We are hiring!
Consultancy: Regional Expert for COP31
Location: Remote
Job Type: Self-Employed, Consultancy type
Duration: August – December 2026
About Us: CAD aims to protect the lives and well-being of front-line climate justice activists (CJAs) working under oppressive and dangerous conditions. CAD, therefore, provides emergency response and safety resources while building a support network inside the climate justice movement. CAD was founded in 2021 out of the climate justice movement's need for safety support for Afghan CJAs and operates in a small team globally.
Learn more about our work and the context of this consultancy in our recently published COP Safety Hub Report
About the Role: This role will involve providing crucial support to our programs and initiatives in the region, ensuring that our efforts are contextually relevant and effective. The successful candidate will be a pivotal part of designing and orienting our incident response and capacity building efforts before, during and after the 31th Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) to take place on November 9–20 in Antalya, Turkiye.
About the Candidate: We are seeking a passionate and experienced individual to serve as a Regional Consultant with expertise in Antalya, Turkiye. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of the political, social, and cultural landscape of the region and country, preferably through being from and having lived there or collaborating closely with locals. Context knowledge of the risks of local communities and climate justice activists in the region will be needed and experience working in the UNFCCC context would be beneficial, as well as familiarity with the Turkish and wider regional climate and social justice movements.
Key Responsibilities:
Regional Support Provider Mapping: Utilize your expertise and networks to map out and connect key support providers, organizations, and stakeholders in Turkiye and the wider region, relevant to support our COP31 incident response or benefit from it.
• Risk Assessment: Input on revising and proofreading documents, reports, and risk assessments (RA) to ensure accuracy, cultural sensitivity, and relevance to the context on the ground in Turkiye.
• Guidelines Development: Contribute to the development of guidelines and resources tailored to the specific safety needs and challenges faced by attendees to COP31. Provide insights and recommendations based on your understanding of the local context.
• Training Coordination: Coordinate virtual training, workshops and events, including setting up registration forms, sending out Zoom invites, managing logistics, and liaising with trainers and participants. Ensure that training content is relevant and culturally appropriate.
Qualifications:
• In-depth understanding of the political, social, and human rights landscape in Turkiye,
including the Kurdish, Armenian and Palestinian solidarity movements
• Experience in document revision, proofreading, and guideline development
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate virtual events and training
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote setting
• Prior experience working with protection and/or human rights organizations
• Prior experience with risk analysis and holistic safety and security is preferred
• Fluency in English and Turkish with a preference for those also fluent in Arabic
What We Offer:
Compensation: 5,000 USD (between 30 – 40 hrs per month)
• Flexible working hours from location of choice
• International FLINTA* only team with an intersectional lens rooted within the youth climate justice movement
• Introduction and/or deepening of holistic security framework with strong network of human rights organizations and defenders
• Opportunity to co-create capacity building programs and guidelines on the lead up to COP30
• A supportive and collaborative work environment
Our team stands strongly for climate justice, anti-capitalist, decolonial, anti racist and feminist approaches in our work, and we would expect any new members to align with those. We root our work in the three core values of justice, care and trust. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel like you meet the whole criteria. We specially encourage people from marginalized backgrounds, BIPOC communities, migrants, refugees, and those whose mother tongue is not English, to apply.
To apply, please send your CV and Cover Letter in PDF format to info@climateactivistdefenders.org
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and closed once the position is filled.
*FLINTA = Female, Lesbian, Inter, Non-binary, Trans-, A-gender and other