Deadline: 13 December, 2023
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
ActionAid is seeking to fill the position of Women’s Rights Programme and Policy Advisor.
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organisation whose primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Support learning platforms for key staff across the federation
- Support the internal compilation of thematic reports, policy briefs and other products as relevant for use in external advocacy and engagement
- Build and manage relationships with key staff across federation members
- Convene and manage (with the global lead) the Federation Forum Working Group on Women’s Rights and Feminist Alternatives and any sub-working groups as relevant
- Coordinate with and support multi-country project managers as required, including ensuring two-way learning between key projects and the wider federation
- Coordinate the internal compilation of strategic thematic content for use in internal meetings, the organisational website, etc
- Support with the contracting of consultants/procurement where needed
- Review and keep track of management accounts of the international women’s rights team
- Work with the global lead to prepare internal reports
- Carry out additional tasks
Requirements
- Seven years, minimum, of experience working in a similar role in women’s rights organisations or broader civil society organisations with a strong women’s rights or gender justice focus, preferably covering multiple countries in the Global South
- Significant fundraising experience with a range of funding institutions and knowledge of feminist funding approaches
- Significant experience with budgeting, tracking budgets and budget reporting
- Experience in policy analysis and commissioning research gained in a non-governmental organisation (NGO) or public policy context
- Experience in advocacy in regional and international policy spaces relevant to women’s rights and gender equality, and related negotiation and networking skills
- Very strong thematic, programme and policy knowledge of feminist analyses and approaches to care, women’s labour, decent and dignified work, and structural gender-based violence
- Excellent strategic, innovative, and creative thinking; ability to generate enthusiasm and collective drive to grow an exciting, radical, and impactful body of work on women’s rights and feminist alternatives
- Exemplary writing and speaking skills, being able to communicate both complex and simple information in a clear and digestible way for various audiences
- Fluency in English; proficiency in another language is an added advantage
To apply and for more information, click here.
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