Executive Director

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Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds (Prospera)

Remote (global)
  • Career category:Admin, Finance, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type:Job
  • Humanitarian or Development:Development
  • Experience level:10+ years
  • Organisation type:Funds
  • Remote option:Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements:Anyone can apply
  • Salary: $ 136500 / yearly
  • Work schedule:Full-time
  • Length of contract:Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline:16/05/2024
  • Location:Remote (global)
Movement building
About Prospera INWF
Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds ‘Prospera’ is a global political network made up of 47 bold, diverse, autonomous women’s and feminist funds mandated to support movements led by women, girls, trans, intersex, and non-binary individuals and collectives.  Prospera’s structures include the membership body, its Board of Directors (elected by the membership) and the Prospera Secretariat (overseen by the Executive Director). The Executive Director works with all of these structures individually and collectively to guide the Prospera network in advancing its goals. 


Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
  • Leads the implementation of Prospera’s strategic framework to advance its mission and goals; 
  • Guides the monitoring, evaluation, and learning of Prospera’s strategic framework;
  • Together with the Board of Directors, lead advocacy to advance Prospera’s strategic goals; 
  • Monitors the extent to which Prospera’s actions remain true to its values and practices;
  • Represents Prospera in a variety of capacities and spaces, developing and responding to new opportunities for Prospera, including funder meetings, conferences, affinity groups, as well as multilateral venues and corporate networks;

Enabling a Strong Organisational Culture
  • Coordinates the Prospera Secretariat’s senior management team, which includes four Directors; 
  • Actively supports the professional growth of the Prospera Secretariat team and oversees the recruitment and orientation of new staff;
  • Fosters a shared leadership and collective care culture, supporting the staff and fostering the organisation’s values.

Advocacy, Relationship-Building and Positioning of the Network
  • Designs an effective advocacy strategy together with Prospera’s Directors geared towards influencing and narrative building;
  • Conducts constant mapping of philanthropic, governmental, individual, corporate funding, and Global South and East philanthropy fields for influencing;
  • Builds alliances and partnerships with other key actors or networks and is part of initiatives to advocate for resource justice;

Membership Strategy
  • Supports the leadership team in establishing and maintaining an appropriate membership strategy, criteria, and a formal membership due structure; developing and coordinating an attractive menu of membership services, including capacity-strengthening programmes;

Fundraising, Financial Oversight, and Risk Management 
  • Ensures Prospera’s yearly Operational Budget of USD 3M and oversees the overall Financial management of the organisation;

Governance Leadership Support
  • Establishes fluent and periodic communications with the Board, setting up and convening periodic Board conference calls and meetings to share information, look for feedback, be accountable, and coordinate activities with the staff.

Skills and Experience
  • At least 10+ years in senior leadership within international organisations;
  • Extensive understanding of and/or experience with philanthropic funding ecosystems (including in the Global South);
  • Current or previous and significant work in the Global South, and knowledge of or expertise in Global South and East feminist movements;
  • Demonstrated commitment to feminist leadership and practices 
  • Extensive programme experience in non-profit organisations and/or membership association; 
  • Experience and familiarity with membership associations and political networks; 
  • Ability and willingness to travel frequently – at least 30-50% annually;
  • Fluency in English and one other language of the network; 
  • Capacity to work flexibly across the full range of time zones. 

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