AVOCATS SANS FRONTIERES IS LOOKING FOR ITS NEW Head of Communication
Location: Brussels Reports to: General Director Department: Management Committee Contract Type: 1-year fixed-term (renewable into permanent contract) Application deadline: 31st August 2025
Our organization Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in Belgium in 1992. ASF supports access to justice, the realization of human rights, and the fight against injustice in countries where human rights are under threat. ASF operates in around ten countries across Europe and Africa and employs approximately 110 people in several offices (Belgium, Italy, Tunisia, Morocco, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, the Central African Republic, Uganda, and Kenya). General coordination is handled from the Brussels office.
1. Organizational Context and Strategic Challenges In an increasingly unstable global environment, civil society organizations are facing unprecedented threats. Conflicts, shrinking civic space, and institutional fatigue are challenging the very foundations of international law and human rights. Simultaneously, Europe is experiencing a concerning retreat from its founding values. Over the past five years, institutional and traditional donor funding for the organization has declined by two-thirds. For ASF, this highlights the urgent need to diversify its funding sources and strengthen financial autonomy while maintaining operational independence and advocacy capacity. In this context, communication becomes a strategic lever, both to strengthen the organization’s public positioning and to mobilize individual and private donors. It is within this framework that ASF is recruiting an experienced Head of Communication to support this transition. 2. Main Objective of the Role The Head of Communication plays a central role in defining and implementing ASF’s external communication strategy in order to:
Increase the organization’s visibility and credibility; Diversify and grow the base of private and individual donors; Restore and strengthen internal communication and team cohesion across multiple countries.