Job Description
We are hiring to fill a vacancy for the position of Programme Assistant โ CBO/NGO Entities Cluster. To fill this position, we are looking for a highly motivated person who is passionate about womenโs rights in Africa, excited about African feminisms and embraces African gender diversity, to join our team.
Background
As a Pan-African feminist fund, the African Womenโs Development Fund (AWDF) resources, strengthens and upholds womenโs rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa, to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide. Over the past 24 years, AWDF has awarded approximately USD100 million to womenโs rights and feminist organisations throughout Africa (and in selected Middle Eastern countries through one of our initiatives). Through its grantmaking, programmatic and advocacy work, AWDF has supported work that has led to changes in law and policy, social norms and movement-building for gender justice.
Building on its strong track record, in 2023 AWDF launched Lemlem, a ten-year strategic framework (2023-2033), which guides its efforts to advance gender equality and gender justice for girls, women and gender-diverse people across Africa. At its core, the strategyโs focus is on resourcing, nurturing and strengthening those who are best placed to achieve transformative change: African womenโs and feminist groups, organisations and movements.
Programme Assistant โ CBO / NGO Entities Cluster:
Are you a dynamic individual with experience in contributing to departmental conceptualisation of projects and reporting to relevant stakeholders, to strengthen and uphold African womenโs and feminist movements?
Are you excited to support the implementation of the CBO/NGO entities sub strategy, priorities and approaches in alignment with the new AWDF Strategic Framework and contribute to the development of a cohort of identified CBO/NGOs that is inclusive, feminist, trust-based, collaborative and responsive, and which increasingly includes longer-term support?
Are you comfortable with supporting the piloting of responsive, feminist resourcing approaches based on identified CBO/NGO priorities? If you responded yes to our questions, then we would like you to join our team!
Job Summary
The Programme Assistant CBO/NGOs is a role that is responsible for providing administrative and programmatic support, contributing to the efficient operation of AWDFโs CBO/NGOs Cluster. The role will report to the Senior Programme Officer for CBO/NGO entities, supporting the implementation of initiatives that serve to unlock the agency of African womenโs rights and feminist activists, leaders, organisations, collectives and movements.
The role will work in close collaboration with all the clusters and under the management of the Senior Programme Officer โ CBOs and NGOs. These teams follow a cross-cluster operational model. The post-holder will therefore work with and be supported by various clusters and teams.
Summary of Duties
Strategy Implementation
- Support the implementation of the CBO/NGO entities sub strategy, priorities and approaches in alignment with the new AWDF Strategic Framework
Leadership and people development and management
- Contribute to a team culture that values collaboration internally, cross functionally, a team of independent thinkers that feel empowered, a team that reflects the feminist principles and values of AWDF.
Programme Management
- Contribute to all aspects of the planning and implementation of the priorities, approaches and initiatives of CBO/NGOs;
- Input to the development of planning, learning, monitoring, reporting as it relates to the CBO/NGO cluster priorities and approaches as well as agreed results frameworks for funded initiatives
Budget management
- Support effective resource expenditure for the work of the CBO/NGO cluster
- Follow organisational financial policies
Relationship management
- Support and participate in relevant initiatives, working groups and collaborations to exchange knowledge and advance shared goals to influence the donor community
- Support and contribute to the identification of priorities to resource and support partners, influencing, etc.
Programme monitoring and learning
- Assist with the collation and analysis of data and information, and contribute to learning about AWDFโs approaches to resourcing CBO/NGOs;
- Contributing to learning about how and what we are doing is contributing to the diverse women-led CBO/NGOs outcome level impact.
- Assist with portfolio level monitoring and evaluation and accompaniment and CBO/NGO funded initiative partners and ensure quality learning by and among partners
Other
- The role holder will from time to time be required to carry out any other duties that are within the scope of the job
The full details of the job description can be found here
Essential Knowledge and Experience
Essential Knowledge and Experience
- Ability to demonstrate values and principles of feminist and social and gender justice rights -based development and organising in Africa
- A team player who is proactive and can take initiative
- Excellent track record in delivering against targets
- A high level of proficiency in MS Office and experience working with information management
- Programme administration, planning, organising and coordination skills
- Ability to think and problem solve creatively
- Strong interpersonal skills, high levels of personal integrity and professional credibility and experience of building strong and credible relationships with diverse stakeholders
- Ability to research and provide background information for the CBO/NGOs Cluster focus areas
- Experience in budget monitoring
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to exercise professional judgement and to support and implement difficult decisions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and English and /or French
- Ability to prioritise multiple demanding tasks
- Work cooperatively with others to overcome conflict and build towards a common goal.
- Excellent IT and digital communication skills
- Mature and effective conflict management
Qualifications
- A degree in gender studies or related discipline and at least 1 year professional experience in a similar role.
- The post requires at least 1 year working experience in participatory and more transformative approaches to feminist philanthropy.
- Experience of working in or with different types of entities and movements, particularly CBOs and NGOs and/or feminist or womenโs rights movements
- Professional experience around African and feminist organisational and movement strengthening, experience of working with African womenโs and feminist organisations, an in-depth knowledge of African feminist and womenโs rights priorities, approaches, issues and concerns
- An in-depth knowledge of African womenโs rights issues and concerns, strong analytical, writing and editing skills and external representation skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English. Working knowledge of French will be a distinct advantage.
Job Location
- AWDF House, Accra โ Ghana or work remotely from any African country where you have the legal right to work from
Organisational Competencies
All staff members must demonstrate AWDF Core values in all their professional relationships and any interactions that may reflect on AWDF. These are:
- Accountability & Integrity
- Solidarity & Collective care
- Intersectionality & Meaningful Inclusion
- Learning & Adaptability
- Courage & Joy
- Creativity & Curiosity
- AWDF has a Zero Tolerance Approach to all forms of corruption which is an offence for which immediate dismissal without benefits will result.
Salary Details
Salary range: USD 23,244 โ USD 40,677 (annually)
โ Midpoint: USD 31,960.37 (annually)
โ In practice, we only make offers between the entry point and the midpoint of our salary scale (i.e. betweenย USDย 23,244 and USD 31,960.37 (annually)ย
How to Apply
Qualified and interested persons should send the following documents:
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- A cover letter of not more than 2 pages to the Human Resources Manager explaining their interest and excitement in applying for the position to work for AWDF, highlighting their experience and competencies demonstrating the alignment to the role.
- A CV of not more than 3 pages outlining their educational qualifications and employment records with key achievements in relevant positions held.
- Applications for the vacancy should reach AWDFย no later than Thursday, 27th March, 2025.ย Due to our limited capacity, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for additional information and interviews.
- In line with AWDFโs Mission, qualified African women and gender-diverse persons are encouraged to apply.
