Network and Partner Relations Coordinator

We’re hiring again! Details of the new Network and Partner Relations Coordinator role below, and job information pack to download here .

Final date to receive applications:
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. We are not looking for a technical expert, but 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.

• 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, including but not limited to organisations launched by or with the support of the Tax Justice Network, by, for example:
• Developing, discussing, agreeing and monitoring memoranda of understanding with key partners, balancing the setting of basic requirements with realistic expectations on both sides
• Taking steps to clarify the different identities, objectives and activities of tax justice organisations
• Providing practical support and advice about the best ways for partners to meet resource needs
• Providing guidance for new partner organisations on issues such as objectives, legal structures and funding
• Co‑ordinating proactively with partners on fundraising and project opportunities, and identifying and pursuing opportunities to collaborate with partners and to submit joint proposals to funders
• Sharing updates about the Tax Justice Network’s current and future priorities and activities, and collecting updates about partner priorities and activities to share internally
• Proactively seeking requests…