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COMMUNITY SPECIALIST, PARTNERING AGAINST CORRUPTION INITIATIVE The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. 
Why we are recruiting: As a membership organization, the Forum, through the Business Engagement group, engages businesses in projects and initiatives – online and offline – to address industry, regional and systemic issues. Within Business Engagement,the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) is one of the Forum’s strongest cross-industry collaborative efforts, creating a highly visible, agenda-setting platform by working with business leaders, international organizations and governments to address corruption, transparency and emerging-market risks. Driven by identified needs and interests of PACI Member companies, PACI undertakes initiatives to address industry, regional, country or global issues in anti-corruption and integrity building. To join the team tasked with delivering on PACI’s far-reaching goals, we are currently seeking a Community Specialist, Partnering Against Corruption Initiative. 
Reporting lines and interactions: The Community Specialist will report to the Community Lead, Partnering Against Corruption Initiative and help PACI signatories engage at the highest and deepest level, while driving impact for the initiative and helping the signatory derive value. Beyond the PACI team, the Specialist will work with various communities and teams. Finally, they will work with the Forum delivery teams (events, logistics, IT, digital) to coordinate team and community events. Externally, the selected candidate will work with delegates from Forum Partners, multinational companies, primarily Chief Compliance Officers or General Counsels. This person will also interact with members of the Tech for Integrity community, mostly CEOs of start-ups working on technology solutions to promote integrity and/or prevent corruption. 
Breakdown of main responsibilities

• Ensure that community members are regularly updated on the activities of PACI and that the PACI team has current knowledge of their challenges and priorities in the anti-corruption space


• Curate PACI’s communities on line (PACI and Tech for Integrity): post updates, respond to questions, connect members with each other using the Forum’s Platform (TopLink)


• Use mainstream social media (Twitter and LinkedIn) to create awareness of the PACI agenda


• Identify and pursue opportunities for new community member acquisition


• Help with the on-boarding of newly acquired PACI signatories


• Identify and pursue opportunities to re-engage with least engaged community members


• Manage logistics of PACI meetings/PACI sessions at Forum meetings


• Contribute to the building of the agenda for the PACI community broadly and for PACI meetings specifically


• Act as a key point of contact internally to ensure other Forum teams are aware of the PACI agenda and able to pitch it to their constituents and communities. Remain abreast of other Forum initiatives and communities to be able to connect PACI community members with their activities


• Offer key support on team, community and event coordination

The successful candidate will be assessed on

• Understanding of expectations of various internal and external stakeholders and use of this understanding to connect the dots by offering these stakeholders to participant in relevant PACI’s activities


• Relevant contributions to the progress and expansion of the PACI community and evolution of its agenda within the anti-corruption space


• Delivery of administrative, operational and logistical tasks, such as managing event invitations or preparing promotional material for the community


• Collaboration and relationship building with internal and external stakeholders

Preferred Requirements and Experience 

• Broad intellectual background with a Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field: law, international relations, social sciences, behavioural sciences, communications and/or management. Subject matter expertise in the areas of anti-corruption, compliance and/or governance is a plus


• Interest and motivation to advance the anti-corruption / integrity building agenda, supported by at least 5 years of experience in the areas of transparency, anti-corruption, compliance and/or governance


• Demonstrated ability to coordinate with government and industry leaders at the senior level, preferably C-suite level, as well as with subject matter and policy experts in academia, NGOs in developed and in developing countries


• Intellectual integrity, curiosity, flexibility and ability to adopt the Forum’s systems-thinking approach to global issues


• Demonstrated ability to understand diverse stakeholder groups' interests, priorities and challenges


• Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage several workstreams against tight deadlines


• Excellent verbal and written language skills in English; verbal proficiency in other languages would be an asset

Why work at the Forum We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and co-operation, shaping mind-sets and agendas and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!