HIC General Secretary Position Description

HIC / Lines of
Intervention

HIC-GS /
Responsibilities

HIC-GS /
Services/Activities

Advocacy for
recognition defence and full implementation of habitat rights

• Be at
  the cutting edge of habitat issues
• Coordinates
  global campaigns
• Coordinates
  HIC declarations
• Represents
  HIC at international civil society networks
• Coordinates
  advocacy at UN-Habitat and other habitat-related international bodies

• Provides
  fund raising and coordination of global projects
• Coordinates
  resources for global campaigns and researches opportunities for international
  projects
• Articulates
  the main global habitat issues
• Permanently
  updates the habitat key terms
• Attends
  WSF-IC commissions and meetings
• Coaches
  HIC spokesperson team
• Collects
  and disseminates HIC declarations
• Coordination
  of the process towards gender mainstreaming in HIC
• Relation
  with ONU

Strengthening people’s processes for a place to live in
dignity

• Supports
  Urgent Appeals
• Is in
  permanent contact with HIC members
• Seeks/provides
  support from and to the Coalition’s members
• Bridges
  actions with other networks
• Registers
  HIC in United Nations system

• Calls
  for letters to express solidarity and denouncements
• Daily
  contact with HIC members, answering questions, orienting their inquiries to
  HIC structures and other members
• Develop
  special site section promoting exchanges among HIC members
• Provides
  basic information about HIC to new members; provides certificates to active
  members and friends
• Attends
  allies’ events and participates in their campaigns
• Creates
  a membership data base with on-line services and documentation of all members
• Processes
  membership applications, requests the corresponding HIC structures for their
  endorsement and informs the Board
• Provides
  administration of HIC members’ contributions/fees

Consolidating the Coalition

• Supports
  the General Assembly
• Executes
  Board decisions
• Provides
  accountability of the Coalition
• Provides
  coordination among HIC structures
• Manages
  membership
• Acts
  as the Coalition’s legal representation
• Manages
  resources
• Coaches
  elections in HIC structures

• Is
  in permanent contact with HIC
  President
• Functions
  in coordination with Focal Points and Board members, promotes decentralised
  General Assembly meetings
• Provides
  coordination of the agenda, minutes and follow-up of the Board and General
  Assembly meetings, as well as virtual consultations
• Executes
  Board decisions with support of the Executive Committee
• Applies
  the by-law for the election of HIC President
• Attends
  HIC structures’ meetings and supports their fund raising
• Functions
  in coordination with HIC regional and thematic structures for membership
  management
• Provides
  roster of HIC board members
• Produces
  the HIC Annual Report, flagship publication
• Coordinates
  HIC structures’ annual plans and reports
• Organizes
  the HIC global meetings, contents and logistics
• Fund
  raising for global activities related to projects