The African Women’s Development Fund is looking for a professional, passionate about women’s rights in Africa, who is committed to gender justice. The individual needs to have experience in programme administration, planning, and coordination and be eager to support feminist movements and strengthen CBO/NGO entities across the continent.
The Program Assistant – CBO/NGO Entities Cluster will work closely with the Senior Program Officer to support the execution of AWDF’s CBO/NGO strategy, contributing to movement-building, feminist resourcing, and gender justice advocacy. The role requires a proactive and organized individual who can support program implementation, budget monitoring, relationship management, and organizational learning.
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 women’s rights movements
- Professional experience around African and feminist organizational and movement strengthening, experience of working with African women’s and feminist organizations, an in-depth knowledge of African feminist and women’s rights priorities, approaches, issues and concerns
- An in-depth knowledge of African women’s 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.
Salary range: USD 23,244 – USD 40,677 (annually)
- Midpoint: USD 31,960.37 (annually)
Job Location
- AWDF House, Accra – Ghana or work remotely from any African country where you have the legal right to work from
Find more details here: https://bit.ly/43NYfNU
Application Deadline: Thursday, 27th March 2025. .
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