About Global Citizen

Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty. On our platform, Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on these issues, and earn rewards for their actions as part of a global community committed to lasting change. Global Citizens have taken over 33.9 million actions since 2009. Today, these actions, in combination with high-level advocacy work, have led to over $43.6 billion being distributed to our partners around the world, impacting 1.29 billion lives in the fight to end extreme poverty.

Position Overview: 

Global Citizen is seeking a capable, passionate Private Sector Policy Senior Associate to join our Global Policy and Advocacy team. This role will work with the policy team supporting Global Citizen’s 2024 work on fair financing, human rights, climate, gender equity, women’s economic empowerment, and civic space. This is a dynamic and exciting role that offers the opportunity to work with governments, private sector, NGOs, and internal stakeholders to drive forward government, industry, company-specific policy priorities and commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete research briefs on public and private sector policy issues, policy implementation, key actors in the development space
• Support development of communication materials eg FAQs, 1-pagers, presentation decks, talking points for the around financial and policy commitments for public & private sector stakeholders
• Support organizational fundraising efforts, with a special focus on private sector CSR and private sector foundations 
• Support Salesforce data entry/tracking for internal impact and accountability tracking and private sector campaigning
• Provide administrative and project management support to the Global Citizen’s private sector policy and impact teams

Private Sector

• Lead initial redlining/brand risk assessment for companies and philanthropic commitment makers 
• Admin support for major public events taking place in Fall and Summer 2024
• Support long term planning of private sector engagement around key Global Citizen tentpole moments (eg. Global Citizen NOW, Global Citizen Festival) 
• Conduct private sector focused research to support policy engagement with corporate partners and for building out Global Citizen’s wider private sector network. 
• Support programming and outreach as part of the Global Citizen Corporate Impact Alliance. 
• Prepare briefs on company background related to sustainability plans, corporate social responsibility, and business and human rights
• Support relationship engagement with key private sector focused partner organizations/coalitions to help Global Citizen develop and drive forward industry and company-specific policy priorities and commitments. 
• Support private sector strategy needed across all campaign policy areas including climate, civic space, hunger, and women’s economic empowerment. 
• Research and analysis of private sector foundational prospects to financing policy campaign and smaller events (GC NOW climate sessions, smaller events at G20, etc)
• Support creation of event programming for a private sector audience. 
• Support policy commitment outreach to over 200 companies ahead of tentpole moments. 
• Support any custom co-chair outreach on private sector policy goals ahead of tentpole moments 

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelors/ Masters Degree (preferred) in political science, human rights, social impact international relations, sustainability, or related fields.

• Knowledge and experience with non-governmental organizations, international institutions, United Nations agencies, and non-profit organizations a plus
• Experience with data management, measurement, and evaluation
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
• Attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to handle projects with professionalism and discretion
• Capacity to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Highly proficient in MS Office, Excel, Google Suite, Salesforce
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team

Why Global Citizen?

In this coming decade of action and accountability, Global Citizen will be the leading international voice, educator, and influencer that rallies humanity to take full responsibility and accountability for eradicating extreme poverty. You have a chance to contribute and make this world a better place for all.

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