Civil Rights Defenders
We are in an expansion phase, which has opened up many interesting job opportunities. Are you passionate about IT and human rights and want to be part of a global movement of human rights defenders? Do you want to work in an international environment with colleagues all over the world? Then you might be the one we are looking for.
About the role
We are now looking for a System Administrator to join our IT team in the Security and Innovation Department. The department consists of a team of colleagues focusing on providing security focused and innovative supports to human rights defenders.
As System Administrator, your main responsibility will be to keep Civil Rights Defenders’ database powered platforms and tools up to date, as well as to maintain and develop the platforms and tools together with colleagues and human rights defenders.
As one of your core responsibilities will be the flagship platform Defenders’ Database, where you will support Civil Rights Defenders’ partners in their human rights documentation processes.
The System Administrator works closely with the IT Manager and reports to the Director Security and Innovation.
The role offers great variety, including work tasks such as:
- Manage the Defenders’ Database project, including building relations with and supporting colleagues and users involved in the work of documenting human rights violations;
- Work together with Civil Rights Defenders IT Manager in maintaining and securing the digital infrastructure for the Defenders’ Database;
- Ensure the Defenders’ Database and other database powered platforms and tools are up to date and operational;
- Plan, administer and perform trainings for Civil Rights Defenders and its partners in using database powered platforms and tools, as well as other technical solutions upon need and request.
- Lead the works on innovating custom solutions that leverage various Office 365 services;
- Design and develop Office 365 applications and solutions;
- Analyze related organisational needs by collaborating with other departments and IT Management, studying work processes and internal ambitions.
About you
As a person you show interest, willingness, and ability to help others and strive to deliver solutions. You are open-minded and like to take initiative and generate activity. You prefer to collaborate, lead, motivate, and empower others to reach common goals effectively. You see to the long-term significance and further consequences of things and act accordingly. You understand that responsibilities as well as rewards should be shared within the team.
We assume that you share our values.
To be suitable for this role you have:
- A relevant IT related education with a focus on the Microsoft Power Platform and the Microsoft Office 365 platform;
- Experience of administering and working with PowerApps, Power Automate and/or PowerApps Portals;
- Knowledge about working with relational databases;
- Excellent project management skills;
- Verifiable experience from leading complex projects;
- At least 3 years of relevant working experience such as e.g. delivering technical support over internet chat, voice or video calls or in creating documented how-to lessons and resources;
- A solid understanding of data, data gathering, documentation and management;
- A solid understanding of digital safety and information security practices;
- Experience of, and proven excellent delivery on, administrative tasks;
- Experience or interest in working with charities and NGOs, non-profits, media, human rights and/or civil society groups;
- Ability to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects in Swedish and English;
- Great skills in Microsoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, Excel, PPT, Word);
- Fluency (orally and written) in English.
Other merits for the position are:
- Knowledge about GDPR and other data protection frameworks;
- Development and maintenance of Office 365 applications and solutions;
- Administrative experience of Azure Active Directory, Sharepoint and Microsoft Office 365 environment.
About the employment
This is a permanent employment (with a 6-month probation period). As an organisation, we strive for diversity and we see your background, experience and personality as a contribution to the organisation. You will be based in Stockholm, Sweden.
For more information about the position, please contact Marcin de Kaminski, Director Security and Innovation at Civil Rights Defenders: [email protected].
Local union representative: [email protected] (Unionen).
Please apply as soon as possible as we recruit on an ongoing basis, but no later than September 4, 2022.
About us
Civil Rights Defenders is a politically and religiously independent international human rights organisation. We defend people’s civil and political rights in some of the world’s most repressive regions. We partner with and support human rights defenders in more than 300 organisations in 50 countries on four continents. Together with our partners, we hold those in power accountable when people’s civil or political rights are violated. We also act as Sweden’s civil rights watchdog.
Civil Rights Defenders has around 100 staff members working in various functions towards our vision – a world of democratic societies in which we all enjoy our civil and political rights. Our headquarter is located in Stockholm, and we have eight branch offices around the world. Learn more about our work at crd.org.