{"id":2337,"date":"2020-06-17T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whrdmena.wf1umvvxdl-zng4p9kmz6dp.p.runcloud.link\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2023-04-15T04:37:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T01:37:35","slug":"membership-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/2020\/06\/17\/membership-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Membership Officer<\/h1>\n<p><b>About WHRDMENA Coalition:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHRDMENA Coalition is a membership-based coalition of organizations and women human rights <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2391 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-450x377.png 450w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-225x189.png 225w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-900x754.png 900w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-20x17.png 20w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352-115x96.png 115w, https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/\u0641\u0631\u06352.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>defenders engaging with and defending a spectrum of rights and struggles in MENA. The Coalition works through different tracks such as advocacy, digital security, documentation, knowledge production and dissemination in order to highlight and amplify the work of Women Human Rights Defenders in MENA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the position:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Coalition is looking for a part-time membership officer to guarantee a strong and engaged membership. The membership officer will act as contact for all WHRDMENA Coalition members and prospective members of the network regarding their membership enquiries, applications, renewals, and outreach in accordance with the Coalition\u2019s strategic vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Membership officer tasks\/ general:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing and implementing tools, channels and activities to ensure a smooth membership administration and processes as well as a firm membership engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposing and implementing membership outreach and recruitment strategies and administration, in collaboration with the General Assembly, Board and Advisers,\u00a0 in accordance with the needs of the Coalition\u2019s strategic vision;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring good communication with the members through choosing best accessible, sustainable and safe means, tools and channels of communication.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informing prospective and new members and introducing newcomers to make sure members are informed about new memberships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following up on new membership applications through verification and interviewing potential members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Organizing structured feedback and follow-up consultations on a regular basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing and maintaining an efficient membership administration, including a database, analysing and reporting on the membership evolution and the state of the membership.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing periodic reports on membership status.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Specific:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>In terms of current membership:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revising the current membership database and developing a new one containing name, address, phone, representatives, date joined, renewal date, payment status, type of work, and last activity. The database can be established through excel sheet or a safe membership software.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding one-on-one evaluation meetings with current members (individuals and representatives) to gather feedback regarding previous membership issues in terms of communication and online meetings and develop a membership communication strategy that caters to members\u2019 needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding quarterly update meetings with current members to learn more about their current projects and establish a work directory specified to members\u2019 current and ongoing projects. The work directory can be put on excel sheet that is categorized and divided according to the members\u2019 field and themes of work. (for examples listing all orgs working on service providing under \u2018service providers\u2019 etc\u2026.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing safe communication platforms and make sure that members have access to it through contacting them and trying out different platforms and choosing one that is suitable for members. Creating a guide on a word document to use that platform might be needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding bi-weekly\u00a0 update meetings in which members discuss plans, suggestions and strategies and taking meeting minutes and archiving them in a specified folder.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing quarterly membership reports that specify number of members, their type of work, age, region\/nationality and activity levels in the Coalition.\u00a0 The quarterly reports should be consolidated in one yearly report at the end of each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing a yearly membership management plan which includes activities recommendations (number of calls, how to make sure members are included in campaigning and other Coalition work) to maintain sustainable membership.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following up on members who decide to join working units, listing units and its members in a pinned directory that is accessible to all members. In addition to developing forms for each working group.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow up on membership fee.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding to all inquiries regarding membership.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>In terms of prospective members:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reviewing and verifying new membership applications before proceeding to interview each applicant individually or 2 representatives of the organization and writing about their work, along with informing them of the Coalition\u2019s work, protocol and regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending out these writings to advisers of the new applicant\u2019s region or to focal points in the new applicant\u2019s region. Sending out final applicants to the Board for approval.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introducing new members to the General Assembly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing a membership and outreach plan for each region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicating on a regular basis with prospective members or people the Coalition has worked closely before but aren\u2019t members of the Coalition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The ideal candidate must be:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fluent in Arabic (written and spoken) and English.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have strong communication skills, including strong abilities in working with people remotely, communicating in clear messaging, and is able to manage work with people in different time zones.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience working with membership softwares and information systems or is willing to learn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skills needed include but not limited to: Excel, experience with online\/conference meeting tools, and reporting skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Willingness to learn about the different contexts in the MENA (maybe have orientation calls with certain members from the 3 regions)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adhere to the Coalition\u2019s feminist values and principles which opposes hate speech and negative assumptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates can be placed anywhere in the MENA Region. This position is for a 6 month only in a part time capacity with the possibility of extension in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please send CV and a Letter explaining why you would be prefect for WHRDMENA Coalition to comms@whrdmena.org in an email titled &#8216;Membership Officer&#8217; by 12 July 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership Officer About WHRDMENA Coalition: WHRDMENA Coalition is a membership-based coalition of organizations and women human rights defenders engaging with and defending a spectrum of rights and struggles in MENA. The Coalition works through different tracks such as advocacy, digital security, documentation, knowledge production and dissemination in order to highlight and amplify the work of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422],"tags":[451],"class_list":["post-2337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-work-with-us","tag-closed-opportunity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6641,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/6641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wh.whrdmena.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}