Feminist Knowledge Leadership Programme Intern
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Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF)
Remote (local)- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Internship
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Renumeration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
- Deadline: 30/11/2024
- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
Who we are
Urgent Action Fund (UAF-Africa) is a feminist, Pan-African, rapid response fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn’s human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. We are a part of the ecosystem of feminist and womn’s movements in Africa and globally.
Objective of the Feminist Knowledge Leadership Program
The objective of the Knowledge Leadership programme is to work with others to build a culture of learning within and external to UAF-Africa for deeper consciousness, consistently theorising and articulating a feminist, pan Africanist perspective and translating this to solidarity and action.
Position Overview The Feminist Knowledge Leadership Programme Intern will support the knowledge leadership programme to ensure that documentation, learning, research and information management projects (ongoing and new) are timely executed. The candidate reports directly to the Knowledge Leadership Senior Programme Manager.
Specific Responsibilities
• Provide logistical support in organising physical and online meetings;
• Respond to queries from different partners in consultation with the Supervisor;
• Collect and upload data collection forms from Registry partners;
• Support any other pieces of work as needed. Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in womn’s studies, social sciences or related fields.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and French are mandatory. Arabic or Portuguese language skills are an added advantage.
• Previous research experience focusing on womn’s rights, human rights or social justice issues generally is an advantage.
Skills and Experience
• At least 1 year experience in research and knowledge generation.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel on the African continent and beyond as and when required
• An understanding of gender equality and womn’s rights issues, particularly in politically unstable and post-conflict African settings.
• Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving.
• Results and building effective teams. • Excellent inter-personal, public speaking, writing and negotiation skills.
• Experience working in a virtual work environment an added advantage.
Urgent Action Fund (UAF-Africa) is a feminist, Pan-African, rapid response fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn’s human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. We are a part of the ecosystem of feminist and womn’s movements in Africa and globally.
Objective of the Feminist Knowledge Leadership Program
The objective of the Knowledge Leadership programme is to work with others to build a culture of learning within and external to UAF-Africa for deeper consciousness, consistently theorising and articulating a feminist, pan Africanist perspective and translating this to solidarity and action.
Position Overview The Feminist Knowledge Leadership Programme Intern will support the knowledge leadership programme to ensure that documentation, learning, research and information management projects (ongoing and new) are timely executed. The candidate reports directly to the Knowledge Leadership Senior Programme Manager.
Specific Responsibilities
• Provide logistical support in organising physical and online meetings;
• Respond to queries from different partners in consultation with the Supervisor;
• Collect and upload data collection forms from Registry partners;
• Support any other pieces of work as needed. Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in womn’s studies, social sciences or related fields.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and French are mandatory. Arabic or Portuguese language skills are an added advantage.
• Previous research experience focusing on womn’s rights, human rights or social justice issues generally is an advantage.
Skills and Experience
• At least 1 year experience in research and knowledge generation.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel on the African continent and beyond as and when required
• An understanding of gender equality and womn’s rights issues, particularly in politically unstable and post-conflict African settings.
• Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving.
• Results and building effective teams. • Excellent inter-personal, public speaking, writing and negotiation skills.
• Experience working in a virtual work environment an added advantage.
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