African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is Hiring a Programme Assistant (Shared) – Impact and Learning and Funded Initiatives (Remote Job in Africa)

Background 

As a Pan-African feminist fund, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) sources, strengthens and upholds ladies’s rights and feminist organisations and actions throughout Africa, to make gender justice a actuality for all on our continent and worldwide. Over the previous 24 years, AWDF has awarded roughly USD100 million to ladies’s rights and feminist organisations all through Africa (and in chosen Middle Eastern international locations by means of one in every of our initiatives). Through its grantmaking, programmatic and advocacy work, AWDF has supported work that has led to modifications in regulation and coverage, social norms and movement-building for gender justice.

Job Summary 

The Programme Assistant is a shared position that is accountable for offering monitoring, analysis and studying, and administrative and programmatic help, contributing to the environment friendly operation of AWDF’s Impact and Learning and Resourcing Teams.

The position entails shut collaboration with all of the clusters and beneath the Programme Manager for Impact and Learning, in a matrix administration association with the Programme Manager for Resourcing and the Partnership and Philanthropy Department. These groups comply with a matrix administration and cross-cluster operational mannequin. The position holder will subsequently work with and be supported by numerous clusters, groups and Departments.

Summary of Duties 

Strategy Implementation 

• Support the implementation of the I&L, Resourcing and FI Project methods, priorities and approaches in alignment with the brand new AWDF Strategic Framework

Leadership and folks growth and administration

• Contribute to the effectiveness of the I&L, Resourcing and FI Project Teams
• Contribute to a crew tradition that values collaboration internally, and cross-functionally, a crew of impartial thinkers that really feel empowered, a crew that displays the feminist rules and values of AWDF

Programme Management 

• Contribute to all elements of the planning and implementation of the priorities of the I&L, Resourcing and FI Project Teams
• Provide administration and logistics help to the I&L, Resourcing and FI undertaking actions
• Support and contribute to collaborative crew studying and cross-pollination throughout the broader Programmes Units
• Provide bilingual help (English and French) to  I&L, Resourcing and FI Project Teams

Budget administration

• Support efficient useful resource expenditure for the work of the I&L, Resourcing and FI Project Teams
• Follow organisational monetary insurance policies

Relationship administration

• Support and take part in related initiatives, working teams and collaborations to trade information and advance shared targets to affect the donor neighborhood
• Support and contribute to the identification of priorities to accompany, useful resource and help companions
• Establish and nurture relationships with colleagues as an integral factor of communication and relationship administration

Programme monitoring and studying

• Assist with the event of knowledge assortment devices, information assortment, information high quality assurance, collation, evaluation and reporting
• Contribute to studying about AWDF’s effectiveness in its help to cohorts of the I&L, Resourcing and FI undertaking companions
• Coordinate aggregation and evaluation of knowledge to make sure the Partnerships and Philanthropy Department delivers on inner and exterior reporting necessities (Board, donor, accountability, undertaking reviews and so on.)

Other

• The position holder will once in a while be required to hold out some other duties which can be inside the scope of the job

The full particulars of the job description will be discovered here

Essential Knowledge and Experience 

• Strong dedication to feminist and gender justice rules in Africa
• Deep understanding of gender justice and rights-based packages in Africa
• Experience collaborating on gender justice-focused tasks
• Worked with numerous entities and actions (activists, CBOs, NGOs, collectives)
• Expertise in African feminist and ladies’s rights points and motion strengthening
• Skilled in analysis and offering background data
• Proficient in quantitative and qualitative information evaluation for monitoring & analysis
• Strong Microsoft and Google Suite expertise (Excel/Sheets, Word/Docs, PowerPoint/Slides)
• Excellent English and French communication expertise (written & verbal)
• Experienced in programme administration, planning, and coordination
• Skilled in funds monitoring and monetary oversight
• Ability to work beneath tight deadlines and deal with competing priorities
• Proactive crew participant with problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal expertise, integrity, and stakeholder relationship-building
• Ability to train skilled judgment and help troublesome choices
• Skilled in battle decision and crew collaboration
• Excellent IT and digital communication expertise

Qualifications 

• A level in gender research or associated self-discipline and no less than 3 years {of professional} expertise in a related position. Formal {qualifications} which embrace analysis strategies – qualitative and quantitative – or Monitoring and Evaluation will likely be a bonus
• Experience in offering bilingual (English and French) administrative and programmatic help

Organisational Competencies

All employees members should reveal AWDF Core values in all their skilled relationships and any interactions that will replicate 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 types of corruption which is an offence for which rapid dismissal with out advantages will consequence.

Salary Details

• Midpoint: USD 31,960.37 (yearly)
•  In follow, we solely make affords between the entry level and the midpoint of our wage scale relying on one’s stage of expertise and competencies (i.e. between USD 23,244 and USD 31,960.37 (yearly) 

How to Apply

Qualified and individuals ought to ship the next paperwork:

• A cowl letter of no more than 2 pages to the Human Resources Manager explaining their curiosity and pleasure in making use of for the place to work for AWDF, highlighting their expertise and competencies demonstrating the alignment to the position.
• A CV of no more than 3 pages outlining their academic {qualifications} and employment data with key achievements in related positions held.
• Applications for the emptiness ought to attain AWDF no later than Wednesday, nineteenth February 2025. Due to our restricted capability, solely short-listed candidates will likely be contacted for added data and interviews.
• In line with AWDF’s Mission, certified African ladies and gender-diverse individuals are inspired to apply.

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