ICAR - Legal and Policy Director & Communications Director
Ari Alvarez
Organizational Information:
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) is a civil society organization established to ensure that human rights are respected and that those who transgress are held accountable. We work to build commonsense protections against corporate abuse, protect those who speak out against corporate abuse, and end the corporate state. ICAR challenges governments to engage and lead in the international arena, set conditions in the market, and ensure legal accountability and access to remedy.
The Legal and Policy Director is responsible for the leadership and management of the Legal Team, and working in partnership with the Communications Director and Executive Director, to craft and execute an advocacy strategy that ensures adoption and advancement of priority initiatives. Key responsibilities include: developing ICAR’s initiatives to build and implement frameworks for the prevention and/or remediation of business-related human rights violations; overseeing project budgets; leading project-level and overall strategy setting and implementation; and publicly representing ICAR in relevant settings. The Legal and Policy Director reports to and collaborates with the Executive Director.
The Communications Director is responsible for the strategic communication of our organizational priorities to relevant stakeholders in a manner that advances ICAR’s objectives. They will manage a communications associate and communications consultants (where applicable), and working in partnership with the Legal and Policy Director and Executive Director, the Communications Director will support the design and implementation of advocacy strategy around priority initiatives. Key responsibilities include: creating a communications strategy that supports strategic objectives; overseeing the production and dissemination of public facing documents; building and maintaining communications networks among press, stakeholders, and other experts; pitching ICAR priorities (and personnel) to relevant outlets; overseeing project budgets; and publicly representing ICAR in relevant settings. The Communications Director reports to and collaborates with the Executive Director.