that the learnings from evaluations strengthen our work.

Volunteer engagement

• Oversee the work of the Youth & Volunteer Officer to facilitate the involvement of volunteers in our work that utilises volunteer’s skills, brings value to our work and creates a meaningful and strategic involvement in the movement for volunteers.

Reporting Responsibilities

The Engagement Manager reports to the Executive Officer. They manage the Community Mobilisation Coordinator and Youth & Volunteer Officer.

Selection Criteria

• Strong understanding of Palestinian human rights issues and political struggle including in the Australian political context.
• Experience and highly developed expertise in leading community organising & campaigning to bring about social and political change.
• Experience and highly developed expertise in the development and implementation of engagement strategies for change
• Excellent communication skills and a thorough understanding of messaging best practice for campaigns and advocacy
• Good understanding of the Australian political and media landscape
• Skills & experience in managing staff in a community organisation and highly developed cultural competency

If you feel you meet most, but not all, of the selection criteria, please do consider applying.

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' by the closing date.

APAN encourages applications from any interested and qualified people.

People of Palestinian background are strongly encouraged to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. We welcome people from all backgrounds, particularly those who are often marginalised, to apply for all our roles.

A position description is attached.