Jobs
For nearly 60 years, Consumers International has been making a difference on the international stage for consumers. To ensure we continue to do this for the next sixty we need a strong team of dedicated and talented staff. Our staff team across the world are passionate, tenacious and determined to drive change for consumers.
- Lead, Consumer Insights
- Specialist, Finance Processing, Analysis and Reporting
- Director, Digital Innovation & Impact
- Specialist, Digital Consumer Rights
- Lead, Partnerships & Engagement, Sustainable Consumption
- Project Consultant
- Specialist, Project and Research
Lead, Consumer Insights
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
How to apply:
If you are interested in this position, please share your CV and a covering letter with recruitment@consint.org
Your cover letter should explain clearly how your skills and experience relate to the criteria detailed in the person specification section of the job description.
We will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis until Friday 3rd March 2023.
Candidates from all geographies are welcome to apply and international experience and languages are a plus. Employment terms may differ depending on location.
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you in advance for your time.
About the role:
This new role at Consumers International will build both unique consumer insights and the capacity of the organisation by:
- managing and advising projects which develop new intelligence for our Members and stakeholders on cutting edge questions
- supporting consumer organisations around the world to collaborate on research related to consumer insights
- gathering the latest pertinent consumer insights
- building tools, frameworks and methodologies which further develop our insight gathering capacity
Specialist, Finance Processing, Analysis and Reporting
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
How to apply:
If you are interested in this position, please share your CV and a covering letter with recruitment@consint.org
Your cover letter should explain clearly how your skills and experience relate to the criteria detailed in the person specification section of the job description.
We will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis until Friday 31st March 2023.
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you in advance for your time.
About the role
To support the Head of Finance and Organisation Development and act as their deputy in the day-to-day running of the Finance operations and other administration tasks including ownership of the membership applications process. Key finance tasks include ensuring financial records are accurate and kept up to date, recording all financial transactions and maintaining the ledgers on Business Central accounting system.
This role will suit someone who is looking for a varied accounts role in a small organisation and is keen to develop and grow within the organisation. They will have a desire to understand the impact of finance on all areas of the business and gain a grounding of the interdependencies of the finance function with the operations and membership areas in particular. The individual must have a can-do attitude, be proactive and be able to adapt easily to daily requirements and priorities. Ability to use ‘Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’ accounting package is a preferred requirement for the role.
Director, Digital Innovation & Impact
Contract: Permanent, full-time
How to apply: If you are interested in this position, please share your CV and a covering letter with recruitment@consint.org.
Your cover letter should explain clearly how your skills and experience relate to the criteria detailed in the person specification section of the job description.
We will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis until 8 January 2023 but will aim to hire the right candidate as soon as possible.
Candidates from all geographies are welcome to apply and international experience and languages are a plus. Employment terms may differ depending on location.
About the role:
The Director, Digital Innovation & Impact is a new role at Consumers International which is core to our strategy. The Director will build and lead a new global programme for Consumers International focused on digital consumer rights. The programme will be defined by the Director and may include global consumer issues such as e-commerce and virtual economies, data governance, consumer digital harms, digital for climate and other areas such as connected devices.
The Director will engage with and support our Members and consumer organisations around the world to connect and enable them; they will ensure Consumers International is working on cutting edge issues of relevance to consumers; they will build collaborative projects which reduce consumer harms and advance consumer rights online; they will represent the organisation on the global stage; and contribute to the growth of our sustainable business model in a leadership role.
The Director will be passionate and knowledgeable about consumer experience and about digital and online development. They will be passionate and highly motivated to grow new programmes for impact, to build a global organisation, to establish sustainable revenue streams and exciting new partnerships.
Specialist, Digital Consumer Rights
Contract: Permanent, full time
How to apply: If you are interested in this position, please share your CV and a covering letter with recruitment@consint.org.
We will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis until 17:00 (BST) on the 8 January 2023 – early application is recommended as interviews are ongoing.
Candidates from all geographies are welcome to apply and international experience and languages are a plus. Employment terms may differ depending on location.
About the role:
The Specialist, Digital Consumer Rights is a new role created in line with Consumers International new strategy. The Specialist, Digital Consumer Rights will be responsible for supporting the development of Consumer International’s Change Agenda programmes related to digital and technology issues such as Responsible Data Governance, Virtual Economies and Manipulation, and Internet of Things. They will develop and deliver relevant, innovative and impactful projects and ensure we ensure we are constantly on the forefront of understanding consumers, their interests, challenges and environment, and the dynamics of policy making at international level.
Lead, Partnerships & Engagement, Sustainable Consumption
Contract: 2 years fixed term
How to apply:
If you are interested in this position, please share your CV and a covering letter combined in one PDF (no more than four pages) with recruitment@consint.org.
Your cover letter should explain clearly how your skills and experience relate to the criteria detailed in the person specification section of this job description.
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis until end of January 2023.
For any questions relating to the job role, please contact Josephine Parmee, Director, Partnerships and Development: jparmee@consint.org.
Candidates from all geographies are welcome to apply and international experience and languages are a plus. Employment terms may differ depending on location.
About the role
We are looking for ambitious and impact-driven colleagues who can develop and build partnerships with a range of stakeholders including leading businesses and foundations. The Lead, Sustainable Consumption Partnerships & Engagement, will focus specifically on partnerships to support our work to ensure the marketplace is fair, safe and sustainable for consumers. Topics within our programme include just clean energy transition, future food systems, consumer sustainability information and more.
Working to growth goals, both impact and financial, the Lead, Sustainable Consumption Engagement & Partnerships will develop and maintain the latest insights about potential partners. They will lead engagement with these stakeholders for impact, develop partnership approaches, actively manage partnerships and support the strategic development of the organisation and its funding streams.
The successful candidate will demonstrate ambition for, and commitment to, consumer protection and empowerment. They will be globally minded, have a keen interest in an evolved and better marketplace for consumers and be passionate about public-private partnership for change and social justice. They will have experience of securing and managing significant, long-term strategic partnerships and network building.
The role is currently fixed term with potential to change to a permanent role.
CONSULTANTS FOR FAIR FINANCE
About the role:
The Fair Digital Finance Accelerator (FDFA) team at Consumers International are looking to onboard a team of consultants to work as subject matter experts and reviewers to lead the process of developing as well as reviewing the training module content of the FDFA global platform. This will be for three topics based on the following areas of expertise:
- Compliance & measuring impact of advocacy
- Digital financial Services advocacy and influencing
- Funding advocacy plans- Writing winning grant proposals and resource mobilisation for advocacy work
Contract: 8 weeks.
How to apply:
Please share an application for a specific module you would like to develop content for. Please outline your daily rate card/fees for the exercise that is expected to last a month from the commencement date. Applications should be sent by email with the subject line ‘Fair Digital Finance Accelerator: Your Name’ to: fdfa@consint.org.
We will be reviewing applications as they come in.
Deadline: 31st January 2023 5pm UTC.
Specialist, Project and Research
Contract: Permanent, full-time
How to apply
If you are interested in this position, please share your CV and a covering letter with recruitment@consint.org. Your cover letter should explain clearly how your skills and experience relate to the criteria detailed in the person specification section of the job description. We will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis until Friday 21st April 2023. We look forward to hearing from you and thank you in advance for your time.
About the role
Consumers International has ambitious goals and a range of existing and new projects across multiple sectors including sustainable consumption, digital rights and consumer protection and empowerment. The Project & Research Specialist supports the Director General in two ways: leading a specific project (the Green Action Fund), as well as research and special projects supporting organisational strategy.
The Green Action Fund is an annual grant scheme that promotes sustainable development and reduces poverty globally through campaigns encouraging sustainable, local, and collaborative consumption. The Green Action Fund is the funding element of Green Action Week, an annual global campaign running in the first week of October. Last year, 50 civil society organisations in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas participated in the campaign. The fund is made available by the Swedish government development agency, SIDA. The Lead will ensure that Consumers International Members are engaged and supported in the campaign. Management of the Green Action Fund activities is part time most of the year with higher intensity in October through to December.
Research and special projects may cover a variety of topics and opportunities depending on the needs of the organisation and interests / skills of the individual. See below for select ideas all within the office of the Director General.
This role would suit an individual who is keen to see how an international organisation is built and wants to be an active part of the growth. You might currently be in the field of sustainability and want to gain a broader experience; or you are a generalist with strong project management and strategic ability and want to leverage your skills while also moving more climate and nature fields. Over time and for successful candidates, career development within the organisation might lead into a broader portfolio of project management, partnership development, community management, research, or communications.