Interim Executive Directors

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FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Admin, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Funds
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: $90,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 21/12/2023
  • Location: Remote (global)
Movement building
1. Strategic Leadership and Executive Oversight 
  • Responsible for overseeing the implementation of FRIDA's strategic plan, annual plans, related work planning, and organizational development and growth plans, in line with FRIDA’s collectively developed strategic vision and political positioning.
  • Co-lead the organization through a transformation period, laying strong foundations for its next phase as an effective, impactful, and healthy organization. 
  • Represent and position FRIDA in international, regional and local venues - with young feminists, funders, media and allies.

2. Ensuring necessary financial resources 
  • Work closely with the Resource Mobilization team, providing guidance, oversight and direct support to secure the financial resources needed to meet FRIDA’s mission. This includes diverse institutional and individual fundraising, including proposal revising, donor meetings, and reporting.
  • Work closely with the Finance team through oversight and direct support, to ensure FRIDA’s financial sustainability to achieve its long-term goals. This includes monitoring the organizational cashflow; developing, tracking and approving budgets and expenditures; liaising with external auditors and Board Co-Treasurers, among others. 

3. Shared Governance 
  • Strengthen FRIDA’s global feminist governance by overseeing, co-facilitating and supporting diverse processes and structures, such as participatory decision-making mechanisms. 
  • Oversee and work in close collaboration and coordination with FRIDA’s management team, fostering cross-team collaboration, feminist accountability, and care-centered leadership.

4. Programmatic development and support
  • Provide strategic guidance and support to FRIDA’s Programs team, for the development and implementation of grantmaking and capacity strengthening support for young feminist activists. In particular, support the Programs team to deliver quality support and maintain ongoing relationships with FRIDA grantee partners across Global Majority (Global South) countries.

5. Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning
  • Oversee FRIDA’s systemized approach to Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, linked to strategic outcomes, through providing strategic guidance and support to FRIDA’s MEL team. 

6. Shared Operations and Infrastructure (Administration & Human Resources) 
  • Provide direct support to FRIDA’s Human Resources team, ensuring that FRIDA co-develops and implements internal policies and processes in line with FRIDA’s feminist principles and Canadian not-for-profit legislation.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE 
  • At least 8-10 years experience in management and/or director positions within non-profit organizations and/or community-based organizations. 
  • At least 8-10 years of experience as a supervisor of multiple staff members, including staff members from/based in countries across the Global South.
  • At least 4 years of activism both offline and online with young feminist organizations/initiatives in the Global South working for human rights.
  • Knowledge and understanding of diverse young feminist movements, particularly across the Global South.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, preferably in addition to one other FRIDA working language (Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish).
  • Post-secondary degree in social justice/human rights studies or a related field OR equivalent experience in human rights, not-for-profit management, international development, community development, women’s leadership.

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